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authorNick Withers <nick.withers@anu.edu.au>2014-01-16 14:21:10 +1100
committerGedare Bloom <gedare@rtems.org>2014-01-23 11:28:21 -0500
commita7775cbd0985166dec4666dddf19e226671396b8 (patch)
tree429156f66ece79fd9ba6c75e8c5c52437f32d850
parentlibchip/serial: Documentation (diff)
downloadrtems-a7775cbd0985166dec4666dddf19e226671396b8.tar.bz2
Add warnings to MOTLoad-equipped BSPs' READMEs that a "waitProbe", "netShut" sequence must be executed in MOTLoad before booting RTEMS to remove its network interface interrupt handlers, lest memory corruption occur
-rw-r--r--c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/README5
-rw-r--r--c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme3100/README5
-rw-r--r--c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting6
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/README b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/README
index 699f9a5e9d..7724cdc7b9 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/README
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/README
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ detailed information)
NOTE: The BSP supports both, the mvme6100 and the mvme5500 boards.
It detects relevant hardware at run-time.
+WARNING: It is extremely important that a MOTLoad "waitProbe", "netShut"
+ sequence be executed before booting RTEMS. Otherwise, network
+ interface interrupt handlers installed by MOTLoad may cause memory
+ corruption
+
CONSOLE: 2 serial devices, UART driver from 'shared' - no surprises
("/dev/ttyS0", [="/dev/console"], "/dev/ttyS1"). (Only
/dev/ttyS0 is accessible from the front panel.)
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme3100/README b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme3100/README
index 5fff588ea9..36fa28a398 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme3100/README
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme3100/README
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ detailed information)
NOTE: The BSP supports the mvme3100 board.
+WARNING: It is extremely important that a MOTLoad "waitProbe", "netShut"
+ sequence be executed before booting RTEMS. Otherwise, network
+ interface interrupt handlers installed by MOTLoad may cause memory
+ corruption
+
CONSOLE: 2 serial devices, UART driver from 'shared' - no surprises
("/dev/ttyS0", [="/dev/console"], "/dev/ttyS1"). (Only
/dev/ttyS0 is accessible from the front panel.)
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting
index bf35053056..fd33efeee7 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Booting requirement :
MVME5500> gevEdit mot-script-boot
(Blank line terminates input.)
+waitProbe
tftpGet -a4000000 -cxx.xx.xx.xx -sxx.xx.xx.xx -m255.255.254.0 -d/dev/enet0 -fepics/hostname/bin/rtems5500-cexp.bin
netShut
go -a4000000
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ MVME5500>
Note : (cxx.xx.xx.xx is the client IP address and
sxx.xx.xx.xx is the server IP address)
+WARNING : It is extremely important that the MOTLoad "waitProbe", "netShut"
+ sequence be executed before booting RTEMS. Otherwise, network
+ interface interrupt handlers installed by MOTLoad may cause memory
+ corruption
+
4) Other reference web sites for mvme5500 BSP:
http://lansce.lanl.gov/EPICS/presentations/KateFeng%20RTEMS-mvme55001.ppt
http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/facility/expsys/software/EPICS/