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diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting index 4a33d7fcc7..19e9567908 100644 --- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting +++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/mvme5500/README.booting @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ -README.booting: written by S. Kate Feng <feng1@bnl.gov>, 2004/10/11 +README.booting: written by S. Kate Feng <feng1@bnl.gov>, Aug. 28, 2007 The bootloader is adapted from Till Straumann's Generic Mini-loader, -which he wrote originally for the SVGM powerpc board. Part of the -BSP was derived from the "RTEMS-PowerPC BSPs" and the NetBSD projects. -As of today, the BSP is built and tested on the RTEMS-4.6.0 -release with small patches I added (see README.rtems-4.6.0-patch -and rtems-4.6.0-patch/ directory). - +which he wrote originally for the SVGM powerpc board. +The BSP is built and tested on the 4.7 CVS RTEMS release. Booting requirement : ------------------------- -1) One needs to setup BOOTP/DHCP and TFTP servers and /etc/bootptab - properly to boot the system. (Note : EPICS needs a NTP server). +1) One needs to setup BOOTP/DHCP and TFTP servers and /etc/bootptab(BOOTP) + or /etc/dhcpd.conf (DHCP) properly to boot the system. + (Note : EPICS needs a NTP server). 2) Please copy the prebuilt RTEMS binary (e.g. misc/rtems5500-cexp.bin) and perhaps others (e.g. misc/st.sys) to the /tftpboot/epics/hostname/bin/ @@ -35,8 +32,10 @@ MVME5500> Note : (cxx.xx.xx.xx is the client IP address and sxx.xx.xx.xx is the server IP address) -4) Other reference web sites: +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/ +http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/facility/expsys/software/EPICS/FAQ.txt 5) When generating code (especially C++) for this system, one should use at least gcc-3.2 (preferrably a copy downloaded from the RTEMS @@ -53,10 +52,3 @@ other useful utilities such as telnet, nfs, and so on. tools and BSP, I would recommend one to reference http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/base/RTEMS/tutorial/ in additional to the RTEMS document. - - -TODO lists: -1) 1 GHZ ethernet ( work in progress, to be released soon) -2) To measure the interrupt latency and context switching. -3) To implement the watchdog timer. - |