From 01e6a05bd83d19b154a71018bf62d24d53208c4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Sherrill Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 21:04:59 +0000 Subject: Added some more. --- doc/FAQ/concepts.t | 6 +++++- doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.t | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/FAQ') diff --git a/doc/FAQ/concepts.t b/doc/FAQ/concepts.t index 0509b47e1a..ca0f73b4c1 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ/concepts.t +++ b/doc/FAQ/concepts.t @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ The questions in this category are hints that help basic understanding. -@section RTEMS Wokspace vs. Program Heap +@section RTEMS Workspace versus Program Heap +The RTEMS Workspace is used to allocate space for objects created +by RTEMS such as tasks, semaphores, message queues, etc.. It is +primarily used during system initialization although task stacks +and message buffer areas are also allocated from here. @ref{How do I determine how much memory is left?}. diff --git a/doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.t b/doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.t index 3337245fd1..abe934968b 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.t +++ b/doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.t @@ -13,27 +13,32 @@ debugging assistants that are available. @section MC683xx BDM Support for GDB -Eric Norum (eric@@skatter.usask.ca) wrote a driver for a parallel -port interface to a BDM module. He and Chris Johns (ccj@@acm.org) -have put together a package containing everything you need to -use this. From the README: "This -package contains everything you need to be able to run GDB on +Eric Norum (eric@@skatter.usask.ca) has a driver for a parallel +port interface to a BDM module. This driver has a long history +and is based on a driver by Gunter Magin (gunter@@skil.camelot.de) +which in turn was based on BD32 for DOS by Scott Howard. Eric Norum +and Chris Johns (ccj@@acm.org) have put together a package containing +everything you need to use this BDM driver including software, PCB layouts, +and machining drawings. From the README: + +"This package contains everything you need to be able to run GDB on Linux and control a Motorola CPU32+ (68360) or Coldfire (5206, 5206e, or -5207) target through a standard PC parallel port." Information on -this is available at the following URL: +5207) target through a standard PC parallel port." + +Information on this BDM driver is available at the following URL: + http://www.calm.hw.ac.uk/davidf/coldfire/gdb-bdm-linux.htm. Peter Shoebridge (peter@@zeecube.com) has ported the Linux -parallel port BDM driver by Eric Norum to Windows NT. It is +parallel port BDM driver from Eric Norum to Windows NT. It is available at http://www.zeecube.com/bdm. - The efi332 project has a home-built BDM module and gdb driver for Linux. See http://egi332.eng.ohio-state.edu/efi332/hardware.html) for details. -http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/m683xx/bdm_driver.html - +Pavel Pisa (pisa@@cmp.felk.cvut.cz) has one available at +http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/m683xx/bdm_driver.html. Huntsville Microsystems (HMI) has GDB support for their BDM module available upon request. It is also available from their ftp site: @@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ Information in this section from: @item W Gerald Hicks @item Chris Johns @item Eric Norum +@item Gunter Magin @end itemize -- cgit v1.2.3