[uClinux-dev] Using GDB with 5272 Coldfire

2008-02-13 Thread chris brooke
Hi, Is there some trick to getting GDB working with a 5272 Coldfire processor? I'm using Kernel version 2.6.x. I start the server on the target and the client on my PC. They connect, but seem to be horribly confused. It appears that the client never gets a true idea of where the program count

[uClinux-dev] 2 QSPI drivers for 5272?

2007-10-08 Thread chris brooke
Hi I'm trying to build the QSPI driver for the Coldfire 5272 using the 2.6.19 kernel. I notice there are two copies of the driver. One in drivers/spi and the other in drivers/char. The first one will not build - there are some include files that are not in the correct place (mcf_qspi.h and dev

[uClinux-dev] FW: insmod fails with Unknown symbol

2007-10-02 Thread chris brooke
as a wrapper for the restricted symbols. My driver would use the wrapper functions exported by that module. -- Do I have that right? Chris Quoth chris brooke: > When the module is compiled with a "Proprietary" license insmod fails with > an unknown symbol: [...] > Ho

[uClinux-dev] insmod fails with Unknown symbol

2007-10-02 Thread chris brooke
I have written a device driver as a module and I am trying to load it into the kernel with insmod. When the module is compiled with a "Proprietary" license insmod fails with an unknown symbol: /mnt/code/gp/module> insmod gp.ko gp: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. gp: Unknown symbol __w

[uClinux-dev] Field upgrade of kernel

2007-08-24 Thread chris brooke
Hi,I'm working on an embedded uClinux project. I am struggling to come up with a clean way to upgrade the kernel in a system in the field. The goal is to allow the users to easily upgrade the kernel using FTP or HTTP (from a PC) without ever having the system vulnerable to a power outage. Ho

RE: [uClinux-dev] Problem linking pthread... undefined referenceto `pthread_create'

2007-05-15 Thread chris brooke
Hi Claudia,What did you do to solve this problem? I've been working on the same problem for more than a week.Thanks,Chris> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: uclinux-dev@uclinux.org> Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] Problem linking pthread... undefined referenceto `pthread_create'> Date: Tue, 15

RE: [uClinux-dev] pthread link errors

2007-05-10 Thread chris brooke
ere any other compiler/linker options that would help?H E L P!Thanks,Chris> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: uclinux-dev@uclinux.org> Subject: RE: [uClinux-dev] pthread link errors> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 10:27:15 +1200> > Quoth chris brooke:> > I am trying to build a simple applica

[uClinux-dev] pthread link errors

2007-05-09 Thread chris brooke
Hi,I am trying to build a simple application to test pthreads on a custom 5272 target using the 2.6.x kernel. I have built the pthread library and I use the -lpthread option on the linker.I get the following link errors when I try to build the code:.elf2flt: In function `main':/home/djjcb/tmp/p

RE: [uClinux-dev] bad frame format: 00000000

2007-04-27 Thread chris brooke
uclinux.org> Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] bad frame format: 0000> > Hi Chris,> > chris brooke wrote:> > Thanks for your previous help. I've now got my system to boot up > > partially before I get a "bad frame format: ".> > > >

[uClinux-dev] bad frame format: 00000000

2007-04-26 Thread chris brooke
Hi,Thanks for your previous help. I've now got my system to boot up partially before I get a "bad frame format: ".I'm using the 2.6.19 kernel on a custom 5272 board. I do not have RAM at location 0.What is the significance of this message? What is it trying to tell me (bus trap error

[uClinux-dev] Porting to Linux-2.6.x

2007-04-22 Thread chris brooke
Hi,I am just starting with uClinux. This must be a very basic question, but I've been going round in circles.I need to do a port to our hardware. Our board has a 5272 but it has a different memory map from the platforms which are currently supported (different location for ROM, RAM and I/O devic