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Last Post 10 Mar 2005 10:26 AM by  Anonymous
Loading from Compact Flash
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abailie
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07 Mar 2005 03:30 AM
    I have been working with the Zoom SDK for about a week now and I've not yet managed to run a Win CE image from CF. I have followed the steps outlined in the SDK eval guide but so far without success. The image loads and the checksums are verified but when I issue the execute command there not much response from the device. Here is a list of the debug serial data that comes back from the device:


      losh> exec rtc:rtc_a404_int:dbg_serial:A404_UART:disp_num:60000007.....
      kernel cmdline: 'rtc:rtc_a404_int:dbg_serial:A404_UART:disp_num:6' at c00c0100...................................
      AKY=00000019 PC=000b3f5c RA=0009e04c BVA=
      disabling mmu.000007
      Debug serial initialized. Using driver A404_UART.....
      Data Abort: Thread=81bd0b90 Proc=81327468
      Windows CE Kernel for ARM (Thumb Enabled) Built on Jun 24 2004 at 18:25:00 PC=000b3f5c RA=0009e04c BVA=08360000 FSR=00000007........................
      ProcessorType=0922 Revision=0
      Data Abort: Thread=81b
      sp_abt=ffff5000 sp_irq=ffff2800 sp_undef=
      Kernel Arguments: rtc:rtc_a404_int:dbg_serial:A404_UART:disp_num:6.3f5c RA=0009e04c BVA=08360000 FSR=00000007

      image_size: 0xF00000...............
      Data
      ram_size: 0xC0000080 Proc=81327468 'gw
      link_for_flash: 0
      relocate_from_flash: 0
      AKY=00000019 PC=000b

      Cold-boot: erasing object store.
      Initializing interrupts.
      Interrupt initialization complete.
      Initializing system-tick.
      System-tick initialized.
      RTC initialized. Using driver rtc_a404_int
      Multiple XIP regions not defined or fixup failed.
      Initializing KITL.
      Remote host not present. Debug support not available.
      Firmware initialization complete.

      driver globals at 0x80000000.
      "link_for_flash" variable says we are in SDRAM.
      Detected extension DRAM at 0x84000000, size is 0x02000000
      Total RAM installed is 64 MB.
      Sp=ffffc7cc
      Data Abort: Thread=85fe5000 Proc=8104b330 'filesys.exe'
      AKY=00000003 PC=0003cac0(filesys.exe+0x0002cac0) RA=0003cac0(filesys.exe+0x0002c
      ac0) BVA=c5fcbbd6 FSR=00000003
      Data Abort: Thread=85fe5000 Proc=8104b330 'filesys.exe'
      AKY=00000003 PC=0003cac0(filesys.exe+0x0002cac0) RA=0003cac0(filesys.exe+0x0002c
      ac0) BVA=a5fcbbb2 FSR=00000003


    I am able to get the both the CE 4.2 and 5.0 images to load over the LAN using platform builder and the bootme command - the debug serial output for these seems to go a bit screwy - maybe because I'm using hyperterminal - but the image loads perfectly and runs without problem.

    Has anyone any ideas where I might be going wrong?

    Thanks in advance,

    Andrew
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    08 Mar 2005 02:46 PM
    Andrew,

    What kind of compact flash card are you using?

    Thanks,
    abailie
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    09 Mar 2005 03:24 AM
    Hi Aaron,

    It's just an off the shelf - cheap as I could find - generic 64MB CF card from a company called Impact. I don't know much more than that I'm afraid and I can't find any info on the web about them. Do you think this might be the problem? I'm able to use the card to load bitmaps etc onto the screen in LoLo and when I send the image from Platform Builder it loads the registry to and from the card, and I'm able to read files off the card.

    Regards,

    Andrew
    abailie
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    10 Mar 2005 07:43 AM
    Hi Aaron,

    Have now got the system loading from Compact Flash. I think the problem had something to do with the format but I can't be too sure. The card was preformatted for PC so I just started using it. This morning I reformatted under Win 2000 and tried again. It worked first time.


    Regards,

    Andrew
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    10 Mar 2005 10:26 AM
    Andrew,

    Please make sure that you're formatting the card in FAT format and not FAT 32/16 this will help in the future.

    Thanks,
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