How to run a "Hello world" on ppc board?

Frank emitted:



if your serial-device on your ppc would be /dev/ttyS0 then try

/../MyHelloWorld 2>%1 >/dev/ttyS0

in your startup script.
  
May by you have to set the right baudrate eg. first.

You could also open and configure the device from whithin your programm


const char msg[] = {"\nHallo luna.\n"};

int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp)
{
        int tty=open("/dev/ttYS0",.....
        // setup the term by ioctl if needed
        write(tty,msg, sizeof(msg));
        close(tty);
        return main(0,"","");
}

mfg j.
        

Read the manuals that come with MontaVista's distribution, and get the board
to boot the MontaVista kernel via TFTP and NFS. You can then cross-compile a
test program, put it in the NFS exported directory on your host, and either
use ssh or a serial terminal (minicom) to log in and run the program.

Blane.

I think I didn't make myself clear. I haven't had the linux kernel
running on my board yet. The board has only a boot loader. The boot
loader has TFTP and serial port enabled. I am wondering if I can run a
program _before_ I load the linux kernel? In another word, can I use
the boot loader to load a C program and send some data to serial port
so that I can monitor it through minicom?

Thanks,
Frank

Sure, if your program knows how to manage resources (memory, devices)
and handle external events, in other words if your program *is* an
operating system.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Frank) writes:



You must provide more details. Which boot loader, for example?

Some of them, like U-Boot for example, allow you to  use  "standalone
applications"  which  can  use  services provided by the boot loader,
like standard functions as printf() etc.

Other boot loaders don't  provide  any  interface  to  their  builtin
drivers, so you will probably end up re-coding your own serial driver
if you need console output.

Also, there may be a C runtime environment, or there may be not.


I cannot even guess without precise information.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

The boot loader I am using is vxworks boot loader. It's a left-over of
the last project. I just don't have a way to update the boot loader in
flash, so I just use as it is.

Does vxworks boot loader provide console output interface?

Thanks,
Frank

The short answer to your question is "No".  The VxWorks boot loader is
intended to load an entire executable OS.  You use the loader to load the
OS, (commonly referred to as a BSP), then you can use the tornado
development suite to give you an interface, or you can interact directly
with a shell, if the BSP was built with one.  The loader tpyically has
a few built-in commands, but it cannot link new programs into itself.

Speaking only for myself,

Joe Durusau


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