Hi all,
Now, we want to boot a specific operation system running on Foundation Model. Because Foundation Model isa virtual platform incorporating an AArch64 architecture http://www.arm.com/zh/products/tools/development-tools-for-armv8.php simulation model, we need more detailed and comprehensive technical support.
What we want to know as following:
First, whether Foundation Model can support debugging application and kernel code which should need to run on Foundation Model step by step? If Foundation Model can support debug, what should we do next? If Foundation Model cannot support debug,
are there some other tools which can support debugging application and kernel code? Are there some documents which can introduce the way to use the tool?
Second, whether Foundation Model can support usb driver, network driver? If Foundation Model can support them, how we can transmit boot loader to Foundation Model and can boot loader run on Foundation Model?
· Third, how many boot modes Foundation Model can support? Such as uBoot, whether Foundation Model can support the bootmode app:ds:starting%20mode such as aBoot? The introduction of aBoot is as following:http://wiki.barrelfish.org/PandaBoard
Thanks
Xiaoke Wu
On 24 May 2013 08:17, Wang Wei Bessel.Wang@huawei.com wrote:
Hi all,
Now, we want to boot a specific operation system running on Foundation Model. Because Foundation Model isa virtual platform incorporating an AArch64 architecture http://www.arm.com/zh/products/tools/development-tools-for-armv8.php simulation model, we need more detailed and comprehensive technical support.
As with my previous message about Foundation Model support, you may need to contact ARM for detailed information.
However, I will answer what I can below:
What we want to know as following:
First, whether Foundation Model can support debugging application and kernel code which should need to run on Foundation Model step by step? If Foundation Model can support debug, what should we do next? If Foundation Model cannot support debug,
are there some other tools which can support debugging application and kernel code? Are there some documents which can introduce the way to use the tool?
Second, whether Foundation Model can support usb driver, network driver?
I don't know about USB, I *guess* the answer is no. Foundation model supports networking, we use it already in OpenEmbedded.
If Foundation Model can support them, how we can transmit boot loader to Foundation Model and can boot loader run on Foundation Model?
To run "something" from Foundation Model, you need to create a .axf file for it. So, for example, the bootwrapper is a .axf file. If you want to run a bootloader instead of a kernel, you could use the bootwrapper as a "hint" on how to convert a binary into a .axf.
· Third, how many boot modes Foundation Model can support? Such as uBoot, whether Foundation Model can support the bootmode app:ds:starting%20mode such as aBoot? The introduction of aBoot is as following:http://wiki.barrelfish.org/PandaBoard
The only bootloader I know that works on Foundation Model is UEFI, but this is not open source. I don't *think* that u-boot exists for Foundation model; I have not heard anything about it.
Thanks
Xiaoke Wu
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