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Re: Fw: Re: C6727 bootloader help

Started by iddq...@gmail.com May 24, 2008
HI Chandrasekhar

I do think SECTION_LOAD command can load the data/code from EEPROM. The good news is, you don't need to use it. All you need to do is link all the sections to the internal/external memory use the linker file (.CMD). The AIS tool will do the rest for you.

Best regards
Peter
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>From: Chsekhar Prattipati
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>Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:19:58 AM
>Subject: Re: [c6x] Re: C6727 bootloader help
>Hi Peter
>�
>thanks for your reply. im using flexds emulator from DSPR. The EEPROM(SERIAL) we are using is connected to DSP through I2C bus. im having a doubt whether SECTION_LOAD command can be used to load data from EEPROM.
>
>Best Regards
>Chandrasekhar
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: "i...@gmail.com"
>To: c...
>Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:50:27 PM
>Subject: [c6x] Re: C6727 bootloader help
>HI Chandrasekhar
>
>The bootloader pdf document I assume you mean the "Using the TMS320C672x Bootloader" from TI. There is a "SECTION_LOAD command" on section 3.2 page 10.
>
>What type of emulator you are using?
>
>Best regards
>Peter
>
>>
>> hi
>>
>> This is chandrasekhar from BEL, Chennai, India. i'm working with a board
>> having TMS320C6727 DSP Processor, EEPROM(64K x 8),and RTC connected
>> through I2C bus. On power-on, bootloading is happening (LED_BLINK_CODE of
>> size less than 1024) from EEPROM without secondary bootloader. since my
>> application code resides in EEPROM, i written secondary bootloader code
>> to copy it to RAM. my code size is exceeding the limit (1024) since it
>> involves I2c Protocols.
>>
>> According to bootloader pdf document, the primary bootloader is copying
>> (1024 x 4 bytes) from EEPROM to RAM. this 4k of code in turn copies the
>> application code to RAM.
>>
>> can you suggest how to write the above 4k of code so that it can read my
>> application code from EEPROM?
>>
>> how to use bootloader routines available in ROM?
>> Thanks and regards
>> Chandrasekhar
>>