Motorola CPCI-6115 manual MOTLoad Firmware, MOTLoad Description

MOTLoad Firmware

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7.1Overview

This chapter describes the basic features of the MOTLoad firmware product, designed by Motorola as the next generation initialization, debugger and diagnostic tool for high- performance embedded board products using state-of-the-art system memory controllers and bridge chips, such as the MV64360.

In addition to an overview of the product, this chapter includes a list of standard MOTLoad commands and the default CompactPCI settings that are changeable by the user, as allowed by the firmware.

7.2MOTLoad Description

The MOTLoad firmware package serves as a board power-up and initialization package, as well as a vehicle from which user applications can be booted. A secondary function of the MOTLoad firmware is to serve in some respects as a test suite providing individual tests for certain devices.

MOTLoad is controlled through an easy-to-use, UNIX-like, command line interface. The MOTLoad software package is similar to many end-user applications designed for the embedded market, such as the real time operating systems currently available.

Refer to the MOTLoad Firmware Package User’s Manual, listed in Appendix A, Related Documentation, for more details.

7.3MOTLoad Implementation and Memory Requirements

The implementation of CPCI-6115 CompactPCI Single Board Computer and its memory requirements are product specific. The CPCI-6115 single-board computer (SBC) is offered with a wide range of memory (for example, DRAM, external cache, flash). Typically, the smallest amount of on-board DRAM that a Motorola SBC has is 32MB. Each supported Motorola product line has its own unique CPCI-6115 CompactPCI Single Board Computer binary image(s). Currently the largest CPCI-6115 CompactPCI Single Board Computer compressed image is less than 1MB in size.

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