mkprom-erc32 - ERC32 boot-prom builder

About

The aim of this tool is to create boot-images for RTEMS ERC32 based applications. Normally, applications are built to run from RAM. This tool compresses these applications and creates a PROM image so it can load and execute these compressed applications into RAM.

I developed this tool while working for the LISA Pathfinder project at ICE (Institute of Space Sciences). It is based on the source code of the same tool provided by Gaisler Research, but some new features have been added and the code has been splitted into different files to easily allow modifications and future enhancements.

The current version only supports ERC32 processors, but it should be easy to add LEON support.

This is the list of the new features added:

Supports configuration files.
Users can provide initialisation code (board_init function) via multiple static libraries.
EDAC trap handlers can be also provided.
A GNU LD linker script can be specified (so a user can specify new application's location, e.g. EEPROM).
Configuration of multiple system registers (memory, UART, I/O areas, interrupts, ...).

Download

mkprom-erc32 is freely available for download under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

The latest version 1.3.2 (2008/09/19, changes) can be found on

Source tarball

Developers

The mkprom-erc32 source code is stored in a Mercurial repository.

hg clone http://hg.hacks-galore.org/aleix/mkprom-erc32

Browse the repository online.

Contact

You can reach the author at aconchillo ([at]) ice ([dot]) csic ([dot]) es.