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>Name</H2
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>Execution&nbsp;--&nbsp;Arguments and configuration files</DIV
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>Description</H2
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><P
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>The procedure for configuring and building eCos and an application for
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the synthetic target is the same as for any other eCos target. Once an
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executable has been built it can be run like any Linux program, for
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example from a shell prompt,
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><P
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>or using gdb:
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(gdb) run
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Starting program: ecos_hello &lt;options&gt;</PRE
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><P
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>By default use of the I/O auxiliary is disabled. If its I/O facilities
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are required then the option <TT
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>--io</TT
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> must be used.
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><P
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><B
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>Note: </B
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>In future the default behaviour may change, with the I/O auxiliary
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being started by default. The option <TT
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>--nio</TT
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> can be
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><A
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>Command-line Arguments</H2
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><P
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>The syntax for running a synthetic target application is:
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>$ &lt;ecos_app&gt; [options] [-- [app_options]]</PRE
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><P
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>Command line options up to the <TT
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>--</TT
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> are passed on to
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the I/O auxiliary. Subsequent arguments are not passed on to the
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auxiliary, and hence can be used by the eCos application itself. The
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full set of arguments can be accessed through the variables
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<TT
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>cyg_hal_sys_argc</TT
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> and
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<TT
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>cyg_hal_sys_argv</TT
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>.
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><P
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>The following options are accepted as standard:
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><TT
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>--io</TT
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><DD
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><P
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>This option causes the eCos application to spawn the I/O auxiliary
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during HAL initialization. Without this option only limited I/O will
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><TT
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>--nio</TT
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><DD
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><P
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>This option prevents the eCos application from spawning the I/O
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><TT
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><DD
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><P
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>The I/O auxiliary can either provide a graphical user interface, or it
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can run in a text-only mode. The default is to provide the graphical
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>-nw</TT
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>.
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Emulation of some devices, for example buttons connected to digital
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inputs, requires the graphical interface.
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><DT
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><TT
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>-w</TT
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>, <TT
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>--windows</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>The <TT
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>-w</TT
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> causes the I/O auxiliary to provide a
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graphical user interface. This is the default.
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><TT
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>-v</TT
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>, <TT
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>--version</TT
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><P
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>The <TT
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>-v</TT
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> option can be used to determine the version of
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the I/O auxiliary being used and where it has been installed. Both the
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auxiliary and the eCos application will exit immediately.
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><DT
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><TT
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>, <TT
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>--help</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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><TT
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>-h</TT
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> causes the I/O auxiliary to list all accepted
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command-line arguments. This happens after all devices have been
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initialized, since the host-side support for some of the devices may
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extend the list of recognised options. After this both the auxiliary
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and the eCos application will exit immediately. This option implies
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<TT
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>-nw</TT
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>.
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><DT
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><TT
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>-k</TT
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><DD
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><P
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>If an error occurs in the I/O auxiliary while reading in any of the
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configuration files or initializing devices, by default both the
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auxiliary and the eCos application will exit. The <TT
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>-k</TT
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>
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option can be used to make the auxiliary continue in spite of errors,
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although obviously it may not be fully functional.
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><DT
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><TT
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>-nr</TT
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>--no-rc</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>Normally the auxiliary processes two <A
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>
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><TT
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>-x</TT
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><DD
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><P
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>When providing a graphical user interface the I/O auxiliary will
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normally continue running even after the eCos application has exited.
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contents of the main text window. If run with <TT
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>-x</TT
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> then
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the auxiliary will exit as soon the application exits.
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><DT
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><TT
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>-nx</TT
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>--no-exit</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>When the graphical user interface is disabled with
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<TT
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>-nw</TT
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> the I/O auxiliary will normally exit immediately
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when the eCos application exits. Without the graphical frontend there
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auxiliary, so there is no point in continuing to run once the eCos
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application will no longer request any I/O operations. Specifying the
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<TT
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>-nx</TT
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> option causes the auxiliary to continue running
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even after the application has exited.
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><TT
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>-V</TT
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>--verbose</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>This option causes the I/O auxiliary to output some additional
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information, especially during initialization.
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><DT
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><TT
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>-l &lt;file&gt;</TT
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>--logfile &lt;file&gt;</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>Much of the output of the eCos application and the I/O auxiliary is
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simple text, for example resulting from eCos
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<TT
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>printf</TT
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> or <TT
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>diag_printf</TT
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> calls.
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window, and can be saved to a file or edited via menus. The
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<TT
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>-l</TT
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> can be used to automatically generate an
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additional logfile containing all the text. If graphical
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mode is disabled then by default all the text just goes to the current
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standard output. Specifying <TT
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>-l</TT
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> causes most of the
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text to go into a logfile instead, although some messages such as
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errors generated by the auxiliary itself will still go to stdout as
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><DT
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><TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>During initialization the I/O auxiliary reads in a target definition
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file. This file holds information such as which Linux devices should
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be used to emulate the various eCos devices. The <TT
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>-t</TT
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>
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option can be used to specify which target definition should be used
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for the current run, defaulting to <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>default.tdf</TT
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>.
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>.tdf</TT
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> suffix,
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><DT
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><TT
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>-geometry &lt;geometry&gt;</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>This option can be used to control the size and position of the main
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></DD
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><P
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>The I/O auxiliary loads support for the various devices dynamically
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and some devices may accept additional command line arguments. Details
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of these can be obtained using the <TT
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>-h</TT
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> option or by
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consulting the device-specific documentation. If an unrecognised
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command line argument is used then a warning will be issued.
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="REFSECT1"
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><A
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NAME="SYNTH-RUNNING-TDF"
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></A
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><H2
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>The Target Definition File</H2
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><P
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>The eCos application will want to access devices such as
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<TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>eth0</TT
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> or <TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>/dev/ser0</TT
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>. These need to
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be mapped on to Linux devices. For example some users may all traffic
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on the eCos <TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>/dev/ser0</TT
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> serial device to go via the
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Linux serial device <TT
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>/dev/ttyS1</TT
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>, while ethernet I/O
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for the eCos <TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>eth0</TT
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> device should be mapped to the
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Linux ethertap device <TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>tap3</TT
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>. Some devices may need
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additional configuration information, for example to limit the
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number of packets that should be buffered within the I/O auxiliary.
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The target definition file provides all this information.
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><P
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>By default the I/O auxiliary will look for a file
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>default.tdf</TT
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>. An alternative target definition can
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be specified on the command line using <TT
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-t</TT
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>, for
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example:
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><TABLE
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><TR
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><TD
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><PRE
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CLASS="SCREEN"
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>$ bridge_app --io -t twineth</PRE
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></TD
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></TR
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></TABLE
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><P
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>A <TT
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>.tdf</TT
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> suffix will be appended automatically if
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necessary. If a relative pathname is used then the I/O auxiliary will
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search for the target definition file in the current directory, then
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in <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>~/.ecos/synth/</TT
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>, and finally
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in its install location.
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><P
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>A typical target definition file might look like this:
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><TABLE
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><TD
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><PRE
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CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
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>synth_device console {
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    # appearance -foreground white -background black
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    filter trace {^TRACE:.*} -foreground HotPink1 -hide 1
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}
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synth_device ethernet {
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    eth0 real eth1
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    eth1 ethertap tap4 00:01:02:03:FE:06
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    ## Maximum number of packets that should be buffered per interface.
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    ## Default 16
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    #max_buffer 32
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    ## Filters for the various recognised protocols.
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    ## By default all filters are visible and use standard colours.
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    filter ether  -hide 0
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    #filter arp    -hide 1
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    #filter ipv4   -hide 1
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    #filter ipv6   -hide 1
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}</PRE
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></TD
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></TR
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></TABLE
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><P
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>A target definition file is actually a Tcl script that gets run in the
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main interpreter of the I/O auxiliary during initialization. This
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provides a lot of flexibility if necessary. For example the script
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could open a socket to a resource management server of some sort to
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determine which hardware facilities are already in use and adapt
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accordingly. Another possibility is to adapt based on <A
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HREF="synth-new-host.html#SYNTH-NEW-HOST-ARGS"
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>command line arguments</A
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>. Users who
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are not familiar with Tcl programming should still be able to edit a
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simple target definition file without too much difficulty, using a
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mixture of cut'n'paste, commenting or uncommenting various lines, and
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making small edits such as changing <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>tap4</TT
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> to
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>eth2</TT
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>.
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    </P
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><P
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>Each type of device will have its own entry in the target definition
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file, taking the form:
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    </P
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><TABLE
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BGCOLOR="#E0E0F0"
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><TR
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><TD
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><PRE
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CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
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>synth_device &lt;device type&gt; {
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    &lt;options&gt;
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}</PRE
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></TD
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></TR
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></TABLE
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><P
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>The documentaton for each synthetic target device should provide
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details of the options available for that device, and often a suitable
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fragment that can be pasted into a target definition file and edited.
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There is no specific set of options that a given device will always
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provide. However in practice many devices will use common code
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exported by the main I/O auxiliary, or their implementation will
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involve some re-use of code for an existing device. Hence certain
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types of option are common to many devices.
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    </P
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><P
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>A good example of this is filters, which control the appearance of
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text output. The above target definition file defines a filter
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<TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>trace</TT
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> for output from the eCos application. The
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regular expression will match output from the infrastructure package's
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tracing facilities when <TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>CYGDBG_USE_TRACING</TT
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> and
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<TT
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CLASS="VARNAME"
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>CYGDBG_INFRA_DEBUG_TRACE_ASSERT_SIMPLE</TT
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> are enabled.
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With the current settings this output will not be visible by default,
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but can be made visible using the menu item <SPAN
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CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
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>System
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Filters</SPAN
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>. If made visible the trace output will appear in
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an unusual colour, so users can easily distinguish the trace output
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from other text. All filters accept the following options:
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    </P
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><P
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></P
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><DIV
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CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
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><DL
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><DT
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><TT
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-hide [0|1]</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>This controls whether or not text matching this filter should be
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invisible by default or not. At run-time the visibility of each filter
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can be controlled using the <SPAN
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CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
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>System Filters</SPAN
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>
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menu item.
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         </P
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></DD
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><DT
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><TT
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-foreground &lt;colour&gt;</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>This specifies the foreground colour for all text matching this
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filter. The colour can be specified using an RGB value such as
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>#F08010</TT
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>, or a symbolic name such as
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>"light steel blue"</TT
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>. The X11 utility
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>showrgb</SPAN
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> can be used to find out
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about the available colours.
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         </P
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></DD
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><DT
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><TT
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-background &lt;colour&gt;</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>This specifies the background colour for all text matching the filter.
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As with <TT
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-foreground</TT
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> the colour can be specified using
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a symbolic name or an RGB value.
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         </P
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></DD
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></DL
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></DIV
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><P
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>Some devices may create their own subwindows, for example to monitor
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ethernet traffic or to provide additional I/O facilities such as
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> of
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>The I/O auxiliary will not normally warn about
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<B
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> entries in the target definition file
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for devices that are not actually needed by the current eCos
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application. This makes it easier to use a single file for several
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different applications. However it can lead to confusion if an entry
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is spelled incorrectly and hence does not actually get used. The
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<TT
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> command line option can be used to get warnings
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about unused device entries in the target definition file.
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><P
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>If the body of a <B
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>synth_device</B
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> command contains an
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unrecognised option and the relevant device is in use, the I/O
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auxiliary will always issue a warning about such options.
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><P
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>During initialization the I/O auxiliary will execute two user
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configuration files, <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>initrc.tcl</TT
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> and
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<TT
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>mainrc.tcl</TT
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>. It will look for these files in the
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directory <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>~/.ecos/synth/</TT
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>. If
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><P
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>Both of these configuration files are Tcl scripts and will be run in
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the main interpreter used by the I/O auxiliary itself. This means that
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they have full access to the internals of the auxiliary including the
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various Tk widgets, and they can perform file or socket I/O if
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> contains
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writing new device drivers, and these can also be used in the
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initialization scripts.
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><P
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>The <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>initrc.tcl</TT
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> script is run before the auxiliary
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has processed any requests from the eCos application, and hence before
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any devices have been instantiated. At this point the generic
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command-line arguments has been processed, the target definition file
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has been read in, and the hooks functionality has been initialized. If
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running in graphical mode the main window will have been created, but
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has been withdrawn from the screen to allow new widgets to be added
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without annoying screen flicker. A typical
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>initrc.tcl</TT
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> script could add some menu or toolbar
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options, or install a hook function that will be run when the
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eCos application exits.
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><P
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>The <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>mainrc.tcl</TT
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> script is run after eCos has
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performed all its device initialization and after C++ static
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constructors have run, and just before the call to
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<TT
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CLASS="FUNCTION"
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>cyg_start</TT
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> which will end up transferring control
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>mainrc.tcl</TT
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>
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script could look at what interrupt vectors have been allocated to
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which devices and create a little monitor window that shows interrupt
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activity.
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><DIV
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><A
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></A
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><H2
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>Session Information</H2
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><P
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>When running in graphical mode, the I/O auxiliary will read in a file
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>~/.ecos/synth/guisession</TT
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> containing session
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information. This file should not normally be edited manually, instead
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it gets updated automatically when the auxiliary exits. The purpose of
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this file is to hold configuration options that are manipulated via
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the graphical interface, for example which browser should be used to
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display online help.
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><P
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>GUI session functionality is not yet available in the current release.
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When that functionality is fully implemented it is possible that some
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target definition file options may be removed, to be replaced by
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graphical editing via a suitable preferences dialog, with the
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current settings saved in the session file.
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