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eCos - the Embedded Configurable Operating System - release 2.0 README
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May 2003
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Welcome to the eCos 2.0 public net release.
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This README contains a list of known problems with the eCos 2.0 release.
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Please check for further issues by searching the Bugzilla database for
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product "eCos" version "2.0":
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http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/query.cgi?product=eCos
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If you discover new bugs with this release please report them using
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Bugzilla:
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http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=eCos
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eCos 2.0 Errata
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* When building RedBoot for ROM startup, the following warning may be produced
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by BFD:
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allocated section `.bss' is not in segment
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This warning is due to mishandling of overlapping segments and is harmless. A
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patch has been submitted to the binutils mailing list.
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* When building eCos for the 'linux' target with the 'net' template, the
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following warning is produced:
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/usr/bin/ld: warning: no memory region specified for section
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`.rel.ecos.table._Net_inits.data.0x88000001domain_routecyg_net_add_domain'
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This warning is harmless and may be ignored.
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* eCos fails to build for target 'flexanet' since the platform support has not
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been maintained with respect to the rest of the repository.
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* RedBoot fails to build for target 'dreamcast' since the package
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CYGPKG_FS_ISO is not present in the eCos public repository.
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* The eCos tests 'pselect' and 'cpuload' may fail erroneously on some eCos
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targets (false negative).
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* We are aware of the following issues with specific versions of the cygwin1
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DLL:
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- version 1.3.19 cannot be used to configure eCos toolchains due to a
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problem with vasprintf.
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- version 1.3.20 causes various toolchain failures when building eCos on
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Win95/98/ME only. We suspect this is an mmap issue.
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* The PSIM PowerPC simulator treats all data cache instructions as noops.
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The behaviour is benign with the exception of the dcbz instruction. It causes
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the eCos kcache2 test to fail on target 'psim'.
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* Register handling in the GDB stub code for the MIPS32 variant has been
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changed to supply 32 bit registers rather than 64 bit. This change allows
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use the public gcc 3.2.x compiler but will cause problems with the
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mipsisa32-elf toolchain from ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/redhat/linux/
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* There are a number of minor issues with the eCos Configuration Tool:
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84946 Configtool build progress bar inoperative
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84948 Cannot add new command prefix in platform editor dialog box
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85588 Starting help spawns xterm which doesn't disappear
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85597 Configtool internal doc viewer issues
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89778 Configtool platforms list is not sorted
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90180 NT config tool configuration pane divider dragging unreliable
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* The eCos documentation does not describe how to invoke the Insight graphical
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debugger. Insight is invoked by specifying the "-w" switch on the GDB command
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line.
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* The Insight graphical debugger exhibits a lack of robustness on Win95/98/ME
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hosts. We recommend using command-line GDB on these platforms.
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