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<!-- Copyright (C) 2003 Red Hat, Inc. --> <!-- This material may be distributed only subject to the terms --> <!-- and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0 --> <!-- or later (the latest version is presently available at --> <!-- http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). --> <!-- Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any --> <!-- standard (paper) book form is prohibited unless prior --> <!-- permission is obtained from the copyright holder. --> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Component Repository</TITLE ><meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="eCos User Guide" HREF="ecos-user-guide.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Getting Started" HREF="config-tool-getting-started.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Invoking the eCos Configuration Tool" HREF="config-tool-invoking.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="eCos Configuration Tool Documents" HREF="config-tool-documents.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >eCos User Guide</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="config-tool-invoking.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 15. Getting Started</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="config-tool-documents.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="CONFIG-TOOL-COMPONENT-REPOSITORY">The Component Repository</H1 ><P >When you invoke the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN >, it accesses the Component Repository, a read-only location of configuration information. For an explanation of “Component Repository” see <A HREF="cdl-concepts.html" >Chapter 24</A >.</P ><P >The <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > will look for a component repository using (in descending order of preference):</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >A location specified on the command line</P ></LI ><LI ><P >The component repository most recently used by the current user</P ></LI ><LI ><P >An <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > distribution under <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/opt/ecos</TT > (under Linux) or a default location set by the installation procedure (under Windows)</P ></LI ><LI ><P >User input</P ></LI ></UL ><P >The final case above will normally only occur if the previous repository has been moved or (under Windows) installation information stored in the Windows registry has been modified; it will result in a dialog box being displayed that allows you to specify the repository location:</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="AEN1047"><P ><B >Figure 15-2. Repository relocation dialog box</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/repos-relocate.png"></P ></DIV ><P >Note that in order to use the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > you are obliged to provide a valid repository location. </P ><P >In the rare event that you subsequently wish to change the component location, select <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Build</I ></SPAN >-><SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Repository</I ></SPAN > and the above dialog box will then be displayed.</P ><P >You can check the location of the current repository, the current save file path, and the current hardware template and default package, by selecting <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Help</I ></SPAN >-><SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Repository Information...</I ></SPAN >. A summary will be displayed.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="config-tool-invoking.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ecos-user-guide.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="config-tool-documents.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Invoking the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="config-tool-getting-started.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > Documents</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >