Question Regarding Tornado Software

[Scott C. Karlin]

Perhaps I gave you the wrong impression in my original response.
Let me try to clarify...

With the exception of the command-line assembler for the microengines,
we are not using any of the Windows-based tools for our development.
(We are not using Tornado, Workbench, or Transactor.)  All our
development is based on GNU tools running on Linux.  Since we are not
using VxWorks/Tornado, I assume that we cannot run any of the examples
which might be included on the development CD-ROM.

When I stated that "the Tornado software is not mandatory," I simply
meant that you do not need Tornado if you want to run code on the
IXP1200.  It probably *is* mandatory if you want to develop code
using the environment described in the Intel documentation (VxWorks,
NetApp, NT, ...).

Hope that helps,
Scott



Petcharat Suriyachai writes:
> 
> Did anyone load the VxWorks NetApp Image onto the IXP 1200? From the
> manual the VxWorksNetApp.o image must be loaded onto the IXP 1200 to be
> able to test the Workbench connection and to run projects. How did you do
> this WITHOUT the VxWorks window? 
> 
> I have the following so far:
> 
> /////////////////////////////////////////
> Attached TCP/IP interface to eeE0.
> Attaching network interface lo0... done.
> Loading... 602392 + 13020 + 45320
> Starting at 0x1000...
> 
> Early serial debug initialized
> muxDevLoad failed for device entry 0!
> Attached TCP/IP interface to eeE unit 0
> Attaching network interface lo0... done.
> 0x7ffe64 (tRootTask): dc0 - Failed to read ethernet address
> NFS client support not included.
> 
> 
>                  VxWorks
> 
> Copyright 1984-1998  Wind River Systems, Inc.
> 
>             CPU: Level One ixp1200eb - ARM IXP1200
>         VxWorks: 5.4
>     BSP version: 1.0/948
>   Creation date: Feb 16 2000
>             WDB: Ready.
> 
> //////////////////////////////////////
> 
> The next step based on the manual is "configuring and launching a target
> server with Tornado."  Since the Tornado is not mandatory, I don't really
> know what to do after this. The workbench will hang if I try to debug a
> program. The error is "Error opening network connection to node
> TestTarget." I assume that the host doesn't know the ip address of the
> Evaluation system. Any suggestion?
> 
> Thank you,
> Pat
> 
> 
> 
> --On Friday, June 30, 2000, 4:10 PM -0400 "Scott C. Karlin"
> <scott at CS.Princeton.EDU> wrote:
> 
> > Pat writes:
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I have questions about the Tornado software. I am trying to run an
> >> example workbench project on the SA1200 hardware, the Ethernet
> >> Evaluation Platform. I am under the impression that I will need to boot
> >> the VxWorks before I can run my codes on the hardware. Therefore, the
> >> Tornado software is a must. Please clarify this.
> > 
> > No, the Tornado software is not mandatory.  We do not use it for
> > our development.
> > 
> >> To configure my system to run the uCos operating system, I will need to
> >> install the ARM software development toolkit to my host PC. Do I really
> >> need this?  Is only the VxWorks operating system sufficient enough to be
> >> used to run codes on the hardware?
> > 
> > After joining the list, you can look in the e-mail archive for the list
> > (instructions will arrive when you subscribe to the list).  I posted
> > instructions on how to take the current GNU tools and use the VxWorks
> > bootloader (but not the Tornado software) to load and run the code.
> > 
> > -Scott