Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for
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1. Press the reset button and the 750FX evaluation board will reboot and automatically configure the ether net port You can now review your port configuration with the ifconfig command PIBS ifconfig entO lt ENTER gt ent0 flags 63 lt UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING gt metric 0 inet 192 168 0 2 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192 168 0 255 PIBS Note that a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 OxFFFFFFOO was implied in the initial ifconfig command Your output may vary slightly depending on prior configuration 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 September 9 2003 Page 3 Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows 8 Perform the Ping Test You should be able to ping your host now from the PIBS shell PIBS ping 192 168 0 1 lt ENTER gt ping 192 168 0 1 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192 168 0 1 icmp_seq 0 time 0 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 0 1 icmp_seq 1 time 0 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 0 1 icmp_seq 2 time 0 ms 192 168 0 1 PING Statistics 3 packets transmitted 3 packets received 0 packet loss round trip ms min avg max 0 0 0 PIBS Your output may vary slightly depending on prior configuration Note that a software firewall program that is installed on your PC may prevent your PC from responding to a ping from the evaluation board In this case please consult your software firewall s documentation to determine how to configure the software as needed 9 Configure the TFTP server In2. entry point As before you can set a breakpoint and perform source level debugging from this point For more information on debugging the sample code and the debug_thread see Chapter 16 of Pow erPC 750FX Evaluation Board User s Manual 12 Complete the RISCWatch Quick Start Tutorial To learn more about source level debugging capabilities of RISCWatch continue with the RISCWatch Quick Start tutorial from chapter 2 of the RISCWatch Debugger User s Manual provided with the RISC Watch software and also on the PowerPC Embedded Processors Cores and Tools CD 13 Optional JTAG installation If you are going to use the JTAG interface instead of the Debug Monitor you will need to complete the fol lowing procedure before invoking RISCWatch 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 Page 6 September 9 2003 Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows Edit the ppe750fxevb mps file to specify the IP address of your RISCWatch probe The line should read BOARD ppc750fxevb 192 168 0 2 jtag_eth and the chip name should reflect that which was given in step 3 CHIP 750FX ppc750fxevb 2 CPUO 8 CHIP 750FX ppc750fxevb 2 CPU1L 8 Edit the rwppc env file to specify the MPS file by adding the line MPS FILE ppc750fxevb mps and commenting out the PROC line using the symbols as follows PROC 750FX ppc750fxevb Revision Log Revision Date Contents of Modification June 3 2003 Initial release 00 September 9 2003
3. If you changed the path names during installation you will need to adjust your paths in the Quick Start accord ingly 3 Configure the RISCWatch Debugger Software 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 September 9 2003 Page 1 Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows Change to the C Program Files RISCWatch directory Copy the C IBM ppc750fx kit bsp_750fx rw files to the current directory Invoke the rwpcfc exe executable to compile the pcf file into a prd file rwpcfc exe ppc 50fxevb pcf The prd file is used by RISCWatch to access registers on the companion chip Edit the rwppc env file by selecting from the host Start gt Programs gt RISCWatch gt Edit Environment File In the rwppc env file uncomment the Processor Name statement and set it to 750FX ppc750fxevb PROC 750FX ppc750fxevb Uncomment and set the Revision number to 2 REV 2 Set the target type to sim TARGET TYPE sim Set the Target name to the IP address of the evaluation board which will be 192 168 0 2 TARGET NAME 192 168 0 2 Set the search path to the sample directory SEARCH PATH c IBM ppc750fx kit bsp_ 750fx sample Uncomment and set the PRD filename to the file that was compiled at the beginning of this step PRD_FILE ppc750fxevb prd Save the rwppc env file and exit the editor program 4 Connect the 750FX evaluation board to the PC There are two serial ports and two ethernet ports on the 750FX evaluation board The serial
4. Added HighC compiler activation instruction 01 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 September 9 2003 Page 7 Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2003 All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 09 2003 The following are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both IBM IBM Logo PowerPC RISCWatch Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other company product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others All information contained in this document is subject to change without notice The products described in this document are NOT intended for use in applications such as implantation life support or other hazardous uses where malfunction could result in death bodily injury or catastrophic property damage The information contained in this document does not affect or change IBM product specifications or warranties Nothing in this document shall operate as an express or implied license or indemnity under the intellectual property rights of IBM or third parties All information contained in this docu ment was obtained in specific environments and is presented as an illustration The results obtained in other operating environments may vary While t
5. Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows Introduction The complete instructions for setting up the PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit are provided in the PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Board User s Manual which can be found on the 750FX Evaluation Kit CD This document provides a summary of those instructions as well as directions for configuring and starting the RISCWatch debugger with the PIBS Debug Monitor on a Windows host system Note that these instructions assume that you will use a dedicated and private point to point Ethernet connec tion between the evaluation board and a PC Setup Instructions To ensure a successful setup please follow these instructions in the order given 1 Configure a TCP IP Ethernet network interface port on your PC host Set the IP address to 192 168 0 1 Set the subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 The network interface configuration property screens can be accessed by double clicking the network icon in the Windows Control Panel If your PC uses socks to access the Internet through your firewall add the following direct line to the socks cnf file direct 192 168 0 0 255 255 255 0 The socks cnf is usually in a Windows system directory and can be found using the windows search or find utility 2 Install the Evaluation Kit Software Insert the Evaluation Kit CD in your computer s CD drive If the installation program does not automati cally start run the installation program D
6. e C IBM ppc750fx kit osp_750fx lib directory and typing gnumake clobber and then gnumake all Copy the file C IBM ppc750fx kit kernel_7xx make make opt_7xx met to C IBM ppc750fx kit kernel_7xx make make opt Recompile the kernel by going to the C IBM ppc750fx kit kernel_7xx lio directory and typing gnumake clobber gnumake all Create an MSDOS window and change directories to c IBM ppc750fx kit osp_750fx sample Compile the samples by typing gnumake all lt ENTER gt Several binary images will be made each of which has a different purpose First we will load the finalo ram image and execute it PIBS variables are used on the target to determine the file to load and the host to load from using TFTP The TFTP server should already be running on the host as described in the previous step Go to the serial console to set the PIBS variable bootfilename and host PIBS set bootfilename C IBM ppc750fx kit bsp_750fx sample finaloram lt ENTER gt PIBS set ipdstaddrO 192 168 0 1 lt ENTER gt You can use the set command with no arguments if you want to see a list of the variables and their cur rent values Type the command to fetch the image and execute it on the processor PIBS bootfile eth lt ENTER gt The result is output on the serial console in the EPOS information banner Note that the prompt is now from the EPOS shell For more information on EPOS see the PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Boa
7. he information contained herein is believed to be accurate such information is preliminary and should not be relied upon for accuracy or completeness and no representations or warranties of accuracy or completeness are made THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS In no event will IBM be liable for damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the information contained in this document IBM Microelectronics Division 1580 Route 52 Bldg 504 Hopewell Junction NY 12533 6351 The IBM home page can be found at http www ibm com The IBM Microelectronics Division home page can be found at http www iom com chips 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 Page 8 September 9 2003
8. kitinst exe where D is the drive letter of your CD drive There are three installation applications that can be run from kitinst exe e Click on the button labeled Install PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Read the License agreement and accept all of the default options to the installation If you are going to install the tools as well click on NO to reboot later if you are prompted by the install program e Click on the button labeled Install IBM GNU Tools For PowerPC or Install High C C Compiler Accept all of the defaults to complete the installation of the tools Read the License agreement and accept all of the default options to the installation If you are going to install RISCWatch as well click on NO to reboot later if you are prompted by the install program e Click on the button Install RISCWatch once again accepting the defaults to complete installation of the debugger software Read the RISCWatch README file that is displayed after the installation is complete to familiarize yourself with 750FX operational information Close the installation application and reboot your computer so that the new PATH variables can be regis tered Note that if you have other tools installed on your Windows computer you may need to adjust the PATH environment variable such that the 750FX Evaluation Kit binaries are ahead of other binaries with the same name The following instructions assume that you have accepted the default path names
9. o the Debug Moni tor The entry point to a user application should be called within the debug_thread routine if this method of debugging is used On the RISCWatch command line type load host finaloram lt ENTER gt On the RISCWatch GUI select Source gt Source and a window pops up to display the source code at the beginning of debug_thread In the RISCWatch command line type bp set in routine lt ENTER gt run lt ENTER gt In the source window you will see that the debugger stopped execution at the breakpoint in the sam ple routine called routine5 Press the Line Step button on the RISCWatch Source window and the instruction pointer is advanced to the next line each time the button is pressed 2 Use RISCWatch to load file A second method of debugging an image is by using RISCWatch to load and run the file In this case we use a standalone image that we compiled earlier called finalodebug This image is loaded and relocated by RISCWatch instead of PIBS so it must be carefully linked such that it does not interfere with PIBS Press the reset switch at the top of the 750FX evaluation board and wait for the PIBS prompt You will need to restart RISCWatch since the connection to the Debug Monitor has been bro ken In the new RISCWatch command line type load file finalodebug lt ENTER gt In the source window we see that the image has again been loaded and the instruction pointer placed at the beginning of the debug_thread
10. order to use PIBS for downloading applications via Ethernet the host workstation must be configured to support a TFTP server A TFTP server is included in the 750FX evaluation kit binaries Edit the c IBM ppc750FX kit bin tftpaccess ctl file Make sure that it contains a line to allow access to the directory where you want to compile your application In this case we will use the sample directory so the line in tftpaccess ctl will look like allow c ibm ppc750fx kit bsp 750fx sample The TFTP server must be started on the host so that binary images that are built on the host can be transferred to the target Start the server by clicking Start gt Programs gt IBM PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit gt Start TFTPD server Make sure to restart the server if the PC is rebooted For more information on installing and running the TFTP server see the PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Board User s Manual 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 Page 4 September 9 2003 Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows 10 Compile and load the sample code Note for MetaWare HighC compiler users To use the HighC compiler the file you should first complete the following steps Activate the compiler by executing the command ibmdemo hcppc1 exe from the C IBM hcppc bin directory Copy the file C IBM ppc750fx kit osp_750fx make make opt met to C IBM ppc750fx kit osp_750fx make make opt Recompile all the BSP libraries by going to th
11. ports are the upper pair of connectors and the ethernet ports are the lower pair The upper part of the board is the edge near the row of LED s and the lower part of the board is the edge with the PCI finger connectors Con nect the lower serial port i e the one closest to the ethernet connectors to the evaluation board chassis to the PC serial port using the supplied Null Modem serial cable Connect the higher Ethernet port i e the one closest to the serial ports directly to the PC Ethernet port using the supplied crossover Ethernet cable Connect the power cable from the wall socket to the power supply Plug the power connector from the power supply into the matching connector at the top of the 750FX evaluation board Turn the power sup ply switch on You will not notice any movement of the power supply fan until the board is also turned on 5 Start and configure a serial port console session on the PC Start a terminal emulator program such as HyperTerminal HyperTerminal is distributed with Windows and can usually be started by selecting Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt HyperTerminal 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 Page 2 September 9 2003 Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows Set the HyperTerminal connection properties to connect using the COM port associated with the PC serial port This will be a numbered COM port such as COM1 COM2 etc If there are multiple COM por
12. rd User s Manual and the Embedded PowerPC Operating System User s Manual which are both located on the 750FX Kit CD The EPOS shell is part of the sample code image that was compiled into finaloram You can modify the sample code and replace it with your own code but first lets attach the debugger to the sample 11 Start the RISCWatch Debugger We examine two methods of using RISCWatch with the Debug Monitor here The first way is to attach to the image we started running from PIBS in the previous step and the second way is to load an image directly from RISCWatch 1 Attach to already running code RISCWatch can attach to user code that has been loaded and run by PIBS In the previous step we loaded and executed the finaloram image using the bootfile command Start the RISCWatch applica tion on the host by clicking 750fxQuickStart 01 fm 01 September 9 2003 Page 5 Installation Guide PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Kit Quick Setup for Windows Start gt Programs gt RISCWatch gt RWPPC RISCWatch attaches to the EPOS Debug Monitor over the ethernet connection and allows us to debug without the use of a JTAG probe Status messages indicating the connection to the Debug Monitor should appear in the serial console When RISCWatch comes up the processor status win dow will say Stopped but in fact only the debug_thread is stopped The debug_thread is the EPOS code see file debug_thread c in sample directory that provides a hook int
13. t choices and you don t know which is the correct one try them all systematically until you determine the correct one Configure the selected COM port connection properties to use 115000 bits per second 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit and Xon Xoff flow control Hardware flow control is not supported Make sure the HyperTerminal status bar indicates that you are connected You may have to select the Disconnect function and then the Call or Connect function for the updated connection properties to take effect Power on the 750FX evaluation board Power on the 750FX evaluation board by pressing the small button at the bottom of the 750FX evaluation board Note that the button on the top of the board is the reset switch You should see some board infor mation scroll in the serial port console window and the PIBS prompt If you don t see the board informa tion in the serial console window check your connections and serial port configuration Configure PIBS PIBS is an initialization and boot program that allows you to interactively configure the evaluation board It has a help feature that describes commands that you can use to configure the board The commands are documented in detail in the PowerPC 750FX Evaluation Board User s Manual Configure the ethernet port with an IP address by using the PIBS ifconfig command In this case we are using port 0 PIBS set ifconfigcmdO ent0O up 192 168 0 2 lt ENTER gt
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