Re: AW: PMON documentation

[Pete Popov <ppopov@mvista.com>]

erras stefan wrote:

> I'm using PMON version 0.0291 (This says the boot sequence via serial port)
> I have to do modifications in the section for the RTC. Where can I find the 
> code for this modifications.
> We have problems with our RTC because it does not work very well with the 
> actual initialization.
> I'm searching for a good manual for the used assembler in PMON. Can anybody 
> help me?
>  
Which board is this? I think we may still have a version of PMON for the 
ITE 8172 board somewhere.
As far as docs, I don't have any.

Pete

> Stefan
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>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Pete Popov [mailto:ppopov@mvista.com] 
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. März 2004 21:57
> An: erras stefan
> Cc: Linux MIPS mailing list
> Betreff: Re: PMON documentation
>
>
> On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 05:09, erras stefan wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm working on a development project with a RM5231 MIPS processor. I 
> > have to modify some things in the PMON bootloader source-code. Can 
> > anybody give me an advice where I can find PMON source code 
> > documentation or a detailed explanation how PMON works. Which files do 
> > I have to look into, when I would like to modify the bootloader.
> > Maybe I can use another bootloader. Which alternatives do I have. I do
> > not need the debug functionality of PMON. Maybe there is an easier to
> > understand and modify bootloader.
> >
> > Thank you all in advance for your help!
> >    
> I think there were too many versions of "PMON" floating out there. I'm not sure 
> which one you have.
>
> If you are starting from scratch, take a look at uboot. I think that would be a 
> much better alternative.
>
> Pete
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