Hello, as I posted in other threads I recently got the linux-2.6-xlnx running on a SP605 with microblaze. However, I now whant to acctually execute some application on it.
My first option I guess would be to put the app inside the ramdisk image, however, It is really tedious to re-build the kernel with the new ramdisk image everytime you whant to change something.
My other option I guess would be putting the app on the compact-flash that my board has which for me rises more questions:
1. In order to partition and copy files into the compact flash, do I need a CF adapter? the reason I am asking is that I don't have a compact-flash programmer right now and I whant to know if I would need one to do this. I did try to program the CF card using impact and the jtag chain (as it is hooked up to the chain according to impact) but i was not successfull, somebody knows any document that explains how to do it?
2. I have tried to inlcude System Ace in my XPS project (with interrupt enabled) and builded the dts file and everything but I don't know which configure setting should be modified before configureing the kernel. I have looked around the menuconfig but I have not found anything that looks like the sysace driver, also, I guess I must enable support for the CF filesystem which should be the same one it shipped with as i have not written on it. So, what should I enable in the menuconfig? once on the board's shell how do I access the CF? (i have xsa1 under /dev/ but when I try "mount /dev/xsa1 I get an error saying "can't find /dev/xsa1 in /etc/fstab)
Thanks in adavanced for your time.
PS: I have been trying to do it by placing the executable file inside my rootfs.cpio file. I have followed http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Embedded-Linux/how-to-make-a-initramfs-by-cpio/m-p/81695 to do it. However after appending my app in the filesystem if i use "find . | cpio -H newc -o > xxx.cpio" or "find -print | cpio -H newc -o > xxx.cpio" (from the post i don't really understand wich should be used) I get an error sayin the the file ./rootfs.cpio has grown and that 27590144 new bytes have not been copied, besides, the new rootfs.cpio weights 60MB while the original one weights 34 MB. If I use "find -print | cpio -ov > rootfs.cpio" I get no error but the files is still 60MB heavy. I have observed the same results wether if I put my app in the filesystem or if i just unmount and try to mount again withou modifying anything.
