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NOTES:
1. The two configurations different only in that one builds for
execution from FLASH and the other for execution from RAM. A
bootloader of some kind is required to support execution from RAM!
This difference is reflected in a single configuration setting:
execution entirely from FLASH and the other for execution entirely
from RAM. A bootloader of some kind is required to support such
execution from RAM! This difference is reflected in a single
configuration setting:
CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMFLASH=y # Execute from flash (default)
CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMEXTSRAM=y # Execute from external SRAM
A third configuration is possible but not formalized with its own
defconfig file: You can also configure the code to boot from FLASH,
copy the code to external SRAM, and then execute from RAM. Such a
configuration needs the following settings in the .config file:
CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMEXTSRAM=y # Execute from external SRAM
CONFIG_MAKERLISP_COPYTORAM=y # Boot from FLASH but copy to SRAM
Why execute from SRAM at all? Because you will get MUCH better
performance because of the zero wait state SRAM implementation.
2. A serial console is provided on UART0. This configuration should work
with or without the the VGA and Keyboard adapter boards. Normal
connectivity is via host serical console connected through the USB
connectivity is via host serial console connected through the USB
serial console.
With the I/O expansion board, the serial console can also be used with
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2019-06-17: The SD initialization was due to some error in the SPI driver:
It waits for a byte transfer to complete but it never receives the
indication that the transfer completed. That SPI problem has been
fixed and now the SD card is partially functional.
Reads from the SD are successful, but writes to the SD card (creating
files, creating directories, etc) hang.
fixed and now the SD card is functional.
2019-06-18: The RTC now appears to be fully functional.