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Subject: [ts-7000] RTAI on TS 7300
From: "Juerg Lehni" <>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:50:42 -0000
Hello,

I am trying to get RTAI to work on a TS 7300. First I downloaded rtai-3.2-magma-
compiled.tar.gz from ftp.embeddedarm.com but could not execute the testsuite
applications since things were compiled for a different Kernel. E.g. running 
/usr/realtime/testsuite/kern/latency/run leads to:

        /usr/realtime/modules/rtai_hal.o was compiled for kernel version 
2.4.26-ts9-rt
        while this kernel is version 2.4.26-ts11.

I am confused now about the nature of the ts11 kernel. Does it come with RTAI 
support
built in or not? Is it a question of simply recompiling RTAI, or do I need a 
new kernel too?

On http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7300 under
Software it clearly is stated:

"The Linux solution for ARM is compatible with the RTAI real-time extension"

>From this I would expect things to just work. But now I already spend the 4th 
>day trying to
get this to work with now luck. The fact that there is very little 
documentation about it
does not help a bit.

Here is what I've tried so far:

I downloaded an alternative kernel and kernel modules from the ftp server that 
state to
have RT support built in (vmlinux-7300-ts11-rt.bin) and used bootload to try to 
get it to
load, but the system froze each time. I then wrote the kernel to the first 
partition of the
sdcard, but that did not boot either. I tried to compile my own Kernel under 
Cygwin but
failed since I did not manage to install modutils. Now I tried to use bootload 
to load the
kernel that the system already comes with, extracted from the first partition 
of the default
sdcard image just to see if bootload works at all, and even this results in 
freezing.

I am obviously not getting anywhere with this. There must be others here who 
face similar
problems. How can I get RTAI to work on this platform? Do I need a new kernel 
at all? How
am I supposed to use bootload on TS 7300 to get any results?

I am very thankful for any help.

Jürg




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