Command-line options

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The features are enabled via command-line options to the board-specific startup. Since all of the support is built into the startup library, the features are generic across all platforms.

Kernel restoration

To enable kernel restoration, use the -I option to the startup in the buildfile:

startup-boardname -I flag

where flag is 0 to disable checksum verification, or 1 to enable it.

For debugging output, specify at least two levels of debugging via the -v option:

startup-boardname -I flag -vv

If checksum verification is enabled and fails, the entire image is reloaded.

Note:
Even if the IFS checksum verification is disabled, a checksum is still performed on the IFS Restoration internal data structure (approximately 32 bytes) to ensure at least some data integrity.

Secondary IFS restoration

To enable secondary IFS restoration, use the -i option to the startup in the buildfile:

startup-boardname -i ifs2_size[,flags][,paddr_src][,paddr_dst]

The arguments are:

ifs2_size
The size of the secondary IFS (note: this can be larger than the actual size).
flags
  • Not specified — load the secondary IFS but don't try to restore on wake-up
  • R — load the secondary IFS and restore
  • K or RK — load the secondary IFS and restore with a checksum
paddr_src
  • Not specified — the secondary IFS is located in flash after the primary IFS
  • Specified — the secondary IFS is located at the physical address specified
paddr_dst
  • Not specified — the secondary IFS will be copied to a default location in RAM
  • Specified — the secondary IFS will be copied to the physical address specified (choose an address in a safe place, such as at the end of RAM away from where the primary image is copied)

For debugging output, specify at least two levels of debugging via the -v option:

startup-boardname -i ifs2_size[,flags][,paddr_src][,paddr_dst] -vv

If the checksum is enabled and fails, the entire secondary IFS is reloaded.

Note:
Even if the secondary IFS checksum is disabled, a checksum is still performed on the IFS Restoration internal data structure (approximately 16 bytes) to ensure at least some data integrity.
CAUTION:
Kernel and secondary IFS restoration aren't guaranteed to work if the image is downloaded serially. This is because the IPL may copy the serially downloaded image to a location in RAM that overwrites the secondary IFS or data structures used by the restore features.

In practice, this isn't an issue since serial downloading won't be used other than for testing. If serial download is required, try manually setting the destination location of the secondary IFS to be somewhere away from where the IPL downloads the image.

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