> > We are considering buying an "mv177" rather than "mv167"
> > for one of the systems in our project.
> >
> > Are there any issues that I should be aware of running
> > EPICS under vxWorks 5.2 on the "mv177"?
> >
> > Presumably we will need a new BSP. Does the same cross-compiler
> > work for both boards - i.e. could you load a "167" image on
> > the "177"?
I accidentally did this, and it ran. Certainly all .o's
will work.
> We are using a few MVME177's as direct replacements. Yes you need a new BSP.
> With EPICS R3.13, just add
>
> CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS = mv167 mv177 in config/CONFIG
>
> and
>
> ARCH = mv177 in iocBoot/iocName/Makefile
>
> and let the Makefiles do their magic.
Well, in R3.13beta11 at least, you need to copy CONFIG.mv167
to CONFIG.mv177, then change "ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS = -DCPU=MC68040 ..."
to "ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS = -DCPU=MC68060 ...
> At APS, MV177's don't seem to boot from fast solaris machines, we have to
> specify a boot host that's running sunOs. This has not been a problem at
> PPL, however, where they are running a later version of Solaris and vxWorks
> 5.3.
Have not seen that problem with Solaris 2.5.1 and any model
Sun.
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