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MOTLoad Firmware

MVME4100ET Single Board Computer Installation and Use (6806800K76F)

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For further details on CR/CSR space, refer to the VME64 Specification, listed in

Appendix B,

Related Documentation

.

The MVME4100ET uses a TSi148 for its PCI/X-to-VME bus bridge. The offsets of the mailboxes
in the TSi148 are defined in the TSi148 VMEBus PCI/X-to-VME User Manual, listed in

Appendix B,

Related Documentation

, but are listed here for reference:

Mailbox 0 is at offset 7f610 in the CR/CSR space
Mailbox 1 is at offset 7f614 in the CR/CSR space
Mailbox 2 is at offset 7f618 in the CR/CSR space
Mailbox 3 is at offset 7f61C in the CR/CSR space

The selection of the mailbox used by remote start on an individual MVME4100ET is determined
by the setting of a global environment variable (GEV). The default mailbox is zero. Another GEV
controls whether remote start is enabled (default) or disabled. Refer to the Remote Start
appendix in the MOTLoad Firmware Package User's Manual for remote start GEV definitions.

The MVME4100ET’s IBCA needs to be mapped appropriately through the master’s VMEbus
bridge. For example, to use remote start using mailbox 0 on an MVME4100ET installed in slot
5, the master would need a mapping to support reads and writes of address 0x002ff610 in VME
CR/CSR space (0x280000 + 0x7f610).

6.7

Boot Images

Valid boot images whether POST, USER, or Alternate MOTLoad, are located on 1 MB boundaries
within the upper 8 MB of flash. The image may exceed 1 MB in size. An image is determined
valid through the presence of two "valid image keys" and other sanity checks. A valid boot
image begins with a structure as defined in the following table:

Name

Type

Size

Notes

UserDefined

unsigned integer

8

User defined

ImageKey 1

unsigned integer

1

0x414c5420

ImageKey 2

unsigned integer

1

0x424f4f54

ImageChecksum

unsigned integer

1

Image checksum

ImageSize

unsigned integer

1

Must be a multiple of 4

ImageName

unsigned character

20

User defined