ADSP-BF537 Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference
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System Reset and Booting
The reset handler most likely performs additional tasks not shown in the
examples above. Stack pointers and
EVTx
registers are initialized here.
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As the boot kernel is running at reset interrupt priority, NMI
events, hardware errors and exceptions are not served at boot time.
As soon as the reset service routine returns, the processor may ser-
vice the events that occurred during the boot sequence. It is
recommended that programs install NMI, hardware error and
exception handlers before leaving the reset service routine. This
includes proper initialization of the respective event vector regis-
ters,
EVTx
.
Booting Process
After reset, the boot kernel residing in the on-chip boot ROM starts pro-
cessing the boot stream. The boot stream is either read from memory or
received from a host processor. A boot stream represents the application
data and is formatted in a special manner. The application data is seg-
mented into multiple blocks of data. Each block begins with a block
header. The header contains control words such as the destination address
and data length information.
As
illustrates, the Vi+ tools suite features a loader
utility (
elfloader.exe
). The loader utility parses the input executable file
(
.DXE
), segments the application data into multiple blocks, and creates the
header information for each block. The output is stored in a loader file
(
.LDR
). The loader file contains the boot stream and is made available to
hardware by programming or burning it into non-volatile external mem-
ory. Refer to the Vi+ Loader Manual for information on switches
for loader files.
Summary of Contents for Blackfin ADSP-BF537
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