Re: TINI does not boot

Bryan Armstrong <bryan.armstrong-6tN4nzCoH/[email protected]> Mon, 07 Jun 2004 08:43:51 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.microcontrollers.tini
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Klaus Wolfrum wrote:
> Thank you to Peter, who wrote to me off list. 
> 
> The problem is now settled: 
> 
> According to Peter's suggestion I cleared the banks where 
> the application was loaded: 
> 
> With "Z" (zap or erase) the respective bank is cleared: 
> 
>>From JavaKit after TINI reset I entered: 
> 
> Z47
> Z48
> Z49  
> 
> Before reloading the application I recompiled it. 
> 
> I cannot tell, if the binary had a bug. The "TINI" sequence 
> at the beginning of the binary seemed to be ok. 
> 
> I do not know why, but TINI now boots. 

The ROM searches downwards every 64K segment until it hits a "TINI" 
signature, then runs the executable.  It was finding your executable 
first to execute.  When you cleared out your application, it searched 
further down and found the TINIOS entry point.  For more information, see:
http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/3013

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Bryan Armstrong
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