User guide
Starting and Configuring the Device 41
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Power on the device.
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As the device boots, the bootup test first counts the device memory availability and then continues to
boot. The following screen is an example of the displayed POST:
------ Performing the Power-On Self Test (POST) ------
UART Channel Loopback Test........................PASS
Testing the System SDRAM..........................PASS
Boot1 Checksum Test...............................PASS
Boot2 Checksum Test...............................PASS
Flash Image Validation Test.......................PASS
BOOT Software Version 1.0.0.20 Built 22-Jan-xxxx 15:09:28
Processor: FireFox 88E6218 ARM946E-S , 64 MByte SDRAM.
I-Cache 8 KB. D-Cache 8 KB. Cache Enabled.
Autoboot in 2 seconds - press RETURN or Esc. to abort and enter prom.
Preparing to decompress...
The boot process runs approximately 90 seconds.
The auto-boot message displayed at the end of POST (see the last lines) indicates that no problems were
encountered during boot.
During boot the Startup menu can be used to run special procedures. To enter the Startup menu, press
<Esc> or <Enter> within the first two seconds after the auto-boot message is displayed.
If the system boot process is not interrupted by pressing <Esc> or <Enter>, the process continues
decompressing and loading the code into RAM. The code starts running from RAM and the list of
numbered system ports and their states (up or down) are displayed.
NOTE: The following screen is an example configuration. Items such as addresses, versions, and dates may differ
for each device.
Decompressing SW from image-2
78c000
OK
Running from RAM...