Specifications

Motorola S-records are an industry-standard format for transmitting binary files to target systems and PROM
programmers.
See also: http://pmon.groupbsd.org/Info/srec.htm
Target
The computer system which will be used later in you application environment, for instance an Embedded
System. In many cases it has a different architecture and much more limited resoucres than a typical Host
system, so it is often not possible to develop the software directly (native) on this system.
TFTP
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol
A simple network protocol for file transfer; used in combination with BOOTP or DHCP to load boot images
etc. over the network.
UART
- Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
Generically, this refers to any device capable of implementing a variety of asynchronous serial protocols, such
as RS-232, HDLC and SDLC. In this context, it refers to the operating mode of the SCCs which provides this
functionality.
UPM
- User Programmable Machine
A highly flexible bus interfacing machine unit allowing external peripherals with an extremely wide variety of
interfacing requirements to be connected directly to the CPU.
YellowDog
More information about the YellowDog GNU/Linux distribution for Power Architecture® systems can be
found at http://www.yellowdoglinux.com.
S-Record 210