Tornado

Tornado 2.0
User’s Guide
2.6.3 Boot Program Commands
The VxWorks boot program provides a limited set of commands. To see a list of
available commands, type the help command (h or ?) followed by RETURN:
[VxWorks Boot]: ?
Table 2-3 lists and describes each of the VxWorks boot commands and their
arguments.
2.6.4 Description of Boot Parameters
Each of the boot parameters is described below, with reference to the example in
2.6.2 Entering New Boot Parameters, p.46. The letters in parentheses after some
parameters indicate how to specify the parameters in the command-line boot
procedure described in 2.6.6 Alternate Booting Procedures, p.52.
boot device
The type of device to boot from. This must be one of the drivers included in the
boot ROMs (for example, enp for a CMC controller). Due to limited space in
the boot ROMs, only a few drivers can be included. A list of included drivers
is displayed at the bottom of the help screen (type ? or h).
processor number
A unique identifier for the target in systems with multiple targets on a
backplane (zero in the example). The first CPU must be processor number 0
(zero).
host name
The name of the host machine to boot from. This is the name by which the host
is known to VxWorks; it need not be the name used by the host itself. (The host
name is mars in the example of 2.6.2 Entering New Boot Parameters, p.46.)
file name
The full pathname of the VxWorks object module to be booted
(/usr/wind/target/config/bspname/vxWorks in the example). This pathname is
also reported to the host when you start a target server, so that it can locate the
host-resident image of VxWorks. 6
6. If the same pathname is not suitable for both host and target—for example, if you boot from
a disk attached only to the target—you can specify the host path separately to the target
server, using the Core file field (-c option). See 3.5 Managing Target Servers, p.72.
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