Hi all,
Per the discussion here on preserving the BD_ADDR on each subsequent programming of the part: How to program BCM20736 without changing MAC Address
I'm sorry to jump in late into this discussion. I'm using Mac OS X, and the BCM920737TAG board. I mainly use the command line:
./make <app>-BCM920737TAG_Q32 download
to download code to the board, and don't use the IDE. Following this thread, I added a new target to the Makefile for download, and included the -NOERASE flag to it:
download_using_chipload_no_erase:
$(QUIET)$(ECHO_BLANK_LINE)
$(QUIET)$(eval UART:=$(shell $(CAT) < com_port.txt))
$(QUIET)$(if $(UART), \
$(ECHO) Downloading application leaving EEPROM intact... && $(call CONV_SLASHES,$(CHIPLOAD_FULL_NAME)) -BLUETOOLMODE -PORT $(UART) -BAUDRATE $(PLATFORM_BAUDRATE) -MINIDRIVER $(SOURCE_ROOT)Platforms/$(PLATFORM_FULL)/$(PLATFORM_MINIDRIVER) -NOERASE -BTP $(SOURCE_ROOT)Platforms/$(PLATFORM_FULL)/$(PLATFORM_BOOTP) -CONFIG build/$(OUTPUT_NAME)/$(OUTPUT_NAME).hex -CHECKCRC -NOVERIFY -DLMINIDRIVERCHUNKSIZE 251 > build/$(OUTPUT_NAME)/download.log 2>&1 \
&& $(ECHO) Download complete && $(ECHO_BLANK_LINE) && $(ECHO) $(QUOTES_FOR_ECHO)Application running$(QUOTES_FOR_ECHO) \
|| $(ECHO) $(QUOTES_FOR_ECHO)****Download failed - Press the reset button on the device and retry ****$(QUOTES_FOR_ECHO), \
$(ECHO) Download failed. This version of the SDK only supports download to BCM20736A1 and BCM20737A1 devices)
Note that the other change suggested by arvinds (adding -O DLConfigFixedHeader:0 to create_ota_image) is already in the Makefile.
However, when I change the line
| DLConfigBD_ADDRBase = "20737A000002" |
in the 20737_EEPROM.btp file, it does indeed erase the old value and replace it with the new value. So, it doesn't work as suggested in this thread. Any help is greatly appreciated. I would like to find a way to download code to different boards without having to change the .btp file each time.
Thanks,
Arvind
