Kernel Utilities Test Guide

Purpose

E32 Utilities contains a set of kernel side utilities. The utilities need to be tested and the drivers verified, on the specified hardware before use.

Required background

This document assumes that the reader is familiar with the kernel utilities and the drivers before use.

E32 utilities Summary

E32 Utilities provides the following components:

• Kernel Trace Tool Server

  btrace.exe

  Provides trace point management for debugging.

• Crash read application

  crashread.exe

  A reader application used to read the crash log.

• Trap and log user-side exceptions and panics

  d_exc.exe

  Creating log file for exceptions.

• kernel MultiMediaCard Controller

  d_mmcif.ldd

  set of direct interface functions with the kernel MultiMediaCard Controller.

• Demand paging test

  dptest.dll

  Testing the attributes of Demand paging.

• Demand paging test on the console

  dptestcons.exe

  Prints the demand paging test information on the console.

• Host USB manager

  hostmsapp_usbman.exe

  Loads the USB OTG stack, detects OTG cable insertion and communicating the events to USB Manager

• USB Mass Storage Application

  hostusbmsapp.exe

  It is used as for storage and also as a improvised boot loader mechanism

• HOST USB Console Application

  husbconsapp.exe

  Accepts input of the user from the console.

• Minimal kernel-side debug agent

  minkda.ldd

  Implements minimal kernel-side debugging.

• MMC loader

  mmcloader.exe

  To load the MMC based ROMs on the partition and flash the MMC card.

• Testing the MMC card

  mmctest.exe

  Testing the attributes of the MMC card.

• Nandloader

  nandloader.exe

  Thsi is used to load a Nand image and validate the checksum of an uncompressed ROM image.

• USB mass storage

  otgusbmsapp.exe

  USB mass storage support on an OTG device.

• A profiler application

  profiler.exe

  A profiler application to eeset the driver and nonXIP code segments.

• A sampler application

  sampler.ldd

  It samples the PC (program counter) and current thread ID.

• Set capabilities

  setcap.exe

  Set new capabilities.

• Logial device channel

  testusbc.ldd

  Setting up a logical device channel.

• USB mass storage application

  usbmsapp.exe

  USB Mass storage application that enables target board to appear as a drive while connected to a USB host (like PC)

• Tests USB OTG client driver

  usbtestclient.exe

  Tests the USB drive by showing drive letters,Mount/ Unmount drives and lock/ unlock drives.

• USB Mass storage file system

  usbtestmsclient.fsy

  USB Mass storage file system.

• USB Mass storage file system with double buffer.

  usbtestmsclient_db.fsy

  USB Mass storage file system with double buffer to read/write threads.