Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Booting a new USRP

[cfk]

> This is good.  The LED blinks faster before you download code to the board.
>  So if it slows down, you've gotten FX2 firmware downloaded (the .ihx file)
>

> You need to use the new 2.4 tarballs that Eric put out yesterday, or just
> use CVS.
>
> >  I can see there are a number of files in /usr/local/share/usrp/rev1 such
> > as "usrp_firmware.ihx". I dont see a usrp_fpga.rbf and that gives me my
> > first puzzlement.
>
> The rbf file should be in the new tarball.  It is the FPGA bitstream. 
> Also, all the files of interest are in .../rev2.  Rev1 is the prototype
> that nobody out there should have.
>

I obtained the 2.4 tarballs from http://comsec.com/wiki?GnuRadio2.X and 
expanded the usrp-0.6.tar.gz. Then I did a ./configure, make and make 
install.

There is a new /usr/local/share/usrp/rev2 with five files:
blink_leds.ihx
check_mdelay.ihx
check_udelay.ihx
eeprom_boot.ihx
usrp_firmware.ihx

I can unpower and repower the usrp and the LED blinks fast. Then I plug the 
USB cable in and run the program ../host/apps/test_fusb.

The LED runs slower after a short while, but unfortunately test_fusb errors 
out with the message "Can't find bitstream: usrp_fpga.rbf".

So, I know I'm doing something silly, as you said the .rbf file was included. 
It just is my turn to be the newbie <sigh>.

'LWB