diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 61dbe82b43fad66140595aa79a3f95c535f78fe0..46027e680253d9c5c1235d807c40c71adc076dff 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ int kernel_main(void)
{
struct task_struct *t;
-#if 0
- void *addr;
- struct elf_module m;
-#endif
printk(MSG "Loading module image\n");
@@ -113,6 +109,10 @@ int kernel_main(void)
module_lookup_embedded("noc_dma.ko"));
#if 0
+{
+ void *addr;
+ struct elf_module m;
+
/* If you have kernel modules embedded in your modules.images, this
* is how you can access them:
* lookup the module containing <symbol>
@@ -128,8 +128,30 @@ int kernel_main(void)
module_load(&m, addr);
modules_list_loaded();
+}
#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EMBED_APPLICATION
+ /* dummy demonstrator */
+{
+ void *addr;
+ struct elf_module m;
+
+ addr = module_read_embedded("executable_demo");
+
+ pr_debug(MSG "test executable address is %p\n", addr);
+ if (addr)
+ module_load(&m, addr);
+
+#if 0
+ modules_list_loaded();
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
+
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MPPB
/* The mppbv2 LEON's cache would really benefit from cache sniffing...
* Interactions with DMA or Xentiums are a pain when using the lower
@@ -152,8 +174,7 @@ int kernel_main(void)
kernel = kthread_init_main();
-
-
+#if 0
t = kthread_create(task1, NULL, KTHREAD_CPU_AFFINITY_NONE, "print");
//kthread_set_sched_edf(t, 1000000, 50000, 90000);
t->priority = 4;
@@ -163,7 +184,7 @@ int kernel_main(void)
//kthread_set_sched_edf(t, 1000000, 50000, 90000);
t->priority = 8;
kthread_wake_up(t);
-
+#endif
while(1) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/hwtests/application/Makefile b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..96e88ca4e78aaaca8032f33f6616a7165bda9fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+CC = sparc-elf-gcc
+SOURCEDIR = ./
+INCLUDEDIR = ./
+BUILDDIR = ./
+PATH +=
+CPPFLAGS :=
+CFLAGS := -r -mv8 -mhard-float -mfix-gr712rc -O2 -std=gnu89 -W -Wall \
+ -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -Wshadow -Wuninitialized \
+ -fdiagnostics-show-option -Wcast-qual -Wformat=2 \
+ -nostartfiles -nostdlib
+LDFLAGS :=
+SOURCES := $(wildcard *.c)
+OBJECTS := $(patsubst %.c, $(BUILDDIR)/%.o, $(subst $(SOURCEDIR)/,, $(SOURCES)))
+TARGET := executable_demo
+
+DEBUG?=1
+ifeq "$(shell expr $(DEBUG) \> 1)" "1"
+ CFLAGS += -DDEBUGLEVEL=$(DEBUG)
+else
+ CFLAGS += -DDEBUGLEVEL=1
+endif
+
+
+all: $(SOURCES)
+ $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $(TARGET)
+
+
diff --git a/tools/testing/hwtests/application/README b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e3fe3cdac1b43b70b999dcae01828d214d8706a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/README
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+Description:
+============
+
+This test configures and executes an embedded application demonstrator.
+
+Press Ctrl+C to quit the demonstration.
+
+Pass/Fail Criterea:
+===================
+
+ None
+
+Prerequisites:
+==============
+
+ * connected GR712 board
+ * grmon v2.x
+
+
+Notes:
+======
+
+The current .config of LeanOS will be overwritten and the image will
+be rebuilt.
+
diff --git a/tools/testing/hwtests/application/config b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7dbd6f625f610046fd1b8997b3e50e8bd792da0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/config
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#
+# Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
+# LeanOS Configuration
+#
+
+#
+# SPARC Configuration
+#
+# CONFIG_LEON2 is not set
+CONFIG_LEON3=y
+# CONFIG_MMU is not set
+CONFIG_CPU_CLOCK_FREQ=80000000
+CONFIG_EXTRA_SPARC_PHYS_BANKS=0
+CONFIG_SPARC_CPU_REG_WINDOWS=8
+CONFIG_SPARC_TEXT_START=0x40000000
+CONFIG_SPARC_FP_START=0x40100000
+
+#
+# Memory Management Settings
+#
+CONFIG_SPARC_MM_BLOCK_ORDER_MAX=26
+CONFIG_SPARC_MM_BLOCK_ORDER_MIN=12
+CONFIG_SPARC_INIT_PAGE_MAP_MAX_ENTRIES=8
+CONFIG_SPARC_BOOTMEM_RESERVE_CHUNK_ORDER=20
+CONFIG_SPARC_BOOTMEM_REQUEST_NEW_ON_DEMAND=y
+CONFIG_SPARC_NESTED_IRQ=y
+
+#
+# General Setup
+#
+CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
+CONFIG_CROSS_PLATFORM_TARGET=y
+CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="sparc-elf-"
+# CONFIG_TARGET_COMPILER_BOOT_CODE is not set
+CONFIG_ARCH_CUSTOM_BOOT_CODE=y
+CONFIG_MODULES=y
+CONFIG_EMBED_MODULES_IMAGE=y
+# CONFIG_BUILD_XEN_KERNELS is not set
+
+#
+# Compile-time checks and compiler options
+#
+CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
+# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
+# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_NONE is not set
+# CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is not set
+CONFIG_KERNEL_PRINTK=y
+CONFIG_KERNEL_LEVEL=7
+# CONFIG_IRQ_STATS_COLLECT is not set
+# CONFIG_TASK_PREEMPTION_DISABLE is not set
+# CONFIG_SOC is not set
+
+#
+# Core Components
+#
+CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
+CONFIG_MM=y
+
+#
+# Memory Management Debug Options
+#
+# CONFIG_MM_DEBUG_DUMP is not set
+CONFIG_PAGE_MAP=y
+
+#
+# Page Map Options
+#
+# CONFIG_PAGE_MAP_CHECK_PAGE_ALIGNMENT is not set
+CONFIG_PAGE_MAP_MOVE_NODE_AVAIL_THRESH=1
+CONFIG_CHUNK=y
+CONFIG_AR=y
+# CONFIG_SAMPLES is not set
diff --git a/tools/testing/hwtests/application/executable_demo.c b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/executable_demo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ac004039967c5dde46472d2c9d7ae8fc2ec4bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/executable_demo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* This demonstrates a basic configuration for and "embedded application"
+ *
+ * Note that at this point, we do not distinguish between an application
+ * payload and a module, this will be changed in the future.
+ */
+
+
+#include "glue.h"
+
+
+
+
+/* some random function we use in our executable */
+
+static void print0r(int i)
+{
+ printk("print0r %d\n", i);
+}
+
+/* this is the equivalent of "main()" in our application
+ * (can actually be main I guess)
+ */
+
+static int iasw(void *data)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ (void) data;
+
+ /* print a little */
+ for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+ print0r(i);
+
+ /* then print a single "z" in a loop and "pause" until the function
+ * is re-scheduled by issuing sched_yield()
+ */
+
+ while (1) {
+ printk("z");
+ sched_yield();
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * This is our startup call, it will be executed once when the application is
+ * loaded. Here we create at thread in which our actual application code
+ * will run in.
+ */
+
+int init_iasw(void)
+{
+ struct task_struct *t;
+
+ t = kthread_create(iasw, (void *) 0, KTHREAD_CPU_AFFINITY_NONE, "IASW");
+ kthread_wake_up(t);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * this is our optional exit call, it will be called when the module/application
+ * is removed by the kernel
+ */
+
+int exit_iasw(void)
+{
+ printk("%s leaving\n", __func__);
+ /* kthread_destroy() */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* here we declare our init and exit functions */
+module_init(init_iasw)
+module_exit(exit_iasw)
diff --git a/tools/testing/hwtests/application/glue.h b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/glue.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8022d37ebc38cfee17eb5c0f1bc9adde5de9bdb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/glue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef GLUE_H
+#define GLUE_H
+
+
+/*
+ * prototypes and declarations needed to build this demo
+ */
+
+#define module_init(initfunc) \
+ int _module_init(void) __attribute__((alias(#initfunc)));
+
+#define module_exit(exitfunc) \
+ int _module_exit(void) __attribute__((alias(#exitfunc)));
+
+#define KTHREAD_CPU_AFFINITY_NONE (-1)
+
+int printk(const char *format, ...);
+
+struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*thread_fn)(void *data),
+ void *data, int cpu,
+ const char *namefmt,
+ ...);
+void kthread_wake_up(struct task_struct *task);
+
+void sched_yield(void);
+
+
+
+#endif /* GLUE_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/hwtests/application/grmon_cmds b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/grmon_cmds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..05f292df204472001cf6c0004ecce992d33dede4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/grmon_cmds
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+load leanos
+run
+quit
diff --git a/tools/testing/hwtests/application/run_test.sh b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/run_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f4f0f44e5aba9b882ce61d27f94fbdc99dd6c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/hwtests/application/run_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# grmon must be in path!
+
+
+#build application
+make || exit 1
+
+
+mydir=$PWD
+srcdir=../../../../
+
+cp config ${srcdir}/.config || exit 1
+
+echo -e "CONFIG_EMBED_APPLICATION=\"$PWD/executable_demo\"" >> ${srcdir}/.config
+
+cd ${srcdir} || exit 1
+
+make clean || exit 1
+
+make || exit 1
+
+grmon -ftdi -u -ftdifreq 0 -jtagcable 3 -nb -c $mydir/grmon_cmds