[U-Boot-Users] Rephrased Initrd and RAM

[Petre Pircalabu]

Thanks,

The patch corrected the problem and I was able (finally) to
boot the Linux kernel.

Best Regards,

Petre Pircalabu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Denk" <wd at denx.de>
To: "Petre Pircalabu" <petrica at ict-rom.com>
Cc: <u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] Rephrased Initrd and RAM


> In message <002d01c4434f$71195720$0e25b3d4 at ictrom.intern>
you wrote:
> >
> > In order for the Linux kernel to use the initrd, where
it
> > should be located, in RAM or in FLASH? The parameter
given
>
> It should not matter where it is located.
>
> Some (older?) versions of the ARM kernel don't support
ramdisk images
> in flash, i. e. they require a patch to avoid the
superfluous memcpy.
> See the list archives - I've posted the required details
before.
>
> > u-boot to the kernel (e.g setenv bootargs
> > initrd=0x120000,4M) is the address where initrd.img
(the
>
> No such parameter is needed. U-Boot passes the address of
the ramdisk
> image (if any) automatically to the kernel.
>
> > one compressed and mkimaged) is stored  or u-boot is
> > responsible for [decompressing the image and] copying
it to
> > RAM?
>
> U-Boot verifies the image (if verify is on), and, if  you
don't  set
> initrd_high  as  documented  to  enable zero-copy ramdisk
support, it
> copies it to RAM; finally it passes it's address (in RAM
or flash) to
> the Linux kernel.
>
> > One other question :about the variable
initrd_copy_to_ram ,
> > is it set only when initrd_high is defined in the
bootargs?
>
> No, on contrary. It is set to 1 by default. But  isn't
this  obvious
> from the code?
>
> > why?
>
> Which part of the explanation of initrd_high in the
README file don;t
> you understand? Please let me know so I can improve it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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