[U-Boot-Users] 答复: [U-Boot-Users] Re: 答复: [U-Boot-Users] HELP: How to make PPC booting easier

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Feb 3 09:10:36 CET 2008


In message <BD41C75853FA124BB535FAB82C56E2910196EC7E at sons-exch05.salira.com> you wrote:
> 
> One of my important targets to use u-boot is to let my board be able to
> boot Linux kernel as the following way:
> 1) Power ON
> 2) VxWorks Bootrom started from FLASH 0xFEF00100
> 3) Start U-Boot (BIN) from FLASH 0xFEFC0000
> 4) U-Boot starts Linux/Initrd/DTB following the command line configured
> in VxWorks Bootrom (this is still not resolved yet)
> 
> Finally, my VxWorks bootrom can be selectable to boot a normal VxWorks
> image or a super package including Uboot and linux. And vice versa, if I
> put the U Boot's FLASH address as the CPU starting entry point, the u
> boot can also be selectable to boot any kinds of images.

Why are you making all this so complicated?  What  do  you  need  the
VxWorks  Bootrom  for?  Just  install U-Boot in flash, and let U-Boot
boot either Linux or VxWorks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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