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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I&#8217;m having difficulties booting my kernel. I&#8217;ve
checked the followings:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG,
CONFIG_SETUP_MEMORY_TAGS and CONFIG_INITRD_TAG all enabled. (#define as <st1:chmetcnv
TCSC="0" NumberType="1" Negative="False" HasSpace="True" SourceValue="1"
UnitName="in" w:st="on">1 in</st1:chmetcnv> my include/configs/myboard.h file)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>the machines descriptor in
my board specific file under linux/arch/arm/myboard.c as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MACHINE_START(LP<st1:chmetcnv
TCSC="0" NumberType="1" Negative="False" HasSpace="False" SourceValue="2"
UnitName="a" w:st="on">2A</st1:chmetcnv>, &quot;SOCLE-LP<st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0"
NumberType="1" Negative="False" HasSpace="False" SourceValue="2" UnitName="a"
w:st="on">2A</st1:chmetcnv>&quot;)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
MAINTAINER(&quot;Socle Ltd/DE1&quot;)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
BOOT_MEM(0x40000000, 0x1e800000,0x9e800000)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
BOOT_PARAMS(0x40000100)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
FIXUP(fixup_lp<st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0" NumberType="1" Negative="False"
HasSpace="False" SourceValue="2" UnitName="a" w:st="on">2a</st1:chmetcnv>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
MAPIO(lp<st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0" NumberType="1" Negative="False" HasSpace="False"
SourceValue="2" UnitName="a" w:st="on">2a</st1:chmetcnv>_map_io)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
INITIRQ(lp<st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0" NumberType="1" Negative="False"
HasSpace="False" SourceValue="2" UnitName="a" w:st="on">2a</st1:chmetcnv>_init_irq)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MACHINE_END<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Few notes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=1 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>l<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kernel version is <st1:chsdate
IsROCDate="False" IsLunarDate="False" Day="30" Month="12" Year="1899" w:st="on">2.4.21</st1:chsdate>.rmk2
and was obtained from <a href="http://www.kernel.org/">www.kernel.org</a>, cross
compiler tool was from <a href="http://www.gnuarm.com/">www.gnuarm.com</a> &#8211;
version 3.4.3.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=1 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>l<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It seems that misc.c does
the decompression of the kernel again, when kernel is already decompressed by
u-boot to the load address 0x40008000.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=1 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>l<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Do I have to modify head.S
at all?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am pretty sure that I&#8217;ve done pretty much
everything u-boot needs to boot my kernel but it just won&#8217;t do it (attached
below is the log of the output from the board). Can anyone help please? Thanks in
advance!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>uP-Boot 1.3 (May 31 2005 - 10:24:23)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>U-Boot code: 40400000 -&gt; <st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0"
NumberType="1" Negative="False" HasSpace="False" SourceValue="40445"
UnitName="a" w:st="on">40445A</st1:chmetcnv>54&nbsp; BSS: -&gt; 40462508<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IRQ Stack: 403def<st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0" NumberType="1"
Negative="False" HasSpace="False" SourceValue="7" UnitName="C" w:st="on">7c</st1:chmetcnv><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FIQ Stack: 403ddf<st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0" NumberType="1"
Negative="False" HasSpace="False" SourceValue="7" UnitName="C" w:st="on">7c</st1:chmetcnv><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RAM Configuration:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bank #0: 40000000 64 MB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Board: SOCLE LeopardII.A <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>erase_region_count = 64 erase_region_size = 131072<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>erase_region_count = 64 erase_region_size = 131072<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Flash: 16 MB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; serial<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Out:&nbsp;&nbsp; serial<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Err:&nbsp;&nbsp; serial<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hit any key to stop autoboot:&nbsp; 3 &#8;&#8;&#8; 2 &#8;&#8;&#8;
1 &#8;&#8;&#8; 0 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;enter cmd_bootm1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>## Booting image at <st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0"
NumberType="1" Negative="False" HasSpace="False" SourceValue="1" UnitName="F"
w:st="on">1f</st1:chmetcnv>100000 ...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Image Name:&nbsp;&nbsp; Linux Kernel
Image<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Image Type:&nbsp;&nbsp; ARM Linux Kernel
Image (gzip compressed)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Data Size:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 621593 Bytes
= 607 kB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Load Address: 40008000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Entry Point:&nbsp; 40008000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>checksum enter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Verifying Checksum ... OK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>checksum out<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>## Loading Ramdisk Image at <st1:chmetcnv TCSC="0"
NumberType="1" Negative="False" HasSpace="False" SourceValue="1" UnitName="F"
w:st="on">1f</st1:chmetcnv>300000 ...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Image Name:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Image Type:&nbsp;&nbsp; ARM Linux RAMDisk
Image (gzip compressed)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Data Size:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1026439
Bytes = 1002.4 kB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Load Address: 40800000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Entry Point:&nbsp; 40800000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; Verifying Checksum ... OK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Starting kernel ... (</span></font><font size=1
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>&szlig;</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-----------------------
just hangs here!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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