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<P><FONT FACE="GE Inspira">Hi all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="GE Inspira">I am new here. Currently, I am facing a problem when using<I> bootm</I> to boot linux from uboot: the booting hangs after tranferring control from Uboot to Linux Kernel. However, I found that the linux kernel setup works well with the Uboot 1.2.0, while fail with the latest Uboot 1.3.2/1.3.3. I</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">n Uboot 1.2.0: Kernel is entered through the following calling</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"> theKernel (linux_argc, linux_argv, linux_env, 0); </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">while in Uboot 1.3.2:</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"> (*kernel) (kbd, initrd_start, initrd_end, cmd_start, cmd_end);</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Any suggestion to make the Uboot 1.3.2 works the same as Uboot 1.2.0?</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">And I was told that "with the older u-boots you don't pass the dtb, with the new commands you use a - as a place holder: bootm $loadkernaddr - $loaddtbaddr." Can anyone explain some detail about this?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><B><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mike Qin</FONT></SPAN></B>
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