[U-Boot-Users] u-boot boot options

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <EGEGIJHKDKJGAJMGIDPNIEBJCLAA.jwalden at digitalatlantic.com> you wrote:
> I feel like I'm setting myself up for another "Wolfgang RTFM" response -
> however here it goes.

;-)

> It appears now that everything works with u-boot!  I can even do a tftpboot
> etc.

Great.

> What I'd like to do is to write a script (I read the section on scripts),
> that
> will:
> 
> tftpboot 0x100000 mykernel.PPCBoot
> tftpboot 0x300000 myinitrd.PPCBoot
> bootm 0x100000 0x300000
> 
> What is the best way to do this?  I cannot figure it out from the docs.

There is no "best" way, as TIMTOWTDI.

1) Enter:

	=> setenv myboot 'tftp 100000 mykernel.PPCBoot;tftp 300000 myinitrd.PPCBoot;bootm 100000 300000'
	=> run myboot

2) Create a multifile image which can be loaded / booted in one step.

3) Put your 3 lines above in atext file, use "mkimage ... -T  script"
   to  create  a script image which you can store somewhere in RAM or
   flash, and use "autoscr <addr>" to exeecute the script.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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