[U-Boot-Users] Using tools/mkimage

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20030805163732.GA7011 at buici.com> you wrote:
>
> > I think it is the kernel you  care  about  right?  So  run  the  same
> > kernel,  once  by  wrapping  it with a bootstrap loader into a zImage
> > file, and once by wrapping it with mkimape into an uImage file.
> 
> Thought that is so, the value of using the same exact file in all
> instances superceedes technical superiority.  Should this change for
> us, I'm certain that we'll embrace the u-boot way.

You _are_ using the same file, just wrapped differently.

> > What you are doing is bogus. "bootm" is meant to start  images  which
> > have  the expected kernel interface. If you load a zImage file (let's
> > ignore for a moment that this makes no sense :-) you should  use  the
> > "go"  command  toi  start  it  as this provides the interfqce for the
> > zImage bootstrap loader (i. e. none).
> 
> Hmm.  I'm not sure what you mean by 'the expected kernel interface'.
> According to the ARM source, the zImage bootstrap expects the same
> thing that the kernel expects r1 to contain an architecture ID and

Which actual board are we talking about?

> Yes.  Of course.  As I've stated above, the call interface appears to
> be OK.  The parameters block differs only in that u-boot passes an
> initrd tag that is newer than the kernel understands.  I have no

Which kernel version are you using?


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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