[U-Boot-Users] initrd problem...

Carl Riechers criechers at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 25 16:11:33 CEST 2004


Michael:  It looks like you have two boot loaders. 
Try using "make uImage" when you build your kernel so
the parameters from u-boot are seen by the kernel.

Carl

--- Michael Frey <mfrey at pepper.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use the initrd function of u-boot and
> I think I am 
> almost there.  However it does not seem that u-boot
> is re-locating the 
> initrd into ram from flash.  Is it supposed to do
> this?  U-Boot is 
> passing the address of the initrd in flash.  How can
> I make it 
> re-locate into ram first then pass the address to
> the kernel.
> 
> Here is the output.
> 
> pepper-> bootm 0x00080000 0x00200000
> ## Booting image at 00080000 ...
>     Image Name:   Linux-2.4.20_mvl31-dbpxa2xx
>     Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image
> (uncompressed)
>     Data Size:    795324 Bytes = 776.7 kB
>     Load Address: a0008000
>     Entry Point:  a0008000
>     Verifying Checksum ... OK
> OK
> ## Loading Ramdisk Image at 00200000 ...
>     Image Name:   BootSplash initrd
>     Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip
> compressed)
>     Data Size:    38 Bytes =  0 kB
>     Load Address: 00000000
>     Entry Point:  00000000
>     Verifying Checksum ... OK
> Turning off MMC clock
> 
> Starting kernel ...
> 
> Uncompressing 
>
Linux........................................................
> done, 
> booting the kernel.
> Linux version 2.4.20_mvl31-dbpxa2xx
> (michael.frey at chawa.lex.pepper.com) 
> (gcc version 3.3.1 (MontaVista 3.3.1-3.0.10.0300532
> 2003-14
> CPU: XScale-PXA255 [69052d06] revision 6 (ARMv5TE)
> CPU: D undefined 5 cache
> CPU: I cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte
> lines, 32 sets
> CPU: D cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte
> lines, 32 sets
> Machine: PepperPad PXA Reference Board
> initrd (0x00200040 - 0x00200066) extends beyond
> physical memory - 
> disabling initrd
> Memory clock: 99.53MHz (*27)
> Run Mode clock: 199.07MHz (*2)
> Turbo Mode clock: 398.13MHz (*2.0, inactive)
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael Frey
> 
> 
> 
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