[U-Boot-Users] running custom apps under uboot

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <403A69EE.6000101 at email.si> you wrote:
>
> >>tftp a0100000 hello_world.srec
> >>go a0140004 test test2
> >>(go a0100000 test test2)
> > 
> > How comes you are using 0xa0100000 as load address?  Did  you  modify
> > the  Makefile  so that this address gets used? The default value used
> > in U-Boot for ARM systems is 0xc100000 ...
> > 
> I'm trying to download hello_world.srec to the memory and run it from 
> the memory, as i do with the kernel. I didn't change any Makefiles nor 
> any of the sources. Was it wrong to think that I could execute an image 
> from the memory that way ?

Standalone applications are not position-independent. They are linked
for a specific address and must be  loaded  to  and  started  at  the
correct address.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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