[U-Boot-Users] Problems with u-boot, PPChameleonEVB and MontaVista kernel

Andy Hawkins a.hawkins at cabletime.com
Tue Feb 24 16:27:22 CET 2004


Hi,

> Guys, don't confuse the load address of the pImage with the
*download
> address*, ie. the one used for tftp. Your setting of 0/0 for the
load
> address and entry point is correct.

Thanks for clearing that up, I thought I was building the image
correctly.

> However, from your initial post I gathered that your MV kernel does
> not have BSP support for your hardware. It is unlikely that a simple
> adaption of the boot info structure will be sufficient. Check out
the
> relevant files in arch/ppc/{platforms,kernel} as well as the
configure
> options in arch/ppc/config.in and look for things specific for your
> board.

That's correct, there is no standard support for this board in MV.

Can anyone give me some pointers as to where to place breakpoints in
the kernel to try to work out where the startup code is going wrong?
As you've probably guessed, this is all a bit new to me.

Many thanks.

Andy





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