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

Chuck Meade chuckmeade at mindspring.com
Tue Feb 24 16:32:35 CET 2004


Yes sorry, that is what I thought I saw.  The load addr is OK in the
pImage.  I was thinking about the tftp load addr.

Chuck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mag at mag.sysgo.com [mailto:mag at mag.sysgo.com]On Behalf Of Marius
> Groeger
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:22 AM
> To: Andy Hawkins
> Cc: 'Chuck Meade'; u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] Problems with u-boot, PPChameleonEVB and
> MontaVistakernel
> 
> 
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Andy Hawkins wrote:
> 
> > > You have a load address and entry point of 0x0.
> > > You can't load and run Linux at 0x0.  Try something more sensible
> > > like 0x400000.
> >
> > The image that comes with the board (and boots fine) has the load and
> > entry addresses both set to zero...
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Regards,
> Marius
> 
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