[U-Boot-Users] Re: problems about loading linux via u-boot

Lonsn lonsn2000 at yahoo.com.cn
Wed Sep 8 16:46:34 CEST 2004


First, your download address 0x100000 is not good.
because kernel will be uncompressed and probably overlap the original 
uImage.
Maybe 0x200000 is safe enough.

then pass the correct serial baudrate arguments such as
"console=ttyS0 38400 root=/dev/nfs" to kernel.

then go on checking...


>    i successfully load uImage into the address 0x100000,
> and the command imi is ok.
> 	after i run the command bootm 0x100000,i get the infomation.
> 
> => bootm 0x100000
> ## Booting image at 00100000 ...
>    Image Name:   Linux-2.6.8
>    Created:      2004-09-08   8:49:54 UTC
>    Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
>    Data Size:    1009417 Bytes = 985.8 kB
>    Load Address: 00000000
>    Entry Point:  00000000
>    Verifying Checksum ... OK
>    Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
> 
> the console seems dead.i have set bootargs into "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/nfs"
> my cpu is 440gx.it seems linux finish uncompressing,and then it will print
> Linux version information.
> 
> 
> 
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