[U-Boot-Users] Re: Should "imls" show ramdisk_image.gz copied into the flash ?

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20040921.115546.2741.933233 at webmail17.lax.untd.com> you wrote:
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> Should "imls" show  the presence of the ramdisk_image.gz copied into the flash ?? (and I do not see it ...)(.

No, it should not. "imls" will only show valid U-Boot images.

ramdisk_image.gz is missing a valid U-boot header.

> If above issue/question is resolved, I presume my next U-Boot command should be:
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> => bootm 200000 FF800000 
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> Am I guessing correctly ?

No. U-Boot will not use a ramdisk_image.gz image.

> One more question - what bootargs I should preset in U-Boot for this scenario ?

Whatever you like. The "root=/dev/ram" part is mandatory, of cource.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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