[U-Boot-Users] help: images in example directory are invalid

[Wolfgang Denk]

Re your subject: No, they are not.

In message <1096540775.5348.38.camel at mhpajh5c> you wrote:
> 
> As I've mentioned, u-boot is running on the board now. However, I've so
> far failed to get a stand-alone application to run. For instance, when I
> load hello_world.srec, then check it with iminfo, I get "bad magic
> number". 

What makes you think that a stand-alone  application  should  have  a
valid header? Did you use mkimage to build it?

> Using mkimage -l hello_world.srec, I get 'Bad Magic Number:
> "hello_world.srec" is no valid image' I get the same result for
> hello_world (the elf format).

Of course.

> Can anyone explain why u-boot is building invalid images?

These are vaid images. They just don't have a U-Boot image header  as
you didn't add one.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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