[U-Boot-Users] 2.6.12 with u-boot-1.1.2 on versatile
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu Jul 14 18:48:49 CEST 2005
In message <20050714152729.93962.qmail at web30709.mail.mud.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>
> > <U-Boot dir>/tools/mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel
> > -C none -a 0x7fc0
> > -e 0x8000 -n u-linux -d <Kernel dir>/arch/arm/Image
> > u-linux
>
> Worked like a charm!
>
> I then had to copy the kernel to SDRAM 0x7fc0 and boot
> it using:
>
> cp 0x36000000 0x7fc0 <kernel_size>
> bootm 0x7fc0
This is totally broken. You don't have to copy the kernel anywhere,
this is done automatically by the bootm command.
> I then tried to use the base.cramfs filesystem
> provided in arm.com:
...
> bootm 0x7fc0 0x04000000
A cramfs filesystem on a MTD device is NOT an initial ramdisk which
you claim it is when using bootm with thwo arguments. This is
supposed to fail.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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