[U-Boot-Users] Unable to boot linux on ARM based board: gunzip hangs

[Pharaoh .]

On 5/9/07, Stefan Herbrechtsmeier <hbmeier at uni-paderborn.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Pharaoh . schrieb:
> > On 5/9/07, Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi at gandalf.sssup.it> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> I am trying to make Linux work on omap 850 based board which has an
> >>> ARM926EJS. I have u-boot ported and installed on it and minimal linux
> >>> support for the board is also there. The kernel image is in format
> >>> expected by u-boot and I have followed all the
> >>> needed steps like using mkimage etc. While uncompressing the linux
> >>> image the system hangs, in gunzip function which is defined in
> >>> inflate.c. No error is returned,
> >>>
> >>>
> >> One possibility is that you have your sdram not well configured. Do you
> >> have a lowlevel debug in linux?
> >> Regards Michael
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I dont think so, since I have re-checked it. I tried with a new kernel
> > image and now I am getting gunzip error :
> >
> > I am making the image as
> >
> > 6# mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0x10009000 -n "Kernel
> > Image" -d linux.bin.gz uImage.cc
> > Image Name:   Kernel Image
> > Created:      Wed May  9 16:02:57 2007
> > Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
> > Data Size:    1200234 Bytes = 1172.10 kB = 1.14 MB
> > Load Address: 0x10009000
> > Entry Point:  0x10009000
> >
> >
> > and then I do bootm 0x10009000..
> >
> > Booting image at 10009000 ...
> >    Image Name:   Kernel Image
> >    Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
> >    Data Size:    1200234 Bytes =  1.1 MB
> >    Load Address: 10009000
> >    Entry Point:  10009000
> >    Verifying Checksum ... OK
> >    Uncompressing Kernel Image ... Error: inflate() returned -3
> > GUNZIP ERROR - must RESET board to recover
> >
> > Is it because of I am having wrong addresses?
> >
> >
> > It is a arm 926 based board.
> >
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> I had similar problems on my board. U-Boot work fine, but the Kernel
> hangs on different places for different images.
> My fault was the configuration of the row and column address width.
>
> regards,
>   Stefan
>


Hi Stefan,

Can you explain a little more about the configuration of the row and
the column address width?