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

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <61445c750705090341m78f23bb8va6497fa185ac9235 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> 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..
                      ^^^^^^^^^^

So U-Boot will start uncompressing the image stored at 0x10009000 and
store the result at the same address, i. e. it will overwrite the not
yet uncompressed code.

You CANNOT so that.

Did you read the FAQs? Especially 14.3.2. ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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