[U-Boot-Users] Noob question regarding uncompressed kernel image

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <11315.193.89.194.31.1199344520.squirrel at mail.pgpoulsen.dk> you wrote:
> 
> > I don't see the (required) "-a" and "-e"  options  in  your  call  to
> > mkimage...
> >
> I didn't know they were required. How do I figure out what they should be?

It certainly helps to read the documentation. For example, there is a
file called README. Start there. Search for "-a".

> >>    Entry Point:  c000000c
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
> >> And that was it :-(
> >
> > No big surprise if you jump right in the middle of nowhere...
> >
> >> it boots fine, so I think that my vmlinux/vmlinux.bin.gz image is fine.
> >
> > No, it is not.
> >
> que? please explain.

Your U-Boot image uses a bogus entry point. This cannot work.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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