[U-Boot] CRAMFS byte oder question
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Fri Feb 6 17:16:19 CET 2009
Dear hendrik,
In message <498C5AF5.1010401 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> The MPC8548 board i inherited used to boot a CRAMFS that was made by
> mkcramfs in ELDK4.1 using the "-r" option to reverse endian-ness of
> filesystem I have switched over ti ELDK4.2 and noted that there is no
> longer a "-r" for mkcramfs. I compile linux 2.6.27 using ppc_85xx cross
> compiler and powerpc architecture. Mu cramfs boot fails when U-Boot
> checks the magic no for the cramfs. In my dubuging eforts i came across
> the following while U-Boot checks the magic no:
>
> cramfs magic= 0x453dcd28 != CRAMFS32 = 0x28cd3d45
>
> The value read by uboot is a byte swoped version of what it exspects.
>
> how to I go about correcting my cramfs image?
Use the old mkcramfs from ELDK 4.1 with "-r"; the missing "-r" option
is a bug that will be fixed in the next release.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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