[U-Boot] boot linux kernel from NAND

Aggrwal Poonam Poonam.Aggrwal at freescale.com
Thu Jan 22 03:27:21 CET 2009


 

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> Thanks a lot for the reply.
> 
> What I understand from the reply is I need to change my 
> bootcmd environment variable. Currently for loading kernel 
> from NOR, it uses bootm command; now I have to change it to 
> nboot command.
> Also I understand that I do not need to write a NAND driver 
> for this purpose.
> 
> Please confirm if my understanding is correct.
> 
> By the way, what is the purpose of the code in nand_spl directory?
This is the code required when your u-boot is on NAND and you would like
to boot from NAND. 
This is the first 4K code which would be read by the SOC after reset
from the NAND device into an internal buffer.  
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