[U-Boot] Building uImage with multiple load addresses

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Dec 22 13:04:34 CET 2011


Dear Stefano Babic,

In message <4EF2F5DC.8010703 at denx.de> you wrote:
>
> >>> make uImage LOADADDR=0x70008000
> >>
> >> Exactly, I do the same.
> > 
> > Before, you wrote you were using 0x80008000 ...
> 
> No, I don't: I wrote that I am using 0x80008000 for MX3. Fabio wrote the
> example for MX53, and the value is correct (0x70008000). And for MX51 we
> have another one (on the MX51 the RAM starts at address 0x90000000).
> 
> There is no a general load address for all IMX SOCs.

I'm aware of this.  But this was what Fabio quoted from the Linux
messages:

> >  Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
> >  Kernel: arch/arm/boot/zImage is ready
> > multiple load addresses: 0x80008000 0x80008000 0x10008000

This does not list 0x70008000 as an option (instead it lists
0x80008000 twice?).  So is this a bug in / deficiency of the Linux
kernel?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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