[U-Boot] Limit of kernel size

Heiko Schocher hs at denx.de
Sun Sep 16 07:14:30 CEST 2012


Hello J.Hwan,

On 16.09.2012 01:40, J.Hwan Kim wrote:
> Hi, everyone
>
> Is there limitation of the kernel size which u-boot loads?

Only as I know the maximum RAM size (minus the size U-Boot needs)

> My kernel is very big, because I included the ramdisk into the kernel.
> My kernel size is over 40MB.
> When I load the kernel through u-boot, the prcedure hangs in the boot step.
> The step is "Uncompressing Linux.... done, booting the kernel"

On which board with which RAM size? Please provide more Information
including a u-boot log from reset, your environment ...

and maybe it is a Linux problem ...

bye,
Heiko
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