[U-Boot] mx23evk resets when loading the kernel

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Apr 26 17:22:43 CEST 2013


Dear Fabio Estevam,

> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> >> Did you apply that patch of mine ?
> > 
> > Yes, but does not help on this particular issue.
> 
> Well, actually it helped in some way. The reset pattern is different
> now and after several attempts the kernel booted:
> 
> U-Boot 2013.04-dirty (Apr 26 2013 - 11:24:08)
> 
> CPU:   Freescale i.MX23 rev1.3 at 454 MHz
> BOOT:  SSP SD/MMC #0
> DRAM:  128 MiB
> MMC:   MXS MMC: 0
> In:    serial
> Out:   serial
> Err:   serial
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> mmc0 is current device
> reading boot.scr
> ** Unable to read file boot.scr **
> reading uImage
> 3258040 bytes read in 1113 ms (2.8 MiB/s)
> Booting from mmc ...
> reading imx23-evk.dtb
> 20944 bytes read in 33 ms (619.1 KiB/s)
> ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 42000000 ...
>    Image Name:   Linux-3.8.8-fslc+g7fd77a4
>    Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
>    Data Size:    3257976 Bytes = 3.1 MiB
>    Load Address: 40008000
>    Entry Point:  40008000
>    Verifying Checksum ... OK
> ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 41000000
>    Booting using the fdt blob at 0x41000000
>    Loading Kernel Image ... OK
> OK
>    Loading Device Tree to 47b72000, end 47b7a1cf ... OK
> 
> Starting kernel ...
> 
> Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
> HTLLCLC

This is a DRAM issue for sure. What compression algo do you use to compress the 
kernel btw ?


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