[U-Boot] Running vanilla u-boot v2012.10 on Guruplug

Stefan Herbrechtsmeier stefan at herbrechtsmeier.net
Sun Jan 13 17:25:09 CET 2013


Hi Dirk,

Am 13.01.2013 10:25, schrieb Albert ARIBAUD:
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:41:36 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs
> <dirk.heinrichs at altum.de> wrote:
>> Am Samstag 12 Januar 2013, 16:51:51 schrieb Wolfgang Denk:
>>
>>> Did you read the FAQ?  Especially
>>> http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/CanUBootBeConfiguredSuchThatItCanBeStarted
>>> InRAM ?
>> Now I did :) Thanx a lot.
>>
>> Interesting that [1] states it's possible, though...
>>
>> Bye...
>>
>> 	Dirk
> My experience with starting U-Boot from RAM is that it's usually
> impossible when U-Boot is meant to start directly from FLASH, mostly
> (but not only) because the code at some point will rely on being able to
> keep on running even through access to DRAM is not possible.
You can use the kwboot tool from the tools directory to boot a Marvell 
Kirkwood SoC via UART0.

Kind regards,
   Stefan



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