Re: linux booting
From: leeyang <hidden>
Date: 2002-08-24 00:07:28
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When I "bootm 0x10000"in ppcboot,it runs to "Transferring control to linux kernel",then hangs there,and I see nothing in the console.:(This will never work. I bet it didn't work with your old kernel either. 0x10000 is just 64 kB - this is _never_ enough for an uncompressed Linux kernel. You will overwrite your kernel while uncompressing it, which crashes the system. Use a higher load address,
somthing like 0x200000. Sorry! I lost a zero here,I mean 0x100000,so old kernel can boot there.
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In the PPCBoot guide(FAQ section),it mentioned 2 possible causes,wrong bdinfo and clocks_in_mhz I do check it and feel nothing wrong,however nothing yet.You have to _unset_ clocks_in_mhz for a 2.4.20-pre2 kernel.quoted
I have a BDI2000,but I think I should debug the bootm part of ppcboot,however someone says it is quite difficult to do so( at least for me).Well, it's not _that_ difficult. Try it out, so you get used to is ;-)
I wish it is not that hard,however I can not debug the kernel or ppcboot according the brief introduction in BDI manual.:( I want to watch r3,r4,r5,r6,r7 register when ppcboot transferring to kernel.Could you tell me how to get that? thanks a lot!
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so I am seeking errors in blind.Just open your eyes, and thou shalt see :-) Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.
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