make PHYS_OFFSET determined at run time (unfinished)

[schen@mvista.com (Steve Chen)]

On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 05:43 -0600, Steve Chen wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 10:28 +0900, jassi brar wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm also able to boot zImage under u-boot.  However, I had to set r1
> > > manually, and I don't know how to pass kernel parameters (stuff passed
> > > into kernel uImage via bootargs) to zImage.  Any tips will be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > Perhaps you use 'go' instead of 'bootm' command in u-boot?
> > How about:-
> > 
> >  u-boot # <load zImage@_addr_ by some means>
> > 
> >  u-boot # setenv machid <your machine ID in hex without the '0x'>
> >  u-boot # saveenv //persistently save the machid
> >              // now you don't need to set machid even after cold reset
> > 
> >  u-boot # bootm _addr_
> > 
> > hth.
> 
> Yes, I did use go instead of bootm.  I'll give this a try.  I'm using
> u-boot version 1.3.3.  Based on Uwe's comment, there is a good chance
> that I'll need to upgrade my u-boot.  Thank you all for the feedback.
> 
I did a quick test, and I got

U-Boot > bootm 0xc0700000
Wrong Image Format for bootm command
ERROR: can't get kernel image!

It appears that I need a newer u-boot.

Steve