From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ebshome.net (gate.ebshome.net [64.81.67.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "gate.ebshome.net", Issuer "gate.ebshome.net" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB2F42BDF2 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 05:52:39 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:52:33 -0800 From: Eugene Surovegin To: Andriy Korud Message-ID: <20041125185233.GA13325@gate.ebshome.net> References: <1101402827.10369.8.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1101402827.10369.8.camel@localhost> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: 440GP "Ebony" boot problems List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 05:18:49PM +0100, Andriy Korud wrote: > I'm trying to boot original 440GP "Ebony" board wiath original IBM ROM > Monitor: > ... > 440GP 1.18 ROM Monitor (02/11/02) > ... > > However I've discovered that it requires special image in KDI (Kernel > Downloadable Image) format. And it seems that the only way to make such > image is to use 'mkimage' utility from LynuxWorks which is not widely > available :-) > Can anybody help me with this? Huh? I'm away from my Ebony right now, so I cannot check which OpenBIOS version it has but I never heard about KDI. Image generated by the `make bzImage` in 2.4 or 2.6 official kernel should be bootable on Ebony with original IBM firmware. Why do you think IBM firmware requires LynuxWorks special image? This sounds like a nonsense, frankly. -- Eugene