"Uncompressing Linux at load address"

"Uncompressing Linux at load address"

[Carlos Mitidieri]

Hi,

I am trying to boot a zImage from micromonitor on a csb655 board 
(Au1550 processor).

For that matter, I patched my kernel 2.6.15 with the zImage_2_6_10.patch from 
Popov. 

In the arch/mips/boot/compressed/au1xxx/Makefile, I have set:
	1) RAM_RUN_ADDR=0xa0300000, which is the value got  from the umon's 
APPRAMBASE environment variable.
	2) AVAIL_RAM_START=0x80500000
            AVAIL_RAM_END=0x80900000
     	3) LOADADDR =0x80100000, which is the same value I have set in an 
entry for this board in arch/mips/Makefile.

I can compile and link the zImage with home build gcc cross tools, based on 
gcc-3.4.4 and glibc-2.3.4 . When the (binary) zImage is decompressed on the 
target, I get these messages: 

zImage: size=680372 base=0xa0300000
loaded at:     A0300000 A03A4000
zimage at:     A0306180 A03A3EE1
Uncompressing Linux at load address 80100000

and then the target resets.  
This zImage is very small, so the decompressed image is not going beyond the 
AVAIL_RAM limits. Would you have any guess on what is going on?

I have looked for this information the list through, but anyone seems to have 
had this problem before. Thanks for any comment.

-- 
Carlos Mitidieri
SYSGO AG - Office Ulm
Lise-Meitner-Str. 15
D-89081 Ulm

RE: "Uncompressing Linux at load address"

[hemanth.venkatesh]

I had faced similar issue with AU1100 based boards which also use the
zImage patch. It turned out to be board initialization issue rather that
a zImage problem, since after uncompressing the image control is
transferred to kernel_entry.

Thanks
Hemanth

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org
[mailto:linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Mitidieri
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 7:00 PM
To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: "Uncompressing Linux at load address"

Hi,

I am trying to boot a zImage from micromonitor on a csb655 board 
(Au1550 processor).

For that matter, I patched my kernel 2.6.15 with the zImage_2_6_10.patch
from 
Popov. 

In the arch/mips/boot/compressed/au1xxx/Makefile, I have set:
	1) RAM_RUN_ADDR=0xa0300000, which is the value got  from the
umon's 
APPRAMBASE environment variable.
	2) AVAIL_RAM_START=0x80500000
            AVAIL_RAM_END=0x80900000
     	3) LOADADDR =0x80100000, which is the same value I have set in
an 
entry for this board in arch/mips/Makefile.

I can compile and link the zImage with home build gcc cross tools, based
on 
gcc-3.4.4 and glibc-2.3.4 . When the (binary) zImage is decompressed on
the 
target, I get these messages: 

zImage: size=680372 base=0xa0300000
loaded at:     A0300000 A03A4000
zimage at:     A0306180 A03A3EE1
Uncompressing Linux at load address 80100000

and then the target resets.  
This zImage is very small, so the decompressed image is not going beyond
the 
AVAIL_RAM limits. Would you have any guess on what is going on?

I have looked for this information the list through, but anyone seems to
have 
had this problem before. Thanks for any comment.

-- 
Carlos Mitidieri
SYSGO AG - Office Ulm
Lise-Meitner-Str. 15
D-89081 Ulm

RE: "Uncompressing Linux at load address"

[hemanth.venkatesh]

I had faced similar issue with AU1100 based boards which also use the
zImage patch. It turned out to be board initialization issue rather that
a zImage problem, since after uncompressing the image control is
transferred to kernel_entry.

Thanks
Hemanth

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org
[mailto:linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Mitidieri
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 7:00 PM
To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: "Uncompressing Linux at load address"

Hi,

I am trying to boot a zImage from micromonitor on a csb655 board 
(Au1550 processor).

For that matter, I patched my kernel 2.6.15 with the zImage_2_6_10.patch
from 
Popov. 

In the arch/mips/boot/compressed/au1xxx/Makefile, I have set:
	1) RAM_RUN_ADDR=0xa0300000, which is the value got  from the
umon's 
APPRAMBASE environment variable.
	2) AVAIL_RAM_START=0x80500000
            AVAIL_RAM_END=0x80900000
     	3) LOADADDR =0x80100000, which is the same value I have set in
an 
entry for this board in arch/mips/Makefile.

I can compile and link the zImage with home build gcc cross tools, based
on 
gcc-3.4.4 and glibc-2.3.4 . When the (binary) zImage is decompressed on
the 
target, I get these messages: 

zImage: size=680372 base=0xa0300000
loaded at:     A0300000 A03A4000
zimage at:     A0306180 A03A3EE1
Uncompressing Linux at load address 80100000

and then the target resets.  
This zImage is very small, so the decompressed image is not going beyond
the 
AVAIL_RAM limits. Would you have any guess on what is going on?

I have looked for this information the list through, but anyone seems to
have 
had this problem before. Thanks for any comment.

-- 
Carlos Mitidieri
SYSGO AG - Office Ulm
Lise-Meitner-Str. 15
D-89081 Ulm

Re: "Uncompressing Linux at load address"

[Carlos Mitidieri]

thanks for commenting
Since my APPRAMBASE in umon is 0xa0300000, I have changed my parametes in a 
way that the kernel would be loaded above that address:

AVAIL_RAM_START=0xb0a00000
AVAIL_RAM_END=0xb0f00000
LOADADDR =0xb0000000

unfortunately, the problem persists, i.e., the systems hangs just after the 
messages:

 zImage: size=680372 base=0xa0300000
loaded at:     A0300000 A03A4000
 zimage at:     A0306180 A03A3EE1
 Uncompressing Linux at load address B0000000

I am pretty sure that the problem relates to where the things are loaded, but 
I don't realize exactly what.



On Monday 11 September 2006 15:55, you wrote:
> I had faced similar issue with AU1100 based boards which also use the
> zImage patch. It turned out to be board initialization issue rather that
> a zImage problem, since after uncompressing the image control is
> transferred to kernel_entry.
>
> Thanks
> Hemanth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org
> [mailto:linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Mitidieri
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 7:00 PM
> To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
> Subject: "Uncompressing Linux at load address"
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to boot a zImage from micromonitor on a csb655 board
> (Au1550 processor).
>
> For that matter, I patched my kernel 2.6.15 with the zImage_2_6_10.patch
> from
> Popov.
>
> In the arch/mips/boot/compressed/au1xxx/Makefile, I have set:
> 	1) RAM_RUN_ADDR=0xa0300000, which is the value got  from the
> umon's
> APPRAMBASE environment variable.
> 	2) AVAIL_RAM_START=0x80500000
>             AVAIL_RAM_END=0x80900000
>      	3) LOADADDR =0x80100000, which is the same value I have set in
> an
> entry for this board in arch/mips/Makefile.
>
> I can compile and link the zImage with home build gcc cross tools, based
> on
> gcc-3.4.4 and glibc-2.3.4 . When the (binary) zImage is decompressed on
> the
> target, I get these messages:
>
> zImage: size=680372 base=0xa0300000
> loaded at:     A0300000 A03A4000
> zimage at:     A0306180 A03A3EE1
> Uncompressing Linux at load address 80100000
>
> and then the target resets.
> This zImage is very small, so the decompressed image is not going beyond
> the
> AVAIL_RAM limits. Would you have any guess on what is going on?
>
> I have looked for this information the list through, but anyone seems to
> have
> had this problem before. Thanks for any comment.

-- 
Carlos Mitidieri
SYSGO AG - Office Ulm
Lise-Meitner-Str. 15
D-89081 Ulm

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