From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: roundrobin Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:23:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: [U-Boot] boot linux kernel from NAND In-Reply-To: <85a5c2010901210735y4aa736ecxb1ec03dbf1abdacd@mail.gmail.com> References: <21579236.post@talk.nabble.com> <85a5c2010901210735y4aa736ecxb1ec03dbf1abdacd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <21593758.post@talk.nabble.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Thanks a lot for the reply. What I understand from the reply is I need to change my bootcmd environment variable. Currently for loading kernel from NOR, it uses bootm command; now I have to change it to nboot command. Also I understand that I do not need to write a NAND driver for this purpose. Please confirm if my understanding is correct. By the way, what is the purpose of the code in nand_spl directory? Matt Gessner-2 wrote: > >> >> Hi >> >> We have a custom board where we are using u-boot to >> boot linux kernel from NOR flash. This is working alright. >> >> However, we are planning to replace the NOR flash with >> NAND flash. There will be no NOR flash on the board. >> So I need to boot linux kernel from NAND. > > > I use the command: > > nboot.i 20000000 primary > > primary is in my mtdparts environment variable: > > mtdparts=nand:7m at 0m(primary),7m at 7m(secondary,2m at 14m(config) > > mtdids is > nand0=nand > > partition is > nand0,0 > > >> My question is what works do I need to do so that u-boot >> can boot linux from NAND? Do I need to implement something >> like a NAND driver for u-boot, or do I just need to modify >> some u-boot configurations? > > > > You're going to have to configure your nand flash in your board config > file. I believe there are sufficient examples for you to read. > > >> >> >> By the way, I am talking about booting linux kernel, not u-boot >> itself. u-boot itself will be loaded from NAND and kicked by using >> a feature of the board which I am not clear at the moment. >> >> Many thanks in advance for any info on this. >> >> Best regards >> Round Robin >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/boot-linux-kernel-from-NAND-tp21579236p21579236.html >> Sent from the Uboot - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> U-Boot mailing list >> U-Boot at lists.denx.de >> http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot >> > > _______________________________________________ > U-Boot mailing list > U-Boot at lists.denx.de > http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/boot-linux-kernel-from-NAND-tp21579236p21593758.html Sent from the Uboot - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.