From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.omnisys.se (static-213-115-84-26.sme.bredbandsbolaget.se [213.115.84.26]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97CB067B9B for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:34:28 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <456C4FBE.7040302@omnisys.se> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:03:26 +0100 From: Magnus Hjorth MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Mendham Subject: Re: RE : Using Linux on ML405: Some basic questions References: <000001c712c4$8252e870$c900a8c0@CRESITTLAB> <456C14F0.5020103@computing.dundee.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <456C14F0.5020103@computing.dundee.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Those messages come from the Linux bootloader/decompression code, you can see the calls in arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc-embedded.c Cheers, /Magnus Peter Mendham wrote: > > Wow. Thanks Chris, that makes a lot of sense, although I had no idea > that the SystemAce chip was quite so clever. I take it that the > bitstream in the .ace file is specially constructed by the tools to do > the DRAM download? What is it that produces the text: > loaded at: 00400000 004E21E4 > board data at: 004DF13C 004DF154 > relocated to: 00405660 00405678 > zimage at: 00405C25 004DE92F > avail ram: 004E3000 04000000 > I have always assumed that it is a piece of software that does this. Is > that correct? > > Thanks very much for replying, the information is really helpful. > -- Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > -- Magnus Hjorth, M.Sc. Omnisys Instruments AB Gruvgatan 8 SE-421 30 Västra Frölunda, SWEDEN Phone: +46 31 734 34 09 Fax: +46 31 734 34 29 http://www.omnisys.se