[U-Boot-Users] Differences between u-boot and u-boot.bin

[U-Boot-Users] Differences between u-boot and u-boot.bin

[Yann POUPET]

Hello,

Could someone explain me the difference between the u-boot elf binary
and u-boot.bin files both generated when I build u-boot ?

I which context/condition should I use one or the other ?

Thank you.

Best regards,

Yann

[U-Boot-Users] Differences between u-boot and u-boot.bin

[Grant Likely]

On 4/25/05, Yann POUPET <yann@yannouch.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Could someone explain me the difference between the u-boot elf binary
> and u-boot.bin files both generated when I build u-boot ?
u-boot:  elf file, includes both machine code and symbol tables
(function names, etc)
u-boot.bin: raw machine code in binary image.
u-boot.srec: raw machine code in srecord format.

> 
> I which context/condition should I use one or the other ?
u-boot: Use with symbolic debugger (gdb)
u-boot.bin: flash verbatim into ROM
u-boot.srec: flash into ROM using srec loader

[U-Boot-Users] Differences between u-boot and u-boot.bin

[Yann POUPET]

>>Hello,
>>
>>Could someone explain me the difference between the u-boot elf binary
>>and u-boot.bin files both generated when I build u-boot ?
>>    
>>
>u-boot:  elf file, includes both machine code and symbol tables
>(function names, etc)
>u-boot.bin: raw machine code in binary image.
>u-boot.srec: raw machine code in srecord format.
>
>  
>
>>I which context/condition should I use one or the other ?
>>    
>>
>u-boot: Use with symbolic debugger (gdb)
>u-boot.bin: flash verbatim into ROM
>u-boot.srec: flash into ROM using srec loader
>
>  
>

OK; thank you for the answer.
So, if I understand correctly, the 2 files are almost the same but
u-boot adds extra features such as being able to be debugged with GDB ?
What could explain that on my board (a one close to the edb9312) u-boot
works and u-boot.bin does nothing ?

Best regards

yann

[U-Boot-Users] Differences between u-boot and u-boot.bin

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <426DE93E.8040806@yannouch.net> you wrote:
> 
> What could explain that on my board (a one close to the edb9312) u-boot
> works and u-boot.bin does nothing ?

You probably used a way to install it that didn't  work  with  a  raw
binary image.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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