From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <002c01c279f8$43c269a0$370da8c0@aman> From: "Aman" To: "Wolfgang Denk" Cc: "linuxppc embedded" References: <20021001184101.EF497FA97@denx.denx.de> Subject: Re: Downloading Linux image using Riscwatch Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:54:31 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hi I have ported rom monitor code[Openbios from IBM] for my custom board[PPC440GP Processor]. The custom board doesn't support ethernet. Now I want to download a linux image to the RAM of my custom board. What linux image I have to build to download to RAM using JTAG of Riscwatch Debugger . Thanking you in advance Regards Aman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Denk" To: "Aman" Cc: "linuxppc embedded" Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:10 AM Subject: Re: Downloading Linux image using Riscwatch > In message <001b01c26976$233e0640$370da8c0@aman> you wrote: > > > > I am using PPC 440GP processor on custom board. This board doesnt not have > > Ethernet support and there is no rom monitor code in the board. Is it > > possible to download the Linux image to the board using JTAG . If so what > > type of image should I build. > > You can download the kernel, but it will not run ;-) > > The Linux kernel relies on a lot of initialization to be done by the > firmware - things like initializing and sizing the memory, passing > boot arguments etc. > > I suggest you start porting PPCBoot. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux > Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de > The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time, the last 10% takes > the other 90% of the time. > ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/