From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: "Aman" Cc: "linuxppc embedded" Subject: Re: Downloading Linux image using Riscwatch From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:42:43 +0530." <001b01c26976$233e0640$370da8c0@aman> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:40:56 +0200 Message-Id: <20021001184101.EF497FA97@denx.denx.de> Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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/