From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E85B567A65 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:15:44 +1100 (EST) To: Grant Likely From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:57:06 MST." <528646bc05021210572aaeaa3f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:15:21 +0100 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20050212221526.2B75FC1430@atlas.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Memory Size Requirement to Run Linux on Embedded Environment List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , In message <528646bc05021210572aaeaa3f@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > This is not correct. U-Boot is located where your memory map dictates > > it, this can be the begining or the end or right in the middle of > > your flash - depending on your hardware design. > I suggested the beginning of flash under the assumption that u-boot > would be the first code to execute. Albert, if it is not then you > will need to have some other code at the boot location. That's what I intended topoint out: this is hardware dependent; some processiors support low-boot (0x100) and high-boot (0xFFF00100), others have a fixed reset vector (0xFFFFFFFC), and yet other architectures behave differently (like ARM startin at 0x0000). Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de "There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them" - Heisenberg