Loading the Kernel on a FADS

Loading the Kernel on a FADS

[Ruedi Hofer]

Hi Raphael, 

I'm still in a much earlier stage than you are. I just managed to get the 
fadsrom working. Now I try to load the kernel (2.3.18) which I've compiled
for the FADS. 

My next steps are now:
1. make zImage of the Kernel
2. mkrombin of the kernel
3. convert to s records
4. load the code with mpc8bug

Problem:
Unfortunately when I try to do a 'mkrombin' of the Kernel the mkrombin exits 
with a message like this:

	nscns:1
	ehp:0x804aee0
	epp:0x804af14
	something wrong with file (1) zImage

Question:
Is my procedure correct?
How do you download the kernelcode to the board?


-- 
Best regards
                                          
Ruedi Hofer

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Re: Loading the Kernel on a FADS

[Raphael Bossek]

hi Ruedi,
 
> Is my procedure correct?
if you have trouble with the mksrombin program writtin by Magnus so please
contact him because i do not use it...

> How do you download the kernelcode to the board?
first i'm using 8xxROM from Magnus with patches from me. this patches alows
to use a real IDE drive connected thourght the PCMCIA interface where my
Linux kernel can be saved like with eatch other hd. Magnus use also this
solutions but he use PCMCIA FLASH-CARDS with a IDE interface.

i use the mpc8xx-2.2.13 kernel with some patches so you can also get mathemu
support from 2.3.33 and so on... take a look at http://www.s4l.de where all
the stuff you need can be found...

do NOT forget to report me your expiriences so i can make a support list of
boards + cpus, board-revisions ect.

my patches influence the 8xxROM. if you use the 8xxROM you have only to
use the hd or a rom-drive (in flash; read the source-code). i have had to
create a valid elf file because my flash utility only works with valid elf
files (SDS Debuger Flash Utility througth BDM-Interface/Wigler). i hope i
can find time after my vacation to play with the mpc8bug; i never used it!

summary: 8xxROM with PCMCIA HD + ext2 + dos fs support -> FLASH
         Linux -> 4GB HD connected to PCMCIA with ext2 fs

i hope i can find some time make pictures after my vacation of the running
system in the meantime i fight with cross-compiler creation and so on...

WHY DOES REISERFS NOT WORK WITH POWERPC !

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Re: Loading the Kernel on a FADS

[Mika Kuoppala]

On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Raphael Bossek wrote:

> 
> i hope i can find some time make pictures after my vacation of the running
> system in the meantime i fight with cross-compiler creation and so on...
> 
> WHY DOES REISERFS NOT WORK WITH POWERPC !
> 
Short and stupid answer would be: because it is not ported yet.
Hans Reiser states that it is not yet supporting anything but i386
architecture. But i remember he mentioning that if some company 
wants it bad, with some financial support he can port it.

When someone needs it urgently enough he/she will port it,
or give Hans Reiser a motivation donation so that he would do it :)

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> Raphael Bossek <raphael.bossek@solutions4linux.de> [ICQ #40047651]
> PGP fingerprint: DF 6F 2C 76 46 1E B4 1C  5B A5 2E 1B FC E0 D3 F6
> PGP public key: http://www.solutions4linux.de/private/pgpkey.asc
> 

Yep. Debian rocks.

-- Mika


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