ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.

ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.

[Omanakuttan]

Hi,
I got my bdi2000, thanks to the cogent arguments supplied by WD.

Facing a problem.
1. Is it required to install ppcboot in an mpc8260ads board? If I make a
make bzImage , can the resultant image be directly loaded to flash and
start running it? the bdi2000 guys says that it is not possible. Is it so?
Does it mean that we have to port ppcboot and put it in out end product
for loading linux? we have only 8MB of flash.

2. I tried to coross compile ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.
make mpc8260ads_config does not work. In the readme, no such target is
supported. but in the  boards directory, there is a file for mpc8260ads
boards. I am confused and reading the makefile. But seems like a little
complex. if anybody can throw some light on compiling ppcboot for
mpc8260ads, it would be a great help.

Thanks
Om.


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Re: ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.

[Omanakuttan]

Please ignore my question. I got it up.

Omanakuttan wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I got my bdi2000, thanks to the cogent arguments supplied by WD.
>
> Facing a problem.
> 1. Is it required to install ppcboot in an mpc8260ads board? If I make a
> make bzImage , can the resultant image be directly loaded to flash and
> start running it? the bdi2000 guys says that it is not possible. Is it so?
> Does it mean that we have to port ppcboot and put it in out end product
> for loading linux? we have only 8MB of flash.
>
> 2. I tried to coross compile ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.
> make mpc8260ads_config does not work. In the readme, no such target is
> supported. but in the  boards directory, there is a file for mpc8260ads
> boards. I am confused and reading the makefile. But seems like a little
> complex. if anybody can throw some light on compiling ppcboot for
> mpc8260ads, it would be a great help.
>
> Thanks
> Om.
>
>
>
>


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Re: ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.

[Omanakuttan]

HI,
I don't think the vmlinux at 0x0 will work. I tried the same with little
success. finally we settled for ppcboot. now I am on the process of
making the board up.
Some parameters are to be passed from the boot loader to the OS. ( what
are they?) Moreover ramdisk loading must be done by boot loader.
This is what I know. if I am wrong, please correct me.
regards,
om.

vnair@hss.hns.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can you pls give some insight what soln worked for you. Was it using BDI or you
> ported ppcBoot.
>
> I am trying to put ppclinux onto IBM spruce reference board (MPC750). Although
> linuxppc-2.5 tree has the support for this board, but i am not able to finalize
> my way for the initial success.
>
> I have a JTAG (VisionProbe) to download the image.
>
> Can you please list some steps to proceed. I have the kernel and the build
> environment ready. I am thinking of building vmlinux (uncompressed) and
> downloading it @ address 0x0 on the board. Will it work ?
>
> Thanks
> - Vikram
>
>
>
>
>
> "Omanakuttan" <omanakuttan@tataelxsi.co.in> on 01/22/2003 02:17:52 PM
>
> To:   linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
> cc:    (bcc: Vikram Nair/HSS)
>
> Subject:  Re: ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.
>
>
>
>
>
> Please ignore my question. I got it up.
>
> Omanakuttan wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I got my bdi2000, thanks to the cogent arguments supplied by WD.
>>
>>Facing a problem.
>>1. Is it required to install ppcboot in an mpc8260ads board? If I make a
>>make bzImage , can the resultant image be directly loaded to flash and
>>start running it? the bdi2000 guys says that it is not possible. Is it so?
>>Does it mean that we have to port ppcboot and put it in out end product
>>for loading linux? we have only 8MB of flash.
>>
>>2. I tried to coross compile ppcboot for mpc8260ads board.
>>make mpc8260ads_config does not work. In the readme, no such target is
>>supported. but in the  boards directory, there is a file for mpc8260ads
>>boards. I am confused and reading the makefile. But seems like a little
>>complex. if anybody can throw some light on compiling ppcboot for
>>mpc8260ads, it would be a great help.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Om.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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