From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from uncle.computing.dundee.ac.uk (unknown [134.36.36.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ADAFBDDEF5 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:08:18 +1000 (EST) Received: from mailex.computing.dundee.ac.uk (mailex.computing.dundee.ac.uk [134.36.36.15]) by uncle.computing.dundee.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m5O92QuA019478 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:02:37 +0100 Message-ID: <4860B81F.6070205@computing.dundee.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:02:23 +0100 From: Peter Mendham MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Dear all, I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board. I have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want to generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just like on the the ML3/4xx boards). I don't want to use a bootloader (I don't really need one). I saw something on this list about simpleImage, "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I misinterpret what this is for?). I also don't want the image to be too big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=ppc. So, two questions, which hopefully are easy ones: 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage, and dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts (for now). I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system. Where is this supposed to come from? What am I doing wrong? I naively tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went away. Hmm. 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator. This used to pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made sense to me. What's the deal now with powerpc? What should I be using? Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm trying to do. As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing, so any pointers would be gratefully received. Thanks, -- Peter The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096.