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Guillaume Dargaud wrote:
>>> How do I generate an elf file ?
>> vmlinux?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> The entry point address has change and I can't upload it:
> New (bad) one:
> $ readelf -h vmlinux
> ...
>   Entry point address:               0xc0000000
> 
> Old (good) one:
> $ readelf -h zImage.elf 
> ...
>   Entry point address:               0x400000
> 
> How can I change the entry point address ?

It's impossible to boot PPC vmlinux format directly if you only change the
original entry point address, 0xc0000000.

For kernel the following is as default:
v:0xc0000000 --> p:0x0

Please use simpleImage.<your target dts name>.elf.

Cheers
Tiejun