From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.237]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF7FDDF01 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:17:24 +1000 (EST) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id z8so64906qbc for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:17:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:17:22 -0400 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: sarpa Subject: Re: zImage on mpc5200 In-Reply-To: <11307459.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed References: <11307459.post@talk.nabble.com> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 6/26/07, sarpa wrote: > > I am building the Linux kernel target "zImage.elf" in PPC branch of Linux > Kernel 2.6.16.11 and then converting it to zImage.bin using OBJCOPY so that > i can flash it to my PPC based target using BDI. i am currently facing > issues in booting this kernel using my own bootloader(i am not using > u-boot). Before I flood mailing list with more detailed questions I just > wish to know if the standalone kernel image type zImage.elf is know to work > in Linux kernel 2.6.16.11 or not ? Has anyone ever tested standalone > zImage.elf on PPC ? Note that I am able to boot uImage using U-boot for this > kernel but now I am trying to use my own Bootloader to boot zImage.elf " I can't say about it on the 5200, or on kernel 2.6.16 because I haven't tried that exact configuration (without u-boot); but zImage.elf do boot perfectly well without u-boot. I frequently boot my virtex platform in that way. g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. grant.likely@secretlab.ca (403) 399-0195