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From: "Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
To: "Sam Karp" <sam.d.karp@gmail.com>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Linux w/o UBoot from Linear Flash
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:38:29 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa686aa40806072038h20a9dfd6kf32148cb1c4417ce@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <800687fe0806071529j16cc360bub252c492975368ea@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Sam Karp <sam.d.karp@gmail.com> wrote:
> I currently have a linux ramdisk image (zImage.initrd.elf) stored in
> linear flash.  I also have a bit file with the xilinx EDK generated
> bootloader in platform flash on an ML403.   Is it neccessary to have
> uboot with the linux kernel to be able to boot automatically or can i
> simply alter the xilinx bootloader (if needed at all? )

U-Boot in not necessary.  You can modify the xilinx bootloader to load
an elf file into ram and jump into it.  When you migrate to using
arch/powerpc, you can use the simpleImage target which can be loaded
anywhere into ram before jumping to it.

Cheers,
g.

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.

      reply	other threads:[~2008-06-08  3:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-07 22:29 Linux w/o UBoot from Linear Flash Sam Karp
2008-06-08  3:38 ` Grant Likely [this message]

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