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.
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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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