From: wd@denx.de [mailto:wd@denx.de] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:35 AM To: Chuck Meade Cc: Andy Hawkins; u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] Problems with u-boot, PPChameleonEVB and MontaVista kernel
In message IIEEICKJLNEPBBDJICNGKEBMEMAA.chuckmeade@mindspring.com Chuck Meade wrote:
You have a load address and entry point of 0x0.
...which is perfectly fine on PowerPC.
You can't load and run Linux at 0x0. Try something more sensible like 0x400000.
Chuck, you are wrong. Load address and Entry point of 0x0000 are OK on PowerPC.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
Yeah sorry about that, I was thinking one thing and typing another. I have seen so many times people downloading to 0x0 and stomping their ppc vector area, that I answered without paying enough attention to what Andy actually wrote.
I agree with Marius that the platform support code from the other board is most likely not going to work unmodified on this board. You (Andy) need to actually port the kernel to your target -- i.e. each target has target-specific support that is required. If you are having trouble bringing up the low level startup code I would also suggest acquiring a BDI2000, it can be a real help in such situations.
Chuck