Dear Robert,
In message alpine.DEB.2.02.1112042100270.15118@oneiric you wrote:
i believe i've solved this issue, at least. i downloaded ELDK 4.2 and installed the ppc_8xx- toolchain. with that, i managed to compile u-boot 2010.12 and flashed it to my TQM860, reset and, lo and behold, i have a 2010.12 u-boot. so my u-boot issue seems to be resolved.
You update U-Boot, but to a version 4 releases old. Why not to current code?
which generated a uImage file. but as i understand it, i want a cuImage-format file as i used with my lite5200, so i edited the file
No. Now you don't need a cuImage nay more. Just use the DT as I showed you in the builkd and boot log I sent before.
look reasonable? so i download to the board to address 200000,
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but at this point, any attempt to "bootm 200000" gives me (as before):
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immediately followed by a long line of diamonds with question marks
You may want to read the FAQ:
http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/LinuxUncompressingError
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk