In message 6.0.0.22.2.20031014083032.02837c80@192.168.1.10 you wrote:
There no decompress() in the Linux kernel. So U-Boot always starts the Linux kernel right from the beginning.
When compiling 82xx or 8xx kernels, you always get arch/ppc/boot/simple.
What do you mean with "you get it"? It comes with the source, yes. But you don't have to use it.
I think I understand. For a very long time now I have been using zImage.embedded for booting. When I followed the u-boot instructions I used "vmlinux" which doesn't contain the boot loader. Right?
Right. vmlinux does not contain the bootstral loader, all functions of which are already present in U-Boot.
Thanks for the info. It has pointed me in a new direction. The problem I am having is the serial baud-rate is fine in u-boot but wrong when the kernel boots. Perhaps the clock dividers are setup differently by u-boot than expected by the 8260 implementation?
Perhaps you don;t pass the baud-rate to the kernel? Did you try passing something like "console=ttyS0,$(baudrate)" ?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk