Pharaoh . skrev:

I think I am getting what you are saying...

The u-boot is downloaded to TEXT_BASE = 0x11080000 (from config.mk ) which is default address for u-boot to load for my board. This is the place where u-boot would have relocated itself, had it been copied from flash. Infact I was pondering over these:

one of the earlist things u-boot does is initializing the SDRAM controller so that RAM can be used for setting up execution environment i.e. setting up stack etc. then u-boot relocates itself to RAM and so on.

You should beware that your code does not reinitialize the SDRAM controller *after* you have relocated to SDRAM.

For the AT91RM9200 and AT91SAM926x chips booting from serial flash, the SDRAM is initialized by a small bootloader which also copies U-boot to SDRAM. U-Boot never touches the SDRAM controller.

Pls check that your linker file is containing the correct TEXT_BASE. Sometimes things are done in several places and you have to use the right one.

If I have to run u-boot directly from RAM without flashing it i.e. I copy u-boot to RAM directly using one of the utilities and make it run from there, I am doing something wrong here? In this case when the u-boot is copied directly to RAM, has the RAM been initialized? The u-boot image gets successfully downloaded to RAM but is the RAM initialized in order to execute u-boot directly.

On 3/9/07, Ulf Samuelsson ulf@atmel.com wrote:

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Pharaoh . skrev:

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Hi I have loaded the u-boot.elf binary to RAM over UART using the OST utility on Windows XP. I tried to load u-boot.bin to RAM but it is not working, I think OST is expecting windows binaries when the extension is .bin. The ELF binary which is compiled on Linux gets for omap730p2 sample board gets successfully downloaded to RAM at the specified address. I have configured the UART as mentioned in the manual by using Hyperterminal/Terra Term. After downloading the ELF binary to RAM, I should be seeing the U-boot prompt on console. But, just a cursor blinks on screen. I am sure the connection is being established but no prompt is seen.

1. Do I need to burn u-boot.bin and not u-boot.elf? I converted .elf

binary to .raw using OST and it was downloaded successfully to RAM.

2. If downloading to RAM is correct then what might have gone wrong

? Why the

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u-boot prompt is not visible? What I am

missing?CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT

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3. I have taken care that U-Boot doesnt relocate itself to RAM by

setting CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT.

PS: I know I should be using JTAG. What could be the problem with this console stuff.

-Pharaoh

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Did you link U-Boot to your RAM location, or to 0x0000000 (default). If you link to 0x00000000, then all your strings will probably be in zeroed memory. Been there, done that...

-- Best Regards, Ulf Samuelsson