[oe] Kernel load address issue

[Martin Jansa]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:14:50AM +1200, Bernard Mentink wrote:
> Many thanks for the reply,
> 
> By the way where is the machine.conf file, I can't seem to find it
> anywhere ..

in your case probably
conf/machine/mx31ads.conf or something like that

I meant ${MACHINE}.conf and machine.conf was just example, sorry I
wasn't clear.

Cheers,

> 
> Cheers,
> Bernie 
> 
> 
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> Subject: Re: [oe] Kernel load address issue
> 
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 09:51:28AM +1200, Bernard Mentink wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> > I am new to OE, but have managed to get u-boot working on my target, 
> > got TFTP working so I can transfer a kernel to RAM.
> > I have modified my conf/local.conf file so that when a kernel is built
> 
> > a uImage binary is created that u-boot can use. (added line 
> > KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "uImage")
> > 
> > However When I try to boot the image in the bootloader, I get this:
> > 
> > uboot> bootm 0x80300000
> > ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 80300000 ...
> >    Image Name:   Angstrom/2.6.36/mx31ads
> >    Created:      2011-07-26  19:55:31 UTC
> >    Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
> >    Data Size:    1765856 Bytes = 1.7 MiB
> >    Load Address: 20008000
> >    Entry Point:  20008000
> 
> machine.conf can define
> UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT = "0x80008000"
> UBOOT_LOADADDRESS = "0x80008000"
> 
> both used in kernel.bbclass
> /OE/dev/classes/kernel.bbclass:UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT ?= "20008000"
> /OE/dev/classes/kernel.bbclass:UBOOT_LOADADDRESS ?=
> "${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}"
> /OE/dev/classes/kernel.bbclass:            uboot-mkimage -A
> ${UBOOT_ARCH} -O linux -T kernel -C none -a ${UBOOT_LOADADDRESS} -e
> $ENTRYPOINT -n "${DISTRO_NAME}/${PV}/${MACHINE}" -d linux.bin
> arch/${ARCH}/boot/uImage
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> >    Verifying Checksum ... OK
> >    Loading Kernel Image ...   <-- gets stuck here! ...
> > 
> > The Load Address is wrong, my ram starts at 0x80000000 ... can someone
> 
> > tell me how to change this? I presume mkimage is responsible for this 
> > as the kernel is configured as relocatable ..
> > 
> > Many Thanks,
> > Bernie
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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