Subject: Re: NetBSD support PXA255?
To: None <port-arm@NetBSD.org>
From: Keichii Moto <keichiitoyota@yahoo.com>
List: port-arm
Date: 03/28/2005 20:08:26
Nathan J. Williams wrote:
> Keichii Moto writes:

Hi Nathan,

> > It seems that u-boot cannot recognize NetBSD.
> > Does anyone has experience about using u-boot to
> boot
> > NetBSD on pxa255 board? If so, please tell me how
> to
> > do, thanks in advance.
> 
> As described elsewhere, you probably need to
> generate a kernel with a
> header that uBoot likes, or you can create a "raw"
> image with no
> header at all and manually pass the boot address.
> Use this command to
> generate the raw image:
> 
> objcopy -O binary netbsd netbsd.bin
> 
> and then you should be able to use the "go" command
> to start the
> kernel. You'll need to "go" to the (virtual) address
> that u-boot
> loaded the kernel at, and your startup code will
> need to be careful to
> set up the MMU the way the rest of the kernel wants.

I took a look at NetBSD lubbock and g42xxeb code,
the entry and load addresses are 0xa0200000, and the
virtual address is 0xc0200000. I loaded netbsd.bin at
0xa0200000, and go 0xc0200000, I saw the data abot
message on u-boot. Did I miss something? Thanks.
> 
>         - Nathan

-kt 


		
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