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Re: kernel loading
> On 11 Nov 2018, at 11:01, Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
>
>
> Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
>>> On 10/11/2018 19:45, Robert Swindells wrote:
>>>
>>> How is loading and running of a 32-bit kernel by u-boot expected to
>>> work ?
>>>
>>> I have copied std.generic and mk.generic to use with fdt zynq sources.
>>>
>>> The kernel_noload flag to mkubootimage(1) looks to make u-boot execute
>>> the kernel in place. What address should I load netbsd.ub at ?
>>
>> your uboot "should" have a kernel_addr_r and a fdt_addr_r variable for
>> where it'll load the kernel and FDT. The kernel should be aligned to a
>> least L1_S_SIZE (10x00100000). I guess your old u-boot doesn't.
>>
>> http://src.illumos.org/source/xref/netbsd-src/sys/arch/arm/include/arm32/pte.h#100
>>
>> The netbsd.ub is loaded at the aligned address with the header and the
>> code is straight after the header, ie. at an offset of 64 bytes.
>
> Ok, thanks.
>
> I have got further by using -T kernel for the u-boot image with it
> linked at the second L1 boundary.
>
Your uboot doesn’t understand kernel_noload?
> Maybe we will need a PARALLELLA kernel as well as ZYNQ or GENERIC with
> them built from the same sources but linked at different addresses.
>
I’ll look to see if there’s a way to get a kernel_noload and a kernel uboot image with a best fit load address.
Nick
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