The prepacked blob limits you to a ramdisk of 3 meg or less. You have to
rebuild blob to grow that size.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emmons, Christopher D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:05 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: compiling kernel & ramdisk for blob / SA1110
>
>
> I am trying to create a kernel (v2.4.0 with the rmk3 patch)
> and a ramdisk
> for use on an SA1110. From what I've been able to gather,
> Russell King
> posted a reply sometime ago that said that the kernel must
> know, of course,
> the location to find the ramdisk. Where can I find the
> settings I need to
> alter in the kernel source? I tried arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> as described in
> the documentation to no avail. My essential problem which
> brought all of
> this about is the following:
> I had a pre-made ramdisk/blob/kernel package that worked fine
> when loaded,
> part by part, into specific memory addresses on the SA1110.
> However, when I
> tried to use my ramdisk or my kernel in place of the
> pre-packaged ones, I
> got errors, "Kernel panic: no init found" (new kernel, old
> ramdisk) and a
> "Starting kernel. . ." <freeze> (old kernel, new ramdisk).
> So, to summarize the things I am looking to know and understand:
> 1. Where are the settings in the kernel to modify ramdisk
> start location,
> size and other very important general config items?
> 2. Why would I get an error if, using a prepackaged
> kernel/ramdisk that DO
> work together, I replace their ramdisk with an UPDATED
> version (ie, I added
> an executable to it by the standard "mount loop -o" procedure
> on a RedHat
> machine) of that same ramdisk? {In particular, I get a
> "Starting Kernel. .
> ." and it freezes.}
>
> Any other tips for a beginner about getting this blob /
> kernel / ramdisk
> combo up and running on a board would be very, very appreciated.
>
> ~Chris
>
>
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