FYI - I'm using version 2.4.18 of the linux kernel with the ppc patches. Bob
-----Forwarded Message----- From: Bob Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Question about linker -Ttext option Date: 09 Mar 2004 14:10:26 +1400 In the arch/ppc/boot directory, one of the linker options is "-Ttext 0x00800000". What does this mean ? The base virtual address of the kernel is c0000000. I've been using my own hand-rolled bootloader to load the zImage.bin file into an address allocated by the VxWorks malloc and jumping to that address. Second question. arch/ppc/boot/simple/head.S says it expects the load address in r3. It seems strange that it would need its own (start) starting address. What is this routine expecting ? Regards, Bob Beck ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
