I would like to do some short-term development work on an evaluation board. I was wondering whether I would be able to do this without writing anything to the on-board FLASH -- which does have an embedded monitor that will perform board initialization.
It is an 8260 board, and I have BDI2000 working on it. I can think of two possibilities: 1. Use the BDI to download the Linux image to SDRAM. Execute the "go <address>" command of the embedded monitor or the BDI. 2. Use the BDI to download U-Boot to SDRAM. Then get U-Boot to load the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, I need some more information: - what Linux kernel target to make (make zImage?) - what address to download the kernel or U-boot to - what address to go to - any customization necessary (e.g., hard code board info into the embed_config.c file of arch/ppc/boot/simple/.) - any sequence of steps that are critical Any pointers or suggestions would be welcome! -- Johns ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
