You probably want to post this to the u-boot users mailing lists. Compiling and linking u-boot to run out of ram is not a straight forward task. I've done it on more then one board, but it is not easy if you're a u-boot novice. Search the list for "running out of ram" or something like that and you'll see what I mean.:-)
--- Ryan Wilkins <ryan at elevated-networks.com> wrote: > Hello.. I'm very new to embedded systems but want to learn a > bit more > by using existing hardware. In this case, the existing > hardware is a > DirectvDSL ADSL modem based on the MPC850 processor. I've > located the > BDM port and built a MPCBDM version 2 interface to communicate > with the > MPC850. The interface works just fine. > > What I want to do now is to load the u-boot bootloader onto > the board. > What I'm trying to accomplish now is to load the u-boot code > into ram > and run it. I don't have my flash definitions right in MPCBDM > yet, > otherwise I'd try to flash it. I realize that this is not > going to be > an easy task, but what better way to learn than to dive right > in. So.. > I'm stumped. Can anyone provide just a little bit of idea > of where to > go from here? Perhaps a tutorial URL, or some past experience > in > working with the 850? > > The board has a single 4 Mbyte flash chip (Intel DA28F320J5) > and 16 > Mbyte RAM. > > Thanks, > Ryan Wilkins > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
