Re: elf boot kernel from 512k flash part?

[Ollie Lho]

Jake Page wrote:
> 
> It's an AM29F040, and I'm using a programmer to program/verify it...
> 
> What I did notice (after realizing I had to flip the bytes to grep the
> hexdump ascii :)  is that it is reading from offset 0040000 from my ROM
> (assuming the ROM was programmed correctly - I read it back and compared,
> etc, so I think the ROM itself is correct).
> 
> Basically, it looks like it's reading from the middle of the ROM instead
> of the beginning.  Is there anything I have to do to the MS7308E/Sis 630
> to get it to "recognize"/map the whole 512k ROM?
> 
> Ok, this would be REALLY dumb - I'm assuming the MS7308E supports 512k
> Flash!  I thought it was one of the early boards that Ron was using,
> before the DoC stuff was working.  PLus there is a lot of talk about
> using the "flash_rom" util with 512k parts.  Argh I'm gonna bang my
> head aginast the wall a while if THAT is the proble...
> 

OOPs. It does not work for 512KB as manufacture default. You have to
patch
it manually to support it. Probably Ron still has some idea how to patch
the board.

Ollie