On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:03:22 +0200 "Chen, Tiejun" <tiejun.c...@windriver.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shawn Jin [mailto:shawnx...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:53 AM > > To: Chen, Tiejun > > Cc: ppcdev; uboot > > Subject: Re: cuImage and multi image? > > > > >> I have a cuImage kernel in order to support legacy u-boot and a > > >> ramdisk image. Kernel boots fine if these two images are > > separate and > > >> "bootm $kernel $ramdisk" is used. But I can not make it to > > work using > > >> a single multi image that contains the kernel and ramdisk > > images. Is > > >> it even technically possible to boot a multi-image with cuboot > > >> wrapper? > > > > > > Try the following steps: > > > ------ > > > 1. cp <your ramdisk.gz> arch/powerpc/boot/ramdisk.image.gz > > > 2. make cuImage.initrd.<your target> > > > > > > You can get one Image, cuImage.initrd.<your target>, > > including kernel and ramdisk. > > > > A follow up question. With this method, the total image size > > (uncompressed) is limited to the 4MB (the link address of the > > boot wrapper)? > > No. Yes, unless you change the link address, or provide a vmlinux_alloc callback (which currently only happens on true OF, not cuImage). Unless you're talking about the "(uncompressed)"? The limit applies to the uncompressed boot image -- anything that the bootwrapper itself is decompressing. It does not apply to any further uncompression of the ramdisk itself. -Scott _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
