Cavium port

Patrick Mahan mahan at mahan.org
Thu Jan 28 15:18:29 UTC 2010


Alan,

I think you should try -

   fatload ide 0 $(loadaddr) kernel
   bootoctlinux $(loadaddr)

loadaddr should be set by u-boot as the first usable memory address.
do a printenv after you bring up the eval board.

Patrick

alan yang wrote:
> hi, Warner,
> 
> I got things setup to load kernel, but encountered the following,
> wonder what should I provide next that people could help shed some
> light on work around: kernel version, repository used,...or where to
> start looking at things ...
> 
> many thanks!
> 
> ----
> 
> U-Boot 1.1.1 (U-boot build #: 176) (SDK version: 1.7.1-240) (Build time: Feb  1)
> 
> EBT5800 board revision major:2, minor:0, serial #: 2008-2.0-00251
> OCTEON CN5860-NSP pass 1.1, Core clock: 600 MHz, DDR clock: 400 MHz (800 Mhz da)
> DRAM:  2048 MB
> Flash:  8 MB
> Clearing DRAM........ done
> BIST check passed.
> Net:   octeth0, octeth1, octeth2, octeth3
>  Bus 0 (CF Card): OK
> 
>   ide 0: Model: 1024MB CompactFlash Card Firm: CF_A408J Ser#: A181109948O0040368
>             Type: Hard Disk
>             Capacity: 977.4 MB = 0.9 GB (2001888 x 512)
> Octeon ebt5800# fatload ide 0 0 kernel
> reading kernel
> 
> 4045856 bytes read
> Octeon ebt5800# bootoctlinux mem=0 numcores=1
> argv[2]: numcores=1
> ELF file is 64 bit
> Error allocating memory for elf image!
> ## Loading Linux kernel with entry point: 0x20000000 ...
> Bootloader: Done loading app on coremask: 0x1
> 
> 


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