[MPC8272ADS]Cannot start my Linux Kernel

Jean-Michel Hautbois jhautbois at gmail.com
Sat Jan 17 05:23:28 EST 2009


2009/1/16 Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com>:
> Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
>>
>> OK, I just tried a make of my kernel (already compiled yesterday), and
>> it generated a cuImage.mpc8272ads kernel image (which it didn't do
>> yesterday).
>> I don't know why this image was generated, but I tried to reboot using
>> this one.
>
> Use uImage if you are providing a device tree from u-boot.  cuImage is for
> older u-boots that don't support this, though you could still try using it
> on a modern u-boot with a one- or two-argument bootm command to try to
> isolate the problem.
>
> -Scott
>

Well it seems to be a (very) bad idea to use ucImage, because I cannot
have my u-boot prompt after resetting my board...
My LEDs are blinking (LD4 and LD 9) and my LD20 is off (when it should be on).

I am blocked (without the prompt on my serial line !).
JM



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