Why can't uncommpress kernel after download s-rec file via tftp?
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu May 23 02:16:56 EST 2002
Dear Dross Zhou,
in message <20020522135954.45659.qmail at web15003.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>
> I just added some config option in make menuconfig,
> then make zImage and make s-recorde file.
What is this good for?
TFTP is a binary protocol, it needs a binary image, not a s-record
file.
> Then download this file into sdram vai tftp,it just
> hang at uncompressing kernel image, and can't boot
> kernle.
This is most probably due to the fact that your firmware expects a
binary image but finds a text file.
What sort of firmware are you using anyway?
Wolfgang Denk
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