Linux hangs while Uncompressing

[Carl Ljungmark]

Try to change your 'load address' and 'entry address' to a more sensible  
value, maybe 0x30080000 or so. This is done when you create the PPCBOOT  
image with mkimage, by passing parameters -a and -e respectively. Right  
now, U-boot tries to uncompress the kernel into your boot flash, which  
hopefully is hw-protected..
good luck
/Carl

On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:59:10 +0100, <pritha.bhattacharya at tcs.com> wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> I have RAM version of U-Boot which is running on a board similar to
> MPC8260. My memory map isas follows:
>
> Staring address         Device          Size                  Memory
> controller and CS
>
> 0000 0000
> 0800 0000
> FFF0 0000
> 0F00 0000
> 3000 0000
> 3800 0000
> 4200 0000
> 5000 0000
> FLASH (Boot)
> FLASH (Code)
> SSRAM
> CPU internal registers
> SDRAM
> SDRAM
> Framer
> DSP 8102
> 1MB (512Kx16)
> 4 MB (1Mx16)
> 2 MB (512Kx36)
> 128 KB
> 128 MB (16Mx72)
> 128 MB (16Mx72)
> 1 MB
> 2 MB
> BR0/OR0: CS0
> BR1/OR1: CS1
> BR2/OR2: CS2
>
> BR3/OR3: CS3
> BR4/OR4: CS4
> BR5/OR5: CS5
> BR6/OR6: CS6
>
>
> I have downloaded Linux 2.4.25 kernel image through kermit. after
> downloading the image in SDRAM location 0x30000000 and giving the command
> bootm 0x30000000
>
>  the prompt shows a message:
>
>
> TCS-PIC-UBOOT=> loadb 0x30000000## Ready for binary (kermit) download to
> 0x30000000 at 57600 bps...
>
> ## Total Size      = 0x000936f6 = 603894 Bytes
> ## Start Addr      = 0x30000000
> TCS-PIC-UBOOT=> bootm 0x30000000## Booting image at 30000000 ...
>    Image Name:   Linux-2.4.25
>    Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
>    Data Size:    603830 Bytes = 589.7 kB
>    Load Address: 00000000
>    Entry Point:  00000000
>    Verifying Checksum ... OK
>    Uncompressing Kernel Image ...
>
> The system hangs here and is not able to uncompress the kernel any
> further. I have checked in the FAQs provided in the denx's site, but  
> could
> not find anything similar to my case.
>
> I would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Pritha Bhattacharya
> Tata Consultancy Services Limited
> Mailto: pritha.bhattacharya at tcs.com
> Website: http://www.tcs.com
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