kernel startup
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sat Feb 11 11:06:36 EST 2006
In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0602101730210.31619-100000 at gate.crashing.org> you wrote:
>
> > What does it mean that the load address is 0x00000000?
>
> its the address u-boot's going to jump to and start executing kernel code
> from.
No. U-Boot will load (copy) the image to the load address but start
executing kernel code at the entry point address which may be
different.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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