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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