> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Field [mailto:ndf@ghs.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:36 PM
> To: Shaun Savage
> Cc: Prashant Viswanathan; 'linux-mips@linux-mips.org'
> Subject: Re: loading kernel via EJTAG interface
>
>
> > > I am trying to load a linux kernel through a EJTAG
> device. I was told
> > > that I should modify the kernel so that it doesnt attempt
> to use the
> > > parameters passed to it by the loader. However, I am not
> quite sure as
> > > to what it means and what exactly one has to do. I would really
> > > appreciate any pointers/help/suggestions.
> One approach is to create some sort of setup script that
> "emulates" the boot loader. I've done that for a Malta board
> (which uses a
> boot loader called YAMON). Basically it does something like this:
>
> reset and run the board
> sleep for 7 seconds to let YAMON do its normal setup
> halt the board
> do all the setup that YAMON would do when it runs a program
>
> That last step is where the magic happens. Basically I do things like
> setup various registers to point to memory regions, and then in those
> regions create arrays of pointers, which point to strings containing
> things like the "environment" that YAMON fills in for programs and
> arguments that it passes. Depending on the capabilities of
> your debugging
> environment this can either be easy or hard. My setup is really nice,
> downloads for small kernels take about the same time as going through
> tftp, but bigger kernels with a ramdisk are actually faster to push
> through EJTAG, which is nice :)
>
> nathan
Thanks for the input.
I have a bootrom (different operating system) on my device and if I just
boot up from the bootrom it would set up all the registers, controllers for
me. Also, visionProbe (which I am using to download over the EJTAG
interface) sets up all the controllers for me.
So, can't I just load the kernel image and just start executing from
"kernel_entry"?
Prashant
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