Subject: Re: Bootloader saga continues again .... new version again !
To: Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk>
From: Reinoud Zandijk <imago@kabel065011.kabel.utwente.nl>
List: port-arm32
Date: 01/30/2001 23:45:52
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Chris Gilbert wrote:
> > For testers : I would really appreciate feedback on operating on
> > different memory configurations... esp. the Kinetic machines.
>
> Ok will try ... nope it doesn't boot, I get:
>
> I got 629 memory pages to mess with
> Getting memory configuration
>
> Found DRAM (0) at 0x10000000 for 16384k
> Found DRAM (1) at 0x20400000 for 28672k
> Found DRAM (2) at 0x30000000 for 32768k
> Found VRAM (0) at 0x02000000 for 1024k
>
> Address not recognised at line 6800
I managed to reproduce this error and fixed it... it was a memory boundary
issue ... It could be prevented with a bigger WimpSlot, so i `stole' one
page on the top that gave trouble and now it should work all OK :)) But
please test it ! :)) ... Its in the same directory in ftp://130.89.65.13
as version b.
> Does it require a patched kernel to actually boot at this point? I'm using
> a normal kernel (not had time to recompile, and your patches conflict with my
> current working tree)
Nope, not till this stage ... it hasnt started loading the kernel even ...
that will happen later.
Hope this new `b' version will run on all Kinetic's now too ...
Cheers,
Reinoud