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author | wdenk <wdenk> | 2002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000 |
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committer | wdenk <wdenk> | 2002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000 |
commit | 2262cfeef91458b01a1bfe3812ccbbfdf8b82807 (patch) | |
tree | 3657d48c8ce9089fc96682848859d035a1e8f115 /doc/README-i386 | |
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* Patch by Daniel Engström, 13 Nov 2002:LABEL_2002_11_18_0115
Add support for i386 architecture and AMD SC520 board
* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 12 Nov 2002:
Add support for DOS filesystem and booting from DOS floppy disk
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diff --git a/doc/README-i386 b/doc/README-i386 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99b3e19 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README-i386 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +This is my attempt to port PPCBoot to the i386 platform. This +work was sponsored by my emplyer, Omicron Ceti AB. http://www.omicron.se + +It is currently capable of booting a linux bzImage from flash on +the AMD SC520 CDP platform. + +It was originally based on PPCBoot taken from the CVS October 28 2002. + +To compile: + +1) Unpack the source tree, either from the complete tarball or + from the virgin snapshot + the patch + +2) Configure the source + $ make sc520_cdp_comfig + $ make + +To use this code on the CDP: +1) Make a suitable kernel, I used 2.4.19 with the mtd-support updated + from the MTD CVS and a patch to allow root=/dev/mtdblock1 which I + included at the end of this file. + The following options in the MTD section might be useful: + + CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y + CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_START=38100000 + CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_LEN=7a0000 + CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_BUSWIDTH=2 + + +2) Program it in to the CDP flashbank with remon + ppcboot.bin should be programmed att offset 0x7e000 and the kernel at + offset 0. If you want to use a jffs2 root file system (not included here), + it should be programmed to offset 0x100000. + + remon> z + remon> yi + remon> ns ppcboot.bin 7e0000 + remon> ns bzImage 0 + remon> ns image.jffs2 100000 + +3) Connect a terminal to the 25pin serial port at 9600bps, and start the CDP. + + remon> z + remon> g + +4) PPCboot should output some message and a prompt on the terminal, to + start the kernel issue the following command: + + BOOT> bootm + +5) The kernel should boot, and mount the root filesystem if present. + +We hope you find this stuff useful +Daniel Engström, Omicron Ceti AB, daniel@omicron.se + + + +--- linux-2.4.19-orig/init/do_mounts.c Sat Aug 3 02:39:46 2002 ++++ linux-2.4.19/init/do_mounts.c Mon Sep 23 16:21:33 2002 +@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ + { "ftlc", 0x2c10 }, + { "ftld", 0x2c18 }, + { "mtdblock", 0x1f00 }, ++ { "mtdblock0", 0x1f00 }, ++ { "mtdblock1", 0x1f01 }, ++ { "mtdblock2", 0x1f02 }, ++ { "mtdblock3", 0x1f03 }, ++ { "mtdblock4", 0x1f04 }, ++ { "mtdblock5", 0x1f05 }, ++ { "mtdblock6", 0x1f06 }, ++ { "mtdblock7", 0x1f07 }, + { NULL, 0 } + }; + |