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diff --git a/doc/README.vxworks b/doc/README.vxworks index 6700e1d..3f9b8c1 100644 --- a/doc/README.vxworks +++ b/doc/README.vxworks @@ -67,17 +67,13 @@ look like VxWorks hangs somewhere as nothing outputs on the serial console. x86-specific information ------------------------ -Before loading an x86 kernel, two additional environment variables need to be -provided. They are "e820data" and "e820info", which represent the address of -E820 table and E820 information (defined by VxWorks) in system memory. - -Check VxWorks kernel configuration to look for BIOS_E820_DATA_START and -BIOS_E820_INFO_START, and assign their values to "e820data" and "e820info" -accordingly. If neither of these two are supplied, U-Boot assumes a default -location at 0x4000 for "e820data" and 0x4a00 for "e820info". Typical values -for "e820data" and "e820info" are 0x104000 and 0x104a00. But there is one -exception on Intel Galileo, where "e820data" and "e820info" should be left -unset, which assume the default location for VxWorks. +Before loading an x86 kernel, one additional environment variable need to be +provided. This is "vx_phys_mem_base", which represent the physical memory +base address of VxWorks. + +Check VxWorks kernel configuration to look for LOCAL_MEM_LOCAL_ADRS. For +VxWorks 7, this is normally a virtual address and you need find out its +corresponding physical address and assign its value to "vx_phys_mem_base". For boards on which ACPI is not supported by U-Boot yet, VxWorks kernel must be configured to use MP table and virtual wire interrupt mode. This requires |