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From: Ricardo Scop <scop@digitel•com.br>
To: "Atit_Shah" <Atit_Shah@satyam•com>, <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org>
Subject: Re: Impact of change n port size
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:14:09 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200504190014.09256.scop@digitel.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D8595042F3765A4285B848A78A2C2ED1027748@bsdmsg002.corp.satyam.ad>

Hi Atit,

On Monday 18 April 2005 01:31, Atit_Shah wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> =09I have a kernel image which works perfectly for my reference
> board. When I try to port the same image on my board I seem to be facin=
g
> problems.=20
Like what?

> The only difference I see between the reference board and my
> board is the port size and capacity of RAM.
And hw design, board layout, ...

> =09I have taken care of sending the right value for the RAM size
> through BD_INFO. Would there be and where all would the change be, if
> any, in the kernel code OR when I make the kernel image ie through "mak=
e
> menuconfig" / "menu xconfig" required to be made for port size of RAM?
Well, if you're using PPCBoot or U-Boot to boot Linux, what you've done w=
ould=20
be enough.

OTOH, as you have a new hardware design you should check the SDRAM contro=
ller=20
initialization in the bootloader code. It may be sligthly wrong, so the=20
bootloader runs but the OS doesn't, because Linux really stresses out RAM=
=20
operation in burst mode. (BTW, this is a FAQ, if appliable).

> =09Out of curiosity what would be the change required for different
> FLASH port size again on the kernel side.
Look for the MTD parameters in the kernel compilation options.

HTH,

--=20
Ricardo Scop.

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  reply	other threads:[~2005-04-19  3:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-18  4:31 Impact of change n port size Atit_Shah
2005-04-19  3:14 ` Ricardo Scop [this message]
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2005-04-18  6:05 Atit_Shah

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