Subject: Re: How can I boot powerpc kernel?

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:52:18 +0400

Hello.

[email-masked] wrote:

>  i am  new  to powerpc architecture.... i have a question that How i will
> boot powerpc kernel....? currently i am using MPC8555E network processor..
> using uboot and montavista kernel, using this i have tried to boot the
> kernel. After verification of images my board is hangs for ever....How can
> i solve this? Is that PowerPC required flat tree for booting linux kernel?

    Yes, you must supply the tree. If you're using U-Boot, the following 
sequence should boot you Linux:

=> tftpboot 800000 uImage
=> tftpboot e00000 mpc8555e.dtb
=> bootm 800000 - e00000

> thanks.

> Regards,
> Saravanan.S

WBR, Sergei