Hi, On 19 October 2016 at 00:47, Paolo De Luca Bosso <paolo.delucabo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > Yes, i have a question about U-Boot. > > Can i use U-Boot as bootloader for a proprietary operating system?
Yes. > > I want use bootm command and a bin file. In particular the Image kernel is > produced by mkimage command with following option: > - standalone > - uncompressed > - arm architecture > - U-Boot application > - with a specified load address and entry point > > Then i load Image file from SD-card with ext2load command and i start it > with bootm command. > > Can it be a good idea and solution? > > Do you have any suggest? You could add a new type for your binary. If you look for IH_OS_LYNXOS you will see how this is done for another OS. > > Thanks in advance > > > Il 19 ott 2016 04:42, "Simon Glass" <s...@chromium.org> ha scritto: >> >> Hi, >> >> On 18 October 2016 at 05:47, dlbp90 <paolo.delucabo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello everybody!!! >> > I need to port an operating system from x86 architecture to ARM >> > architecture. >> > In particular i'm using a Cubietruck board board with Cortex A-7 CPU. >> > >> > Initially i would use U-boot as bootloader for my operating system: so i >> > concentrate on kernel porting! >> > >> > If i use mkimage command to create the image uncompressed of my >> > operating >> > system should i project some decompressing operation for the kernel or >> > not? >> > I explain batter: after loading from SD-card the kernel image and >> > executing >> > bootm command to start the kernel. at the entry point of the kernel what >> > operation should i do and implement?? >> > >> > It's very important >> > >> > Thanks in advance >> >> >> Do you have a U-Boot question? It is not clear from your email. Regards, Simon _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
