From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:53:51 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] Is it possible to load the uboot.bin file to RAM area instead FLASH? In-Reply-To: References: <20110211165703.9F05A1519FD@gemini.denx.de> <20110214084605.BDB6C231@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <20110214135351.C12A2151B54@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Madhavi Manchala, In message you wrote: > > I have a J-Link JTAG and J-LinkGDBServer software tool for debugging > the code which are purchased from segger.com. The board consists of > Samsung S3C2510A MCU, Flash memory, SD RAM and UARTS. Here, my work is > to load the OS image (like OpenWRT) on to the board. For this, I > chosen that I want load the u-boot first and then from the u-boot > prompt load the OS image. That is the reason, I want to load the > u-boot first. yes - but U-Boot is designed to boot from flash, so you should program it to flash ans start it there. Do not attempt to force it into a mode of operation that it was NOT designed for unless you know exactly what you are doing. You are just adding complexity, which means you are wasting your time. And ours. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de Thought for the day: What if there were no hypothetical situations?