Booting M53017EVB with uImage and u-boot-able ramdisk image

[sergei_p]

Hello,

I'm trying to boot the M53017EVB with uImage and U-Boot-able ramdisk image, but failed.

I'm using the LTIB-20100126 with M53015 BSP, running "./ltib -c", then selecting 2.6.29 kernel configuration with NFS support, with the "Configure kernel" option enabled to make the ramdisk-related changes.
For these changes, I selected the following:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT=16
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096

For the "Target Image Generation" option, I choose the target image as "ext2.gz ramdisk" and "create a ramdisk or initramfs image that can be used by u-boot".

As a result of the build (I worked around the invalid "-a m68knommu" passed to mkimage with "-a m68k"), I got the following files:

-rw-rw-r--  1 builder builder 27177396 Nov  5 04:54 rootfs.ext2.gz
-rw-rw-r--  1 builder builder 27177460 Nov  5 04:54 rootfs.ext2.gz.uboot
lrwxrwxrwx  1 builder builder       22 Nov  5 04:54 rootfs_image -> ./rootfs.ext2.gz.uboot
...
-rw-r--r--  1 builder builder  1265576 Nov  5 04:54 uImage

Then, I tried to boot:
U-Boot 2009.08-00065-g45bb267 (Dec 22 2009 - 17:05:01)

CPU:   Freescale MCF53015 (Mask:76 Version:1)
       CPU CLK 240 MHz BUS CLK 80 MHz
Board: Freescale M53017EVB
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  64 MB
FLASH: 16 MB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   FEC0, FEC1
-> tftp 41000000 psl/uImage
...
-> tftp 42000000 psl/rootfs_image
...
-> setenv bootargs root=/dev/ram rw ramdisk_size=57380 panic=10
-> bootm 41000000 42000000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 41000000 ...
   Image Name:  
   Created:      2010-11-05  11:54:41 UTC
   Image Type:   M68K Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    1265512 Bytes =  1.2 MB
   Load Address: 40020000
   Entry Point:  40020000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 42000000 ...
   Image Name:   uboot ext2 ramdisk rootfs
   Created:      2010-11-05  11:54:40 UTC
   Image Type:   M68K Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    27177396 Bytes = 25.9 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
   Loading Ramdisk to 42538000, end 43f231b4 ... OK
Linux version 2.6.29 (emcraft@localhost.localdomain) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 4.4-53) ) #7 Fri Nov 5 04:54:24 PDT 2010
...
NET: Registered protocol family 17
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
List of all partitions:
No filesystem could mount root, tried:  ext3 ext2 minix vfat msdos iso9660
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0)
Rebooting in 10 seconds..


What I did wrong? Is it ever possible to boot the board with uImage +
u-boot ramdisk?

There is an option in the target system image configuration to create
the "initramfs" target image, which produces initramfs.cpio.gz.uboot
image.

What kernel option should I enable to boot this type of target filesystem image with kernel uImage?
What U-Boot bootargs should I set to do this?

Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Sergei

[sergei_p]

 Hello,

Finally, I was able to boot the kernel image with built-in ramfs data image. Tried kernel raw binary image with U-Boot "go"

and uImage with "bootm", works.

Still can't boot ext-2 ramdisk (rootfs.ext2.gz.uboot) or initramfs.cpio.gz.uboot images with uImage via the "bootm" command.

I tend to think that this is not supported...

Thanks,

Sergei