[linux-yocto] [daisy] beaglebone large kernel images do not boot

[Peter A. Bigot]

On 07/11/2014 08:48 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On 14-07-11 09:00 AM, Peter A. Bigot wrote:
>> When I replace /boot/uImage on the SD card with the ones corresponding
>> to built Image files with size 11223252 (0xab40d4) or smaller, the boot
>> succeeds as shown below.  With uImage corresponding to Image size
>> 1231444 (0xab60d4) or greater, the boot hangs after "Starting kernel
>> ..." with no further output.
>>
>> Anybody have a clue as to what might be going wrong here and how to fix
>> it?  I'm guessing the larger uncompressed image is overwriting something
>> critical, but don't know where to tweak to make it work.
>
> That's almost always what it is. I assume you are tftping the zImage and
> dtb to the BBB before booting ?
>
> If so, just move the load address of the dtb higher, and the uncompressed
> kernel should no longer clobber it.

I was installing it on the SD card, from which uImage and the dtb were 
being loaded by u-boot.

The pre-installed u-boot on this old BBB had fdtaddr 0x80fa0000; running 
this:

   setenv fdtaddr 0x80fc0000

at the u-boot prompt fixed it, which confirms the diagnosis.  I'll 
figure out where to make that permanent later.

Thanks.

Peter