Error loading kernel
Hi All,
When I load the rtlinux kernel on my mpc860 mdppro board using
debugger and try to boot kernel it gives me error "bad gzipped data". Can anybody please tell me what is this error. And what I may be doing wrong.
Ragards,
Kapil.
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When I load the rtlinux kernel on my mpc860 mdppro board using
debugger and try to boot kernel it gives me error "bad gzipped data". Can anybody please tell me what is this error. And what I may be doing wrong.
You cannot just load and run the kernel in the debugger.
The kernel, when started, expects that certain hardware initiali- zation has been performed, and certain parameters are being passed to it. You _can_ do this with the debugger, but you have to know EXACTLY what you're doing.
IMHO it's much easier to let your firmware (PPCBoot ?) load and start the kernel. Only then take over control with the debugger. An easy way to do this is to set a breakpoint on the address range 0xC0000000 ... 0xD0000000. That way the debugger will halt the execution as soon as the kernel has turned on the MMU.
Wolfgang Denk
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