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Old 02-10-2010, 01:14 AM   #1
Niraj Kulkarni
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SRAM address for Application Usage


Hi,
I will be using uCLinux on a refernce Board I have.
I have u-boot,kernel and romfs.
The Board has 32MB SDRAM.
According to the u-boot code, I understand the SDRAM address starts
from 0xA0000000
size 0x02000000 (32 MB).

According to the u-boot code, I can download my Kernel Image at RAM location 0xA1500000.

Then using "bootm 0xA1500000" my kerenl will boot.

Now HOW TO DECIDE THAT I CAN USE RAM FROM 0xA1500000 AND NOT FROM ANYWHERE ELSE.

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME HOW IS THE RAM USED like :

address 0x00000000 to xyz = for Kernel/OS
from xyz to abc = for u-boot
from abc to pqr = data segment of application
from pqr to mno = code segment of application.

Thanks
Niraj
 
Old 02-10-2010, 06:00 PM   #2
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This is the little I understand about embedded systems.
You need to configure the bootloader to install the kernel and load the defaults there.

Another thing is: What CPU architecture is it?
You may need to reference boot and memory problems according to that.
Certain ARM x processors have strange memory limitations.
 
Old 02-10-2010, 10:21 PM   #3
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Thanks Mr-Bisquit,
But I understand that there are some strategy like :
1 .Kernel will be loaded at the end (of course with suffient space for kernel) of the available RAM. then for a application the usable RAM area starts from address 0x00000.
OR
2. kernel will be loaded at the start of the RAM , then after some fixed MBs (usually 3-4 MB)application can run.

Correct me if I am wrong.
Regards
Niraj.
 
Old 02-11-2010, 03:24 AM   #4
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I believe the kernel need to be loaded first.
You can try the system with qemu.
Even though the machine may not be exactly the same, there will be enough similarity in function.
Have you tried the uClinux forums/mailing lists or the emdebian lists?
 
  


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