I spend a few days trying to understand but I'm stuck. I get no more than a "Starting kernel..." message after entering 'bootm 8100000' on my STM32F429I-DISC1 board.
Before I update uboot from 2011 to 2016 It was a "Starting Kernel..." + UNHANDED EXCEPTION HARDFAULT, but now I have just the "Starting Kernel..." message.
MCU is a stm32F429, 2MB Flash + ext. 8MB RAM.
Flash start addr is 0x08000000 (uboot addr) and I put my kernel on the start of the 2nd flash bank at 0x08100000.
Start of External 8MB RAM is 0xD0000000
u-boot-2016.11 seems to run pretty well on that board, bdi give me:
U-Boot > bdi
arch_number = 0x00000000
boot_params = 0xD0000100
DRAM bank = 0x00000000
-> start = 0xD0000000
-> size = 0x00800000
current eth = unknown
ip_addr = <NULL>
baudrate = 115200 bps
relocaddr = 0xD07D6000
reloc off = 0xC87D6000
irq_sp = 0xD05D3EE0
sp start = 0xD05D3ED0
Early malloc usage: e0 / 400
This is how I build the kernel:
make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- ARCH=arm uImage LOADADDR=08100000 -B
And this is the complete output of bootm command:
U-Boot > bootm 8100000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 08100000 ...
Image Name: Linux-4.9.0
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 839872 Bytes = 820.2 KiB
Load Address: 08100000
Entry Point: 08100000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
Starting kernel ...
With the 'robutest'/'emcraft' kernel/config files I got the same log, unless the Entry Point seems more correct because it's 08100001.
On the robutest/emcraft kernel I tried to activate the LCD screen of the board, but nothing happen.
In all my test I activate kernel config "early printk" and "DEBUG_LL_xxx" stuff.
This is a link to my .config file: http://pastebin.com/gBNYx3Gs
PS: I made some try with uCLinux emcraft/robutest to try to find what's going on, but my main goal is to run Linux 4.9.
Thanks for reading me!!!
EDIT: I tried to pass the dtb "the old way", but with the same result:
U-Boot > bootm 08100000 - 08040000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 08100000 ...
Image Name: Linux-4.9.0
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 805744 Bytes = 786.9 KiB
Load Address: 08100000
Entry Point: 08100000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 08040000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x8040000
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
Loading Device Tree to d05ce000, end d05d2a9f ... OK
Starting kernel ...
I'm desperate, any ideas is welcome :'(
EDIT2: I tried to uncompress the kernel with u-boot, it's the same:
U-Boot > bootm 8100000 - 8040000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 08100000 ...
Image Name: uImage
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 940696 Bytes = 918.6 KiB
Load Address: d0008000
Entry Point: d0008001
Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 08040000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x8040000
Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
Loading Device Tree to d05ce000, end d05d2a9f ... OK
Starting kernel ...
EDIT3: I checked the memory/USART1 address in the dtb, and it's ok. Why I have no message of the kernel?
EDIT4: With uxipImage:
U-Boot > bootm 08060000 - 08040000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 08060000 ...
Image Name: uxipImage
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 1497396 Bytes = 1.4 MiB
Load Address: 08060000
Entry Point: 08060041
Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 08040000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x8040000
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
Loading Device Tree to d05ce000, end d05d2a9f ... OK
Starting kernel ...
I tried with different entry points, 08060000, 08060040 and 08060041.
I found!
Thanks alexander, the trick for the UART WORKS like a charm!!!! Thanks to you, First time I try to hack the kernel in an embedded system and I've learnt so many things thanks to you.
For those who will have this problem, for me it was the XIP_PHYS_ADDR! Don't forget the 64 bytes header!!
I was flashing the XIP kernel @ 0x08060000 so the XIP_PHYS_ADDR (and the boot entry btw) it's 0x08060040!!!!
Thank you again alexander !!