RE: Testing bootloader

From: Hicks, Jamey (Jamey.Hicks@compaq.com)
Date: Mon Mar 18 2002 - 10:17:39 EST


The wince-bootldr has been broken for awhile, but ram-bootldr, which loads at 0xc3400000 does work. Requires 64MB DRAM. Of course, you can modify the makefile to link it to a different address.

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michal Prihoda [mailto:michal@prihoda.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:08 AM
> To: bootldr@handhelds.org
> Subject: [Bootldr] Testing bootloader
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to test a ram version of a bootloader, but it
> just doesn't
> work for me for some reason. From what I found in the list
> and web, I am
> supposed to:
>
> 1.) compile bootldr
> 2.) load ram 0xc0022000 1
> 3.) send wince-bootldr via xmodem
> 4.) call .
>
> I tried not only own-compiled images, but even some
> wince-bootldrs from
> bootldr's ftps.
>
> But when I do it like this, this is what happens:
> ---
> load ram 0xc0022000 1
> ready for xmodem download..
>
> boot> call .
> Calling fcn=C0022000
> a0=00000000
> a1=00000000
> a2=00000000
> a3=00000000
> ---
>
> And thats all. After that the only thing I can do is reset.
>
> Please, any ideas are welcome, I would like to find out, why the boot
> vfat doesn't work for me, but it seems that I first have to
> find out why
> this is not working for me.
> --
> Michal Prihoda
> mph at prihoda dot net
>
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