[Buildroot] Compile Linux with Buildroot for i.MX28 EVK

[Yegor Yefremov]

I don't know, if it is possible to pack vmlinuz in uImage. Why do you need this?

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Mikael Åsberg <mikael.asberg at mdh.se> wrote:
>
> Ahh ok. Do you know how to create an uImage which is not compressed?
>
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> Från: Yegor Yefremov [yegorslists at googlemail.com]
> Skickat: den 24 februari 2012 15:06
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> Ämne: Re: [Buildroot] Compile Linux with Buildroot for i.MX28 EVK
>
> This is zImage with u-boot specific wrapper. uImage will be created
> from zImage using mkimage tool.
>
> Yegor
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Mikael Åsberg <mikael.asberg at mdh.se> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ok, but is uImage a compressed file like zImage? If yes, can I de-compress it somehow?
>>
>> Regards
>>
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>> Mikael Åsberg
>> PhD student (Doktorand), Computer Engineering
>> School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
>> Mälardalen University, Västerås Sweden
>> Phone: +46(0)21 101502
>> Room nr: U1-145
>> Mail: mikael.asberg at mdh.se
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Från: Yegor Yefremov [yegorslists at googlemail.com]
>> Skickat: den 24 februari 2012 14:33
>> Till: Mikael Åsberg
>> Kopia: Baruch Siach; buildroot at busybox.net
>> Ämne: Re: [Buildroot] Compile Linux with Buildroot for i.MX28 EVK
>>
>> AFAIK it is always uImage format for both u-boot and barebox. RedBoot
>> has used zImage.
>>
>> Yegor
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Mikael Åsberg <mikael.asberg at mdh.se> wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> Ok great, thx!
>>>
>>> One last thing, depending on which bootloader that is used, i.e., u-boot, barebox etc., does it matter which kernel image that is used for the boot (zImage, uImage, vmlinux)?
>>> If I use barebox, which image can I use? (I prefer an uncompressed kernel)
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Mikael Åsberg
>>> PhD student (Doktorand), Computer Engineering
>>> School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
>>> Mälardalen University, Västerås Sweden
>>> Phone: +46(0)21 101502
>>> Room nr: U1-145
>>> Mail: mikael.asberg at mdh.se
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>>> Från: Baruch Siach [baruch at tkos.co.il]
>>> Skickat: den 23 februari 2012 18:17
>>> Till: Mikael Åsberg
>>> Kopia: buildroot at busybox.net
>>> Ämne: Re: SV: [Buildroot] Compile Linux with Buildroot for i.MX28 EVK
>>>
>>> Hi Mikael,
>>>
>>> Please keep the list in Cc.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 02:35:37PM +0100, Mikael Åsberg wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot for the info!
>>>>
>>>> I guess its easier to use Barebox, then you just also specify mxs_defconfig
>>>> when you configure.
>>>
>>> You original question was about the Linux kernel not Barebox.
>>>
>>> Barebox includes support for the TX28 board which is based on i.MX28
>>> (tx28stk5_defconfig).
>>>
>>>> One more thing, since i.MX28 uses the "454MHz ARM926EJ-S" processor, should
>>>> I choose "arm926t" in the config?
>>>
>>> The kernel (and Barebox) defconfig files should include all the relevant
>>> settings, including this one.
>>>
>>> baruch
>>>
>>>> Från: Baruch Siach [baruch at tkos.co.il]
>>>> Skickat: den 23 februari 2012 13:38
>>>> Till: Mikael Åsberg
>>>> Kopia: buildroot at busybox.net
>>>> Ämne: Re: [Buildroot] Compile Linux with Buildroot for i.MX28 EVK
>>>>
>>>> Hi Mikael,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:22:09PM +0100, Mikael Åsberg wrote:
>>>> > Does anyone have experience with compiling Linux kernels with Buildroot for
>>>> > i.MX28 EVK?
>>>> > I'm not sure which board name to be set for u-boot for example...
>>>> > Also, which defconfig should be used, imx27ads_defconfig or versatile_defconfig perhaps?
>>>> >
>>>> > Any help or pointers would be valueable!
>>>>
>>>> Although it's named i.MX28, this chip is very different from i.MX27, but is
>>>> similar to i.MX23. Latest kernels (since v3.0) contain mxs_defconfig, which
>>>> should be suitable for i.MX28 (and i.MX23).
>>>>
>>>> baruch
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