AmigaOne X5000 platform specific issues related to Linux only.
xeno74
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by xeno74 » Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:30 pm
Hi All,
I tried to create an uInitrd for the X5000 with the following command:
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mkimage -T ramdisk -C gzip -n 'Kernel 4.15-rc3 uInitrd' -d initrd.img-4.15.0-rc3 uInitrd
Output:
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Image Name: Kernel 4.15-rc3 uInitrd
Created: Mon Dec 11 12:26:50 2017
Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 4560257 Bytes = 4453.38 kB = 4.35 MB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
I will test it on my AmigaOne X5000.
Cheers,
Christian
xeno74
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by xeno74 » Mon Dec 11, 2017 2:24 pm
Hi All,
I was able to boot the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 with the new uInitrd with the LABEL AMIGAONE from a USB flash drive.
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setenv bootargs "root=LABEL=AMIGAONE rootdelay=5"
Cheers,
Christian
Roland
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by Roland » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:04 pm
xeno74 wrote: I tried to create an uInitrd for the X5000....:
Could you please tell us what is this 'uInitrd' ja and what advantage does it offer, compared to the earlier method...?
- Roland -
xeno74
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by xeno74 » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:00 am
Roland wrote:
Could you please tell us what is this 'uInitrd' ja and what advantage does it offer, compared to the earlier method...?
uInitrd =
U-Boot initial ramdisk
With the uInitrd, you don't need to know the /dev location of your drive/partition anymore. For example a USB flash drive. If your partition on your USB flash drive has a name then you can boot the kernel with this name as boot argument.
xeno74
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by xeno74 » Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:36 pm
Hi All,
I created an uInitrd for the new
stable longterm kernel
4.9.63 with the following command today.
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mkimage -T ramdisk -C gzip -n 'Kernel 4.9.63 uInitrd' -d /boot/initrd.img-4.9.63_A-EON_AmigaOneX5000 uInitrd
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Image Name: Kernel 4.9.63 uInitrd
Created: Thu Dec 14 12:31:50 2017
Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 4548523 Bytes = 4441.92 kB = 4.34 MB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Cheers,
Christian