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| author |   Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com> | 2015-08-28 09:58:54 +0800 |
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| committer | Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com> | 2015-09-01 12:44:00 +0800 |
| commit | e44e3482bdb4d0ebde2d8b41830ac2cdb07948fb (patch) | |
| tree | 66b09f592c55df2878107a468a91d21506104d3f /qemu/roms/u-boot/doc/README.vxworks | |
| parent | 9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00 (diff) | |
Add qemu 2.4.0
Change-Id: Ic99cbad4b61f8b127b7dc74d04576c0bcbaaf4f5
Signed-off-by: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@intel.com>
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diff --git a/qemu/roms/u-boot/doc/README.vxworks b/qemu/roms/u-boot/doc/README.vxworks new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4cb302e7f --- /dev/null +++ b/qemu/roms/u-boot/doc/README.vxworks @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +From VxWorks 6.9+ (not include 6.9), VxWorks starts adopting device tree as its hardware +decription mechansim (for PowerPC and ARM), thus requiring boot interface changes. +This section will describe the new interface. + +For PowerPC, the calling convention of the new VxWorks entry point conforms to the ePAPR standard, +which is shown below (see ePAPR for more details): + + void (*kernel_entry)(fdt_addr, + 0, 0, EPAPR_MAGIC, boot_IMA, 0, 0) + +For ARM, the calling convention is show below: + + void (*kernel_entry)(void *fdt_addr) + +When booting new VxWorks kernel (uImage format), the parameters passed to bootm is like below: + + bootm <kernel image address> - <device tree address> + +The do_bootvx command still works as it was for older VxWorks kernels. |