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Re: At redboot, why go command can't execute a linux kernel
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
- To: Daniel Yu <Daniel_Yu at Jabil dot com>
- Cc: "'Ecos-Discuss (E-mail)" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:26:56 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] At redboot, why go command can't execute a linux kernel
- References: <2A5969FA1F2BAE48BA505A2BD83BD9650217C0A4@shamsg10.corp.jabil.org>
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 02:16:00AM -0400, Daniel Yu wrote:
> Hi all:
> I am using the ixp425 + coyote. After porting the redboot to the
> machine, all things run well. But , when i load the linux kernel into ram
> and use "go" command to run it, the screen freezed forever. The only way to
> run linux kernel on my machine is the "exec" command. What's wrong with it?
> At the previous board: coyote based machine, "go" and "exec" command both
> can run the linux kernel.
Go is not intended to start the Linux kernel. If it did work, that was
only by chance. The only supported way to start the Linux kernel is
via exec.
Andrew
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