4.3. Booting Linux Kernel
4.3.1. Selecting boot mode
Boot mode can be selected using dip switch SW4 on the EVM. It is shown below
in figure boot switch and "SW-1" in the figure indicates pin 1 position in the
SW4 dip switch on the EVM and similarly it is mapped for other pins.
Figure 4.1. Boot switch position
Power on EVM and wait for u-boot to come up.
In addition, set these environment variables with correct values:
a.
b.
For example:
To boot the Linux kernel from OneNAND/NAND:
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Note
This selection identifies the location from where the x-loader and u-boot
binaries are executed.
Important
Ensure that u-boot environment variables bootargs and bootcmd are
properly set. See section 3.3 for more details.
serverip
bootfile
OMAP3EVM# setenv serverip xx.xx.xx.xx
OMAP3EVM# setenv bootfile uImage
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