GlobalScale DreamPlug + FreeBSD 8.2 release

[Naoyuki Tai]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:05:44 -0400, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray at dlink.ua> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:37:10 -0400
> Naoyuki Tai <ntai at smartfruit.com> wrote:
>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm new to the FreeBSD/arm, bought a DreamPlug from GlobalScale,
>>> hoping to turn it into a FreeBSD file server.
>>>
>>> I followed the "http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSDMarvell", and created
>>> kernel.bin. After giving it a "go", it hangs.
>>>
>>> I must have built the kernel.bin wrong but I have no clue as to what
>>> I did wrong.
>>> Any clue/help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -- Tai
>>>
>>> U-Boot 2011.06-02334-g8f495d9-dirty (May 31 2011 - 02:06:26)
>>> Marvell-DreamPlug
>>>
>>> SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
>>> CPU running @ 1200Mhz L2 running @ 400Mhz
>>> SysClock = 400Mhz , TClock = 200Mhz
>>> DRAM:  512 MiB
>>> SF: Detected MX25L1606 with page size 256, total 1 MiB
>>> In:    serial
>>> Out:   serial
>>> Err:   serial
>>> Net:   egiga0, egiga1
>>> 88E1116 Initialized on egiga0
>>> 88E1116 Initialized on egiga1
>>> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
>>> Marvell>> setenv serverip 192.168.10.3
>>> Marvell>>  setenv ipaddr 192.168.10.55
>>> Marvell>>  tftpboot 6400000 arm/kernel.bin
>>> Using egiga0 device
>>> TFTP from server 192.168.10.3; our IP address is 192.168.10.55
>>> Filename 'arm/kernel.bin'.
>>> Load address: 0x6400000
>>> Loading:
>>> #################################################################
>>>           #################################################################
>>>           #################################################################
>>>           ############################
>>> done
>>> Bytes transferred = 3272884 (31f0b4 hex)
>>> Marvell>> go  0x6400000
>>> ## Starting application at 0x06400000 ...
>>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Did you try address 0x900000 instead of 6400000?
>
> WBW

I tried 90000 and it works.
Thanks.

I don't understand the memory space allocation. 640000 is used
for the linux, and I imagined that's the base address for kernel.

Where can I learn the reason why it's 90000?
Thanks!

-- Tai