Re: [Ltib] reg board boot up

[Kurt Mahan]

You might also try asking on the Freescale Coldfire Forum.

    http://forums.freescale.com/freescale/board?board.id=CFCOMM

When you post please add pertinent information such as your coldfire
processor type, which kernel, etc.

--Kurt

Linux Newbie wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am using Coldfire processor and through ltib kernel image is being
> generated.
> In my board, boot up process is :
> 1) Bootstrap is executed which initializes the hardware and then the
> kernel image is downloaded on SDRAM.
> 2) Kernel after doing initializations and starting the necessary
> services gives control to the application.
>
> The problem area is the drive strength. If I set the SDRAM signals
> drive strength as 16mA then the board speed slows down from the time
> /sbin/init is started by the kernel and it takes around 5-9 minutes
> for the application to start. If i increase the drive strength of
> SDRAM signals to 24mA (the max value) the board boots up in 2 minutes
> (thsi is the actual case).
>
> Actually what i could figure out was the bootstrap and the kernel
> initializations are single threaded application and once kernel start
> the /sbin/init, from there it becomes multi threaded. so could this be
> the reason?
>
> Can anyone suggest where the problem area is or if this is not the
> correct forum then where to go ?
>
> Thanks in advance!!
> Linux_newbie
>
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