Question about load addresses for Linux Kernel 5.18.6 Kirkwood (1 reply)

I want to install latest kernel (Linux Kernel 5.18.6 Kirkwood; Updated Jun 25 Apr 2022:) and saw your red note about uInitrd size (Step 5).
Current version: Linux 5.17.4-kirkwood-tld-1 #1.0 PREEMPT Mon Apr 25 19:49:57 PDT 2022 armv5tel GNU/Linux
Device: pogo e02
uboot version is latest (U-Boot 2017.07-tld-1)

strings /dev/mtd0 | grep U-Boot
U-Boot BUG at %s:%d!
** Invalid partition type "%.32s" (expect "U-Boot")
U-Boot.arm
MU-Boot EFI: Relocation at %p is out of range (%lx)
U-Boot
UBIFS: only ro mode in U-Boot allowed.
U-Boot 2017.07-tld-1 (Sep 05 2017 - 00:13:18 -0700)

uInitrd size: 10419883 (bytes) (10.175 MB)
cd /boot
ll

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  5022972 Feb  6  2022 System.map-5.16.5-kirkwood-tld-1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  5066720 Apr 26 04:49 System.map-5.17.4-kirkwood-tld-1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   186730 Feb  6  2022 config-5.16.5-kirkwood-tld-1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   187655 Apr 26 04:49 config-5.17.4-kirkwood-tld-1
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Mar 26 06:17 dts
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 10424866 Apr  7 18:46 initrd.img-5.16.5-kirkwood-tld-1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 10421573 Aug 14 19:15 initrd.img-5.17.4-kirkwood-tld-1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  5702912 May  1 18:03 uImage
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 10419883 May  1 18:03 uInitrd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5668936 Feb  6  2022 vmlinuz-5.16.5-kirkwood-tld-1
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5702848 Apr 26 04:49 vmlinuz-5.17.4-kirkwood-tld-1

cat /proc/mtd

dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "u-boot"
mtd1: 00400000 00020000 "uImage"
mtd2: 02000000 00020000 "rootfs"
mtd3: 05b00000 00020000 "data"

dmesg | grep -i bad

[    5.100590] Scanning device for bad blocks
[    5.200516] Bad eraseblock 892 at 0x000006f80000
[    5.212636] Bad eraseblock 956 at 0x000007780000

fw_printenv shows following:

load_dtb_addr=0x1c00000

full output

arcNumber=3542
bootcmd=run bootcmd_uenv; run scan_disk; run set_bootargs; run bootcmd_exec; run bootcmd_rescue
bootcmd_exec=run load_uimage; if run load_initrd; then if run load_dtb; then bootm $load_uimage_addr $load_initrd_addr $load_dtb_addr; else bootm $load_uimage_addr $load_initrd_addr; fi; else if run load_dtb; then bootm $load_uimage_addr - $load_dtb_addr; else bootm $load_uimage_addr; fi; fi
bootcmd_pogo=run bootcmd_rescue
bootcmd_rescue=run set_bootargs_rescue; nand read.e 0x800000 0x100000 0x400000; bootm 0x800000
bootcmd_uenv=run uenv_load; if test $uenv_loaded -eq 1; then run uenv_import; fi
bootdelay=10
bootdev=usb
device=0:1
devices=usb ide mmc
disks=0 1 2 3
dtb_file=/boot/dts/kirkwood-pogo_e02.dtb
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
if_netconsole=ping $serverip
ipaddr=XX.XX.XX.XX
led_error=orange blinking
led_exit=green off
led_init=green blinking
load_dtb=echo loading DTB $dtb_file ...; load $bootdev $device $load_dtb_addr $dtb_file
load_dtb_addr=0x1c00000
load_initrd=echo loading uInitrd ...; load $bootdev $device $load_initrd_addr /boot/uInitrd
load_initrd_addr=0x1100000
load_uimage=echo loading uImage ...; load $bootdev $device $load_uimage_addr /boot/uImage
load_uimage_addr=0x800000
machid=dd6
mainlineLinux=yes
mtdids=nand0=orion_nand
mtdparts=mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(rootfs),-(data)
partition=nand0,2
preboot=run preboot_nc
preboot_nc=setenv nc_ready 0; for pingstat in 1 2 3 4 5; do; sleep 1; if run if_netconsole; then setenv nc_ready 1; fi; done; if test $nc_ready -eq 1; then run start_netconsole; fi
rescue_installed=1
scan_disk=echo running scan_disk ...; scan_done=0; setenv scan_usb "usb start";  setenv scan_ide "ide reset";  setenv scan_mmc "mmc rescan"; for dev in $devices; do if test $scan_done -eq 0; then echo Scan device $dev; run scan_$dev; for disknum in $disks; do if test $scan_done -eq 0; then echo device $dev $disknum:1; if load $dev $disknum:1 $load_uimage_addr /boot/uImage 1; then scan_done=1; echo Found bootable drive on $dev $disknum; setenv device $disknum:1; setenv bootdev $dev; fi; fi; done; fi; done
serverip=XX.XX.XX.XX
set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts $custom_params
set_bootargs_rescue=setenv bootargs console=$console ubi.mtd=2 root=ubi0:rootfs ro rootfstype=ubifs $mtdparts
start_netconsole=setenv ncip $serverip; setenv bootdelay 10; setenv stdin nc; setenv stdout nc; setenv stderr nc; version;
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
uenv_addr=0x810000
uenv_import=echo importing envs ...; env import -t $uenv_addr $filesize
uenv_init_devices=setenv init_usb "usb start";  setenv init_ide "ide reset";  setenv init_mmc "mmc rescan"; for devtype in $devices; do run init_$devtype; done;
uenv_load=run uenv_init_devices; setenv uenv_loaded 0; for devtype in $devices;  do for disknum in 0; do run uenv_read_disk; done; done;
uenv_read=echo loading envs from $devtype $disknum ...; if load $devtype $disknum:1 $uenv_addr /boot/uEnv.txt; then setenv uenv_loaded 1; fi
uenv_read_disk=if test $devtype -eq mmc; then if $devtype part; then run uenv_read;  fi; else if $devtype part $disknum; then run uenv_read; fi;  fi
usb_ready_retry=15

Should i adjust load_dtb_addr to 0x2c00000 ?


Are there any other "hardcoded" values, that need to be adjusted for successful boot in near future versions of linux kernel?