uboot引导powerpc，bootm的用法

=> help bootm
bootm - boot application image from memory

Usage:
bootm [addr [arg ...]]
    - boot application image stored in memory
        passing arguments 'arg ...'; when booting a Linux kernel,
        'arg' can be the address of an initrd image
        When booting a Linux kernel which requires a flat device-tree
        a third argument is required which is the address of the
        device-tree blob. To boot that kernel without an initrd image,
        use a '-' for the second argument. If you do not pass a third
        a bd_info struct will be passed instead


Sub-commands to do part of the bootm sequence.  The sub-commands must be
issued in the order below (it's ok to not issue all sub-commands):
        start [addr [arg ...]]
        loados  - load OS image
        ramdisk - relocate initrd, set env initrd_start/initrd_end
        fdt     - relocate flat device tree
        bdt     - OS specific bd_t processing
        cmdline - OS specific command line processing/setup
        prep    - OS specific prep before relocation or go
        go      - start OS
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uboot使用bootm命令引导操作系统，不同架构bootm的功能不同。对于arm，也许就是带一个内核的内存地址就可以了，其他参数由bootargs决定。但是powerpc不是，说说心得：

格式：

bootm 内核地址 ramdisk地址 dtb地址

首先我们要把数据下载到内存，然后使用上面的命令。如果有ramdisk，那么系统自动识别并挂载，bootargs无关紧要。如果不用ramdisk咋办呢，那就用一横表示没有：

bootm 内核地址 - dtb地址

当然，这时候要指定bootargs了。

 

同理，挂载jffs、yaffs也是一样道理。

http://blog.csdn.net/lanmanck/article/details/5395348