ARM S3C6410 kernel boot

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I am working on ARM S3C6410 device now. The problem is first 256KB of NAND was broken. I am trying to boot with SD card, uboot works. What I want to know is as following.

  1. Can I boot kernel from SD card without NAND?
  2. Can I run uboot from SD card, and then boot kernel from non-broken area of NAND?

I am a newbie. I hope guru's help.

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linux-kernelarmembedded-linuxu-boot
This isn't a programming question - it is a platform usage question. I'm sure it's possible, as long as your u-boot has NAND drivers, but it is a bit off topic. Please come back with any issues you come across while trying to implement any lacking software support. – unixsmurf
@unixsmurt, Could you let me know where can I post this question? – ttotto
Maybe try electronics.stackexchange.com when your questions are not directly related to programming, but more on hardware. – Étienne
@ttotto: Did you ever solve this? What was your solution? – Mark K Cowan

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  1. yes, many boards use sd-card instead of nand, just modify the bootargs in u-boot. You probably don't even need to change the kernel, just make sure that uboot supports the SD-card for your platform as a boot device
  2. yes. Again, it's only a problem of configuring bootargs correctly. Probably even simpler than point 1