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Linux/CCSTUDIO-SITARA: Different kernel images usage

Part Number: CCSTUDIO-SITARA


Tool/software: Linux

Hello,

I am confused with different kind of kernel images in SDK.

There are few kind of kernel images generated in sitra SDK.:

1.  vmliux, which is on the top kernel directory. As  I guess, this is for debugging the kernel. We load it to CCS as debug symbols? Am I right?

2 .zImage in arch/arm/boot directory.  I am able to succesfully boot it. It is 3.6 MB. Although I rebuild the kernel with debug symbols, I think

it does not contain debug instructions. Am I right?

3. Image, in arch/arm/boot directory. I tried to boot it but I got bad image error? It is 9.9 MB. What is this?

4. vmlinux.bin,which I created with " objcopy -O binary vmlinux vmlinux.bin " command (objcopy of toolchain) and it is 9.9 MB, too. Same as Image in

arc/arm/boot. It also does not boot, giving bad image error.

I am actually trying to debug the kernel using CCS with JTAG, but I failed.  Which image should I boot? How to handle bad image error?  How to debug the kernel?

Any help highly appreciated.

napyonsen