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SubjectRegarding the booting the linux kernel on a > PPC board.

> Hi All,
>
> I am working on bringing up a PowerPC based board
> with Linux 2.6 kernel (Board supoort package).
> However, I am facing some problem with respect to
> debugging.
>
> When I boot the board with the Linux kernel (BSP),
> the board hangs after printing the following
> information.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Network Loading from: /dev/enet0
>
> Client IP Address = 192.168.4.38
> Server IP Address = 192.168.4.101
> Gateway IP Address = 192.168.4.253
> Subnet IP Address Mask = 255.255.255.0
> Boot File Name = developer.kdi
> Load Address = 04000000
> Buffer Size = 2000000
>
> Network Boot File Load Start - Press <ESC> to
> Bypass, <SPC> to Continue
>
>
> Bytes Received =&6141952, Bytes Loaded =&6141952
> Bytes/Second =&511829, Elapsed Time =12 Second(s)
>
> Boot Device =/dev/enet0
> Boot File =developer.kdi
> Load Address =04000000
> Load Size =005DB800
> Execution Address =04000020
> Execution Offset =00000020
>
> Passing control to the loaded file/image.
> loaded at: 00800000 00DD8800
> zimage at: 008058E0 009933BB
> initrd at: 00998000 00DD8800
> avail ram: 00400000 00800000
>
> Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
> root=/dev/sda2
> console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/ram rw
> Uncompressing Linux...done.
> Now booting the kernel
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
>
> I am going through the source code to figure out the
> problem, but unable to find out what is going wrong
> here.
>
> Does anybody have any idea about the problem? Also,
> is it possible to print some debug messages at this
> point of booting? {Note that, in the early stage of
> booting process the serial is initialized and all
> the above mentioned messages (like Uncomressing
> Linux, Now booting the kernel etc) are printed. And
> immediately after printing the "now booting the
> kernel message,the serial is closed. This code is in
> uncompress_kernel() function in
> arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc.c file).
>
> Can somebody help me with the above problem?
>
> Thank you,
>
> vinay hegde.
>







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