Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 May 2018 22:33:20 -0400 | From | Rich Felker <> | Subject | Re: [J-core] [PATCH v5 00/22] sh: LANDISK and R2Dplus convert to device tree |
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On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 09:37:08PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote: > On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 04:28:57PM -0500, Rich Felker wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 08:54:47PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > On 11/17/2017 08:17 PM, Rich Felker wrote: > > > > There were significant problems that I don't think were ever > > > > addressed, including incompatible changes in how boot command line was > > > > handled and possibly ambiguity about what a physical address means > > > > (zero based vs based in the zone SH3/4 excludes from MMU mapping) in > > > > the contract for how the bootloader passes a DTB pointer in to the > > > > kernel, or something similar. > > > > > > I see, thanks for the heads-up. > > > > > > > This is a large part of why I want to get to the point where I can > > > > build and boot a kernel on the LANDISK -- not being able to test any > > > > of this is a blocker for moving everything to device tree. > > > > > > I can actually help you with that. I know what to do to get the kernel > > > to boot on the LANDISK device. I've got everything working except > > > being unable to detect the IDE controller. The attached config builds > > > a kernel which boots with the attached output. > > > > > > Furthermore, in order to install the kernel, you need to use the > > > cross-LILO version from [1] which allows to install the bootloader > > > on an x86 machine into the SuperH LANDISK image. > > > > > > Instructions can be found in [2]. A base filesystem can be found in [3]. > > > > > > And I could also send you an USL-5P which is also a LANDISK device, > > > just in a different form-factor. > > > > > > Adrian > > > > > > > [1]http://iohack.osdn.jp/kogiidena/debian26/base/landisk-tools-20070612.tgz > > > > [2] https://www.with.de/fw/pub/Computing/PlextorPX-EH/LANDISKdebian.pdf > > > > [3] http://iohack.osdn.jp/kogiidena/debian26/base/ > > > > I'm trying to reproduce this but can't find any documentation for > > cross-LILO in [2], much less any code except possibly the binary > > "lilo.x86" in [1]. Googling cross-lilo isn't finding anything > > meaningful except this thread. Is there anywhere to find source and > > information on what it's doing, or is this going to be something I > > have to reverse-engineer? > > Progress on all this! I've got my LANDISK working again, but with the > disk image Sato-san provided me, which is using (a patched?) U-Boot > and a kernel based on this patch series. I don't know how to recreate > the U-Boot setup from scratch, but I might be able to figure out how > to replace the kernel image it's using. It's possible I may be able to > get lilo working too -- I tried building it but I'm still not sure how > to use it, and in any case I need to image the existing system before > I clobber it since I'm not sure I have the original image.
I found the U-Boot stuff here:
https://ja.osdn.net/users/ysato/pf/uboot/wiki/FrontPage
but I'm not sure how to install it yet. Will try to figure it out.
Rich
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