Re: Can't boot kernel 3.0.8 on Efika smarttop

[Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@genesi-usa.com>]

On 4 January 2012 19:14, Dominique Dumont <domi.dumont@free.fr> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I may be a bit optimistic: I've tried to boot a Efika Smarttop box on a 3.0.8
> kernel. The boot stops right at the beginning with the following message:
>
> ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 90007fc0 ...
>   Image Name:   Linux-3.0.8
>   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
>   Data Size:    1535416 Bytes =  1.5 MB
>   Load Address: 90008000
>   Entry Point:  90008000
>   Verifying Checksum ... OK
>   Loading Kernel Image ... OK
> OK
>
> Starting kernel ...
>
> drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)
>
>
> I've compiled the kernel using mx51_defconfig and enabled support of smartbook
> and nettop (sic)
>
> Is this a known problem ?

Yes, unfortunately getting a 3.x kernel to boot on an Efika
Smarttop/Smartbook has proven to be a real PITA. We're working on it
and we'll post kernel images here soon. In the meantime you might like
to check the images at:

http://people.debian.org/~zumbi/linux-2.6/

> How can I solve this issue ?

Are you good at kernel coding? :)

Regards

Konstantinos