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Bug#658759: linux-image-3.2.0-1-kirkwood does not boot on some Kirkwood machines



Package: linux-image-3.2.0-1-kirkwood
Version: 3.2.2-1


Problem:  This kernel package, when installed on many Kirkwood machines, including the Dockstar, does not boot.  Various users have noticed this, and it seems likely that it could be related to compression of the kernel image into the uImage file.   Notably, an uncompressed vmlinux.bin (from the same build/source) relabeled as uImage will boot correctly.  Unfortunately, the default for this package is a compressed image.

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kernel/linux-image-3.2.0-1-kirkwood





Steps to reproduce, with output shown:


On my Dockstar:

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cd /

wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-3.2.0-1-kirkwood_3.2.2-1_armel.deb

dpkg -i linux-image-3.2.0-1-kirkwood_3.2.2-1_armel.deb

mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-3.2.0-1-kirkwood -d /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-1-kirkwood /boot/uImage

mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-3.2.0-1-kirkwood -d /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-1-kirkwood /boot/uInitrd
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From serial connection:
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U-Boot 2010.09 (Oct 23 2010 - 11:49:22)
Marvell-Dockstar/Pogoplug by Jeff Doozan

SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
DRAM:  128 MiB
NAND:  256 MiB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   egiga0
88E1116 Initialized on egiga0
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
(Re)start USB...                                                               
USB:   Register 10011 NbrPorts 1                                               
USB EHCI 1.00                                                                  
scanning bus for devices... 4 USB Device(s) found                              
       scanning bus for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found           
Loading file "/rescueme" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1)                          
** File not found /rescueme                                                    
reading /rescueme.txt                                                          
                                                                               
** Unable to read "/rescueme.txt" from usb 0:1 **                              
Creating 1 MTD partitions on "nand0":                                          
0x000002500000-0x000010000000 : "mtd=3"                                        
UBI: attaching mtd1 to ubi0                                                    
UBI: physical eraseblock size:   131072 bytes (128 KiB)                        
UBI: logical eraseblock size:    129024 bytes                                  
UBI: smallest flash I/O unit:    2048                                          
UBI: sub-page size:              512                                           
UBI: VID header offset:          512 (aligned 512)                             
UBI: data offset:                2048                                          
UBI: attached mtd1 to ubi0                                                     
UBI: MTD device name:            "mtd=3"                                       
UBI: MTD device size:            219 MiB                                       
UBI: number of good PEBs:        1752                                          
UBI: number of bad PEBs:         0                                             
UBI: max. allowed volumes:       128                                           
UBI: wear-leveling threshold:    4096                                          
UBI: number of internal volumes: 1                                             
UBI: number of user volumes:     0                                             
UBI: available PEBs:             1731                                          
UBI: total number of reserved PEBs: 21                                         
UBI: number of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 17                          
UBI: max/mean erase counter: 1/1                                               
UBIFS error (pid 0): ubifs_get_sb: cannot open "ubi:rootfs", error -19         
Error reading superblock on volume 'ubi:rootfs'!                               
Loading file "/boot/uImage" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1)                       
1 bytes read                                                                   
Found bootable drive on usb 0:1                                                
Loading file "/boot/uImage" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1)                       
1570456 bytes read                                                             
Loading file "/boot/uInitrd" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1)                      
6621782 bytes read                                                             
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00800000 ...                            
   Image Name:   Linux-3.2.0-1-kirkwood                                        
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)                         
   Data Size:    1570392 Bytes = 1.5 MiB                                       
   Load Address: 00008000                                                      
   Entry Point:  00008000                                                      
   Verifying Checksum ... OK                                                   
## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 01100000 ...                      
   Image Name:   initramfs-3.2.0-1-kirkwood                                    
   Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)                     
   Data Size:    6621718 Bytes = 6.3 MiB                                       
   Load Address: 00000000                                                      
   Entry Point:  00000000                                                      
   Verifying Checksum ... OK                                                   
   Loading Kernel Image ... OK                                                 
OK                                                                             
                                                                               
Starting kernel ...                                                            
                                                                               
Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
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No further output is seen.  


  I am using Debian GNU/Linux 6/Wheezy.  The same behavior shows up with Squeeze.

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