Re: Kernel 2.6 on a PegasOS?
[I just haven't had the time or will to work on this since I was reasonably
happy with the current/working 2.4.27-powerpc kernel. Now I've 're-opened'
this, and are trying to resolve my 2.6 booting problems.]
>>>>> "Sven" == Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
Sven> On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 09:56:12PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson
Sven> wrote:
>> > This is not the case, what kind of pegasos board do you have
>> exactly, and may > you perchance have faulty memory ? When did
>> you buy the board, and is it a > pegasos 2, or one of those
>> pre-april boards floating around.
>>
>> No idea. It's a (long) loaner. Is there any commands that can
>> tell you this? Neither /proc/pci nor dmesg tell me anything
>> that I deem interesting.
Sven> the content of /proc/cpuinfo would be a first help, if it is
Sven> pegasos 1
The /proc/cpuinfo tell me:
----- s n i p -----
processor : 0
cpu : 7457, altivec supported
clock : 999MHz
revision : 1.1 (pvr 8002 0101)
bogomips : 665.19
machine : CHRP Pegasos2
----- s n i p -----
Sven> then you would need to open it if it is
Sven> pre-april, or april, don't know how to distinguish april1
Sven> from april2 though, maybe the april1 don't have mac address
Sven> in the VIA chip.
The marking on the MB tell me that it's at revision 283 (if that tell
you anything).
The OBP (OF?) tell me it's an PegasOS 2, v1.2 (20040810).
>> >> seconds, and my own, well can't remember exactly, but they
>> >> hang after starting to boot..
>> >
>> > you need to create a zImage, not use the plain vmlinux.
>>
>> That much I actually figured out as well :). Didn't help...
Sven> Please get the exact error message, or maybe a serial
Sven> console will tell you more ?
I couldn't get a serial console to work (I think the serial port is
fried).
But I've happened to stumble across a reference to the 'load-base'
today (which renewed my interest in getting this resolved :) environment
variable and have tried a number of number, to no avail.
The kernel is the default Debian GNU/Linux (sarge) 'kernel-image-2.6.8-3-powerpc'
(version 2.6.8-12sarge2), and I've tried the following values for
my load-base (neither managed to boot/load the kernel):
0x20000000
0x06000000
0x04000000
0x02000000
0x01000000
0x00800000
0x00600000
0x00400000 Original value, only loads+boots 2.4 kernel
0x00200000
0x00100000
In almost all instances, the load just freezes (or in some cases
finish loading, but kernel refuses to boot).
But the differences in which these values behave, leads me to believe
that I'm on the right track... Some values work better than others,
but NEITHER loads AND boots the kernel...
I have 512Mb memory in the machine, which I believe to be ok (have
tried other memory).
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