Re: Jessie boot appears to hang on Pegasos 2 G4 after "returning from prom_init"
Hi Gabor,
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Gabor Samu <samu_gabor@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm the proud owner of a Genesi Pegasos 2 G4 system. I previously had
> Debian 7 (Wheezy) installed on the system. It worked perfectly, including
> XWindows, etc.
>
> I decided to upgrade the system from Debian 7 to Debian 8 this weekend via
> apt-get dist-upgrade (with requisite repo changes, etc).
>
> The upgrade process itself took a while, but did complete without errors.
>
> Upon reboot however, the system appears to hang right after startup. I've
> transcribed this from a photo I took of the screen:
>
> =======
> Finalizing device tree... using OF tree (promptr=01003bc4)
> OF stdout device is: /bootconsole
> Preparing to boot Linux version 3.16.0-4-powerpc
> (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org)
> (gcc version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 Debian 3.16.51-3 (2017-12-13)
> Detected machine type : 00000500
> command line: root=/dev/mapper/pegasos2-root video=radeonfb:off
> memory layout at init:
> memory_limit : 00000000 (16 MB aligned)
> alloc_bottom : 02431000
> alloc_top : 30000000
> alloc_top_hi : 40000000
> rmo_top : 30000000
> ram_top : 40000000
> instantiating rtas at 0x0fbfd000... done
> Fixing up missing ISA range on Pegasos...
> Fixing up missing IDE interrupt on Pegasos...
> Fixing up IDE class-code on Pegasos...
> copying OF device tree...
> Building dt strings...
> Building dt structure...
> Device tree strings 0x02432000 -> 0x024327a9
> Device tree struct 0x02433000 -> 0x02456000
> Calling quiesce...
> returning from prom_init
> <seems to hang here>
> ========
>
> I've tried both with and without the video=radeonfb:off kernel boot option,
> but the result is the same.
> I'd really like to keep my Pegasos running and would appreciate it if
> anybody has tips to address.
>
> Not sure if it matters, but my system has a ATI Radeon 9200 series card (I
> believe it's designation RV280).
Did you see the thread:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782058#31
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