From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:21:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay01.mx.bawue.net ([193.7.176.67]:56984 "EHLO relay01.mx.bawue.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20024116AbYADRVj (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 17:21:39 +0000 Received: from lagash (intrt.mips-uk.com [194.74.144.130]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay01.mx.bawue.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDC7348906; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:21:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from ths by lagash with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JAqEi-0001va-Fm; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:21:36 +0000 Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 17:21:36 +0000 From: Thiemo Seufer To: Gregor Waltz Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Toshiba JMR 3927 working setup? Message-ID: <20080104172136.GD22809@networkno.de> References: <477E6296.7090605@raritan.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <477E6296.7090605@raritan.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 17912 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ths@networkno.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Gregor Waltz wrote: > I have been working on a JMR 3927 based system for a number of years. For > all of that time, we have been running: > binutils 2.11.90.0.1 > gcc 2.95.3 > glibc 2.2.1 > linux 2.4.12 > > > We want to update to a 2.6 kernel, recent build tools, and saner system > libraries. Although, it seems that the JMR 3927 is still technically > supported, I have not found any info on whether anybody is still running > Linux on it and what combination of software they are using. Any idea? > Is there a combination of software versions that are known to work on this > hardware? > > > I have used crosstool 0.43 to build: > binutils 2.15 > gcc 3.4.5 > glibc 2.3.6 http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Toolchains recommends binutils 2.16.1 and gcc 3.4.4, but I believe your choice is also ok for 32-bit systems. > I cannot get these kernels to build: > linux-2.6.13 > linux-2.6.15 > linux-2.6.16.57 > linux-2.6.17.14 > linux-2.6.9 > > My colleague and I have built these: > linux-2.6.21.7 > linux-2.6.23.9 > linux-2.6.23.12 > > However, they all yield a TLBL exception similar to the following: > > Exception! EPC=80056eb4 CAUSE=30000008(TLBL) > 80056eb4 8ce4000c lw a0,12(a3) # 0xc > > Each build has different exception values. The values are the same each > attempt with the same build. > > Is this a problem in the kernel code or the build tools? > Any ideas on how to make it run? Hard to tell from so little information, it would help to see the whole boot log. Thiemo