From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: michael@walle.cc (Michael Walle) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:09:00 +0100 Subject: arm and patch phys offset In-Reply-To: <20111212220247.GF20178@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <201112112255.32534.michael@walle.cc> <201112122255.40092.michael@walle.cc> <20111212220247.GF20178@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: <201112122309.00075.michael@walle.cc> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Am Montag 12 Dezember 2011, 23:02:47 schrieb Russell King - ARM Linux: > > > Are you running a Thumb-2 kernel? Which kernel are you running? > > > > what do you mean by which kernel? > > linus' master from yesterday, ARCH_KIRKWOOD=y > > CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL is not set > > Yes, that's what I mean. > > Right, so the problem you're describing is _impossible_ - there is no way > the fixup function can fix only some instructions and skip over others in > a properly functioning system. > > The only options are that either the CPU is not executing the instructions > we're giving it (unlikely as - I assume - your hardware executes older > kernels fine), or for some reason your kernel is being called with caches > still enabled, violating the long-standing kernel's calling requirements. > > So, some more questions to try to narrow this down: > > 1. What boot loader are you using? u-boot 2011.09 with own bsp support. > 2. What file are you taking from the kernel build in order to boot? generated uImage > 3. How are you transfering the kernel file to your target system? tftp Thanks for helping. I'll now have a look at the bootloader ;) -- Michael