From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:02:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from elvis.franken.de ([193.175.24.41]:47657 "EHLO elvis.franken.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1901172Ab2FNLCj (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:02:39 +0200 Received: from uucp (helo=solo.franken.de) by elvis.franken.de with local-bsmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1Sf7oz-0007OC-00; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:02:37 +0200 Received: by solo.franken.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2DAF61BB7B0; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:02:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:02:28 +0200 From: Thomas Bogendoerfer To: David Daney Cc: Jim Faulkner , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: booting linux-3.3 or linux 3.4 on an SGI O2? Message-ID: <20120614110228.GA10493@alpha.franken.de> References: <20120605190047.GA6263@alumni-linux.ccs.neu.edu> <4FCE593B.10808@cavium.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FCE593B.10808@cavium.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-archive-position: 33636 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: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips Return-Path: On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 12:08:43PM -0700, David Daney wrote: > On 06/05/2012 12:00 PM, Jim Faulkner wrote: > >Hi all, I haven't been able to boot any kernels after linux 3.2 on my > >SGI O2. I've tried linux-3.3.5 and linux-3.4.0, but neither would boot. > >Unfortunately I don't have further information such as a kernel panic, > >since I don't get any video output after the kernel is loaded. I've > >attached my linux-3.4 .config. Anybody know what patches I might need > >to get the latest kernels booting on this system? > > > > I have had problems as well. > > Someone should configure a serial console and early printk to see if > they can see what is happening. Linux version 3.5.0-rc2 (tsbogend@solo.franken.de) (gcc version 4.3.1 (Debian 4.3.1-2) ) #1 Thu Jun 14 12:05:29 CEST 2012 this version (current git from two days ago) boots for me with serial console up to a login prompt: mips:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo system type : SGI O2 processor : 0 cpu model : R5000 V2.1 FPU V1.0 Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]