[U-Boot-Users] mpc8260 serial console works under uboot, but not under linux

[jfaslist <jfaslist@yahoo.fr>]

Hi,
No, we don't use any graphic. We want the console on smc0.
Thanks,
-jfs

Stephan Linz wrote:

>Am Dienstag, 14. M??rz 2006 16:28 schrieb jfaslist:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>We have ported u-boot on  a mpc8260 based design of ours.
>>We try to boot linux on it (built with TQM8260_defconfig), as a
>>first step. But when we use the u-boot "bootm" command to boot
>>linux from flash,  we get nothing displayed after the kernel is
>>uncompressed and jumped into.
>>    
>>
>
>Hi,
>
>is there a VGA adapter in your system with linux driver support enabled? If 
>yes, you have to use the kernel parameter 'console=device,options' to use a 
>serial port as console ... see linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt
>
>
>best regards,
>Stephan Linz
>
>
>  
>
>>I know there is a FAQ: 
>>http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/LinuxHangsAfterUncompressingKernel
>>But I don't think it applies as using the BDI2000 we can trace
>>the kernel running all the way until around the point where it
>>starts the init process.
>>We were surprised to see that a "make uImage" would use the
>>vmlinux.gz kernel (linked at 0xc000.0000) and not the
>>zImage.elf(linked at 0x0040.0000), which includes the files in
>>arch/ppc/boot/simple.
>>The serial console is initialized and handled in
>>./arch/ppc/boot/simple/m8260_tty.c, and we suspect that since
>>this is not included in vmlinux, that is the reason why we don't
>>see any messages.
>>Should we try to somehow add it to vmlinux (if this is possible)?
>>
>>I know this is not the list, but why is the linux make file is
>>generating these two different files? My guess is that zImage is
>>for systems with no u-boot bootloader.
>>Thanks a lot,
>>-jf simon
>>
>>
>>
>>[bmc at Linux188 linux-2.6.15.1]$ make
>>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>>   CHK     usr/initramfs_list
>>   UIMAGE  arch/ppc/boot/images/uImage
>>Image Name:   Linux-2.6.15.1
>>Created:      Tue Mar 14 07:01:49 2006
>>Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
>>Data Size:    869873 Bytes = 849.49 kB = 0.83 MB
>>Load Address: 0x00000000
>>Entry Point:  0x00000000
>>   Image: arch/ppc/boot/images/uImage is ready
>>   AS      arch/ppc/boot/simple/head.o
>>   AS      arch/ppc/boot/simple/relocate.o
>>   CC      arch/ppc/boot/simple/misc-embedded.o
>>   CC      arch/ppc/boot/simple/embed_config.o
>>arch/ppc/boot/simple/embed_config.c:29: warning: 'bdinfo' defined
>>but not used
>>arch/ppc/boot/simple/embed_config.c:415: warning: 'clk_8260'
>>defined but not use
>>d
>>arch/ppc/boot/simple/embed_config.c:457: warning: 'clk_8280'
>>defined but not use
>>d
>>   CC      arch/ppc/boot/simple/m8260_tty.o
>>ppc_6xx-objcopy -O elf32-powerpc \
>>         --add-section=.image=arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.gz \
>>
>>--set-section-flags=.image=contents,alloc,load,readonly,data \
>>         arch/ppc/boot/simple/dummy.o arch/ppc/boot/simple/image.o
>>ppc_6xx-ld -m elf32ppc -T
>>/home/bmc/tools/eldk4.0/ppc_6xx/usr/src/linux-2.6.15.1
>>/arch/ppc/boot/ld.script -Ttext 0x00400000 -Bstatic -o
>>arch/ppc/boot/simple/zvml
>>inux arch/ppc/boot/simple/head.o arch/ppc/boot/simple/relocate.o
>>arch/ppc/boot/s
>>imple/misc-embedded.o arch/ppc/boot/simple/embed_config.o
>>arch/ppc/boot/simple/m
>>8260_tty.o arch/ppc/boot/simple/image.o
>>arch/ppc/boot/common/lib.a arch/ppc/boot
>>/lib/lib.a
>>ppc_6xx-objcopy -O elf32-powerpc arch/ppc/boot/simple/zvmlinux
>>arch/ppc/boot/sim
>>ple/zvmlinux -R .comment -R .stab \
>>         -R .stabstr -R .ramdisk
>>cp -f arch/ppc/boot/simple/zvmlinux arch/ppc/boot/images/zImage.elf
>>rm -f arch/ppc/boot/simple/zvmlinux
>>   Building modules, stage 2.
>>   MODPOST
>>[bmc at Linux188 linux-2.6.15.1]$
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    
>>


	

	
		
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