From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:59:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rrcs-64-183-102-11.west.biz.rr.com ([64.183.102.11]:25533 "EHLO jg555.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20021869AbXCMA7D (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:59:03 +0000 Received: from [192.168.55.157] ([::ffff:192.168.55.157]) (AUTH: PLAIN root, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by jg555.com with esmtp; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:57:56 -0700 id 00014011.45F5F717.000077E0 Message-ID: <45F5F709.6060707@jg555.com> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:57:45 -0700 From: Jim Gifford User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux MIPS List CC: Franck Bui-Huu , Ralf Baechle Subject: Re: Building 64 bit kernel on Cobalt References: <45EB53D5.8060007@jg555.com> <20070304232731.GA25039@linux-mips.org> <45EFA92C.3070203@jg555.com> <45F0359A.105@jg555.com> In-Reply-To: <45F0359A.105@jg555.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 14441 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: maillist@jg555.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Jim Gifford wrote: > Franck Bui-Huu wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 3/8/07, Jim Gifford wrote: >>> Ralf Baechle wrote: >>> > On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 03:18:45PM -0800, Jim Gifford wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> >> Last working Kernel was 2.6.19 series. >>> >> >> >> It seems that I broke things again :( >> >>> >> Some changes from 2.6.19 and the 2.6.20 make it impossible to >>> build a 64 >>> >> bit kernel to boot on the cobalt. Ya, I know why, building a N32 >>> >> actually but need a 64 bit kernel in order to do that. Anyone got >>> any >>> >> suggestions. Looking through the difference between the kernels to >>> >> figure this out, but it's like looking for a needle in a >>> haystack. Any >>> >> suggestions as to a starting point? >>> >> >>> > >>> > Try git-bisect to track down the changeset that broke things. >>> > >>> > Ralf >>> > >>> > >>> We got it nailed down to arch/mips/kernel /setup.c. But we have not >>> isolated which change is actually causing it. >>> >> >> Do you use any initrd ? If so how do you pass its address to the >> kernel ? > No. >> >> What is your kernel load address ? > Not sure >> >> can you send your .config file you're using ? > I'll send it to you later, since I'm not at the office right now. >> >>> We do know that reverting back to the 2.6.19.x arch/mips/kernel >>> /setup.c >>> will fix the issue. We will continue to dwindle it down until we >>> come up >>> with the offender. >>> >>> >> >> What did the console say ? If nothing early console may help if >> available. > All I get is this > inflate: decompressing > elf64: 00080000 - 0037701f (ffffffff.80326000) (ffffffff.80000000) > elf64: ffffffff.80080000 (80080000) 2957446t + 151450t > net: interface down > >> >> thanks > > Frank any ideas on a solution?