Hi All,

Thanks a lot for your effort to solve the boot problems. Unfortunately, 
this patch doesn't work for the Nemo board. I need the patch created by 
Olof Johansson.

diff -rupN linux-3.13/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S 
linux-3.13-nemo/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
--- linux-3.13/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S    2014-01-05 
00:12:14.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-3.13-nemo/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S    2014-01-05 
23:06:13.001618802 +0100
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ _GLOBAL(__start)
      /* NOP this out unconditionally */
  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
      FIXUP_ENDIAN
+/* Hack for PWRficient platforms: Due to CFE(?) bug, the 64-bit
+ * word at 0x8 needs to be set to 0. Patch it up here once we're
+ * done executing it (we can be lazy and avoid invalidating
+ * icache)
+ */
+li    r0,0
+std    0,8(0)
      b    .__start_initialization_multiplatform
  END_FTR_SECTION(0, 1)

Is it possible to integrate Olof's patch into the kernel sources?

All the best,

Christian

Am 15.01.14 21:01, schrieb Christian Zigotzky:
> author 	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 	2014-01-13 
> 03:59:05 (GMT)
> committer 	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 	2014-01-13 
> 03:59:05 (GMT)
> commit 	a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93> 
> (patch 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93>) 
>
> tree 	84c228e0a87475dbdb0f72621c137cce8253131b 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93> 
>
> parent 	061f49ec2d722f485237870f04544d8bec15a778 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=061f49ec2d722f485237870f04544d8bec15a778> 
> (diff 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93&id2=061f49ec2d722f485237870f04544d8bec15a778>) 
>
> parent 	10348f5976830e5d8f74e8abb04a9a057a5e8478 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10348f5976830e5d8f74e8abb04a9a057a5e8478> 
> (diff 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93&id2=10348f5976830e5d8f74e8abb04a9a057a5e8478>) 
>
>
> Merge branch 'merge' of 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
> Pull powerpc fix from Ben Herrenschmidt: "Here's one regression fix 
> for 3.13 that I would appreciate if you could still pull in. It was an 
> "interesting" one to debug, basically it's an old bug that got 
> somewhat "exposed" by new code breaking the boot on PA Semi boards 
> (yes, it does appear that some people are still using these!)" * 
> 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: 
> powerpc: Check return value of instance-to-package OF call
> Diffstat 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93>
> -rw-r--r-- 	arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93> 
> 	22 	
>
> 	
> 	
>
> 1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c 
> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
> index cb64a6e..078145a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c?id=061f49ec2d722f485237870f04544d8bec15a778>
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c 
> <https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c?id=a6da83f98267bc8ee4e34aa899169991eb0ceb93>
> @@ -1986,19 +1986,23 @@ static void __init prom_init_stdout(void)
> /* Get the full OF pathname of the stdout device */
> memset(path, 0, 256);
> call_prom("instance-to-path", 3, 1, prom.stdout, path, 255);
> - stdout_node = call_prom("instance-to-package", 1, 1, prom.stdout);
> - val = cpu_to_be32(stdout_node);
> - prom_setprop(prom.chosen, "/chosen", "linux,stdout-package",
> - &val, sizeof(val));
> prom_printf("OF stdout device is: %s\n", of_stdout_device);
> prom_setprop(prom.chosen, "/chosen", "linux,stdout-path",
> path, strlen(path) + 1);
> - /* If it's a display, note it */
> - memset(type, 0, sizeof(type));
> - prom_getprop(stdout_node, "device_type", type, sizeof(type));
> - if (strcmp(type, "display") == 0)
> - prom_setprop(stdout_node, path, "linux,boot-display", NULL, 0);
> + /* instance-to-package fails on PA-Semi */
> + stdout_node = call_prom("instance-to-package", 1, 1, prom.stdout);
> + if (stdout_node != PROM_ERROR) {
> + val = cpu_to_be32(stdout_node);
> + prom_setprop(prom.chosen, "/chosen", "linux,stdout-package",
> + &val, sizeof(val));
> +
> + /* If it's a display, note it */
> + memset(type, 0, sizeof(type));
> + prom_getprop(stdout_node, "device_type", type, sizeof(type));
> + if (strcmp(type, "display") == 0)
> + prom_setprop(stdout_node, path, "linux,boot-display", NULL, 0);
> + }
> }
> static int __init prom_find_machine_type(void)
>