From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: horms@verge.net.au (Simon Horman) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:22:57 +0900 Subject: Mainline kernel on snowball In-Reply-To: <20130725064108.GH1754@pengutronix.de> References: <20130725052317.GA25854@verge.net.au> <20130725064108.GH1754@pengutronix.de> Message-ID: <20130725072257.GB7654@verge.net.au> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 08:41:08AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote: > Hello Simon, > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 02:23:17PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote: > > I apologise for the na?ve nature of this question, > > but I do not seem to be able to make any progress of my own accord. > > > > I would like to boot the mainline kernel - ideally v3.10 and v3.11-rcX - > > on snowball. The reason being to verify CPU hotplug which > > seems to be broken on shmobile, though that is tangential to this post. > > > > My procedure, which does not work, is as follows. > > I have tried a number of different versions all with roughly > > the same result. > > > > 1. Build kernel > > # git checkout v3.10.2 # I have tried several over versions too. > > # make u8500_defconfig > > Edit .config to enable CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB > > # LOADADDR=0x100000 make uImage dtbs > > > > 2. Append dtb to zImage and recreate uImage > > mv arch/arm/boot/zImage arch/arm/boot/zImage.tmp > > cat arch/arm/boot/zImage.tmp arch/arm/boot/dts/snowball.dtb > There must be a redirection in the cat command, something like > > cat arch/arm/boot/zImage.tmp arch/arm/boot/dts/snowball.dtb > arch/arm/boot/zImage > > (I guess you have that as otherwise the following command would fail.) Sorry for missing that when I wrote my email. Yes, it is there. > > /bin/sh scripts/mkuboot.sh \ > > -A arm -O linux -C none -T kernel \ > > -a 0x100000 -e 0x100000 -n 'Linux-3.10.2' \ > > -d arch/arm/boot/zImage arch/arm/boot/uImage > > > > 3. Boot uImage from u-boot > > Snowball $ setenv ethaddr 3e:c4:73:05:d1:a1 > > Snowball $ bootp;bootm > > smc911x: detected LAN9221 controller > > smc911x: phy initialized > > smc911x: MAC 3e:c4:73:05:d1:a1 > > BOOTP broadcast 1 > > *** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28 > > *** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 44 > > *** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28 > > *** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 44 > > DHCP client bound to address 10.3.3.146 > > Using smc911x-0 device > > TFTP from server 10.3.3.135; our IP address is 10.3.3.146 > > Filename 'snowball/uImage'. > > Load address: 0x100000 > > Loading: ################################################################# > > ################################################################# > > ################################################################# > > ################################################################# > > ########################################################## > > done > > Bytes transferred = 2540191 (26c29f hex) > > ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00100000 ... > > Image Name: 'Linux-3.10.2' > > Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) > > Data Size: 2540127 Bytes = 2.4 MB > > Load Address: 00100000 > > Entry Point: 00100000 > > XIP Kernel Image ... OK > > OK > > > > Starting kernel ... > Try enabling DEBUG_LL and EARLY_PRINTK and pass "earlyprintk" on the > kernel commandline. That might make the kernel more talkative. Thanks. Unfortunately I don't seem to get any further.