From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com (Ezequiel Garcia) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 17:25:48 -0300 Subject: Armada XP doesn't boot in v3.12-rc3 In-Reply-To: References: <20131002124320.GL31178@titan.lakedaemon.net> Message-ID: <20131002202547.GA10645@localhost> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Matthew: On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 04:55:25PM +0100, Matthew Minter wrote: [...] > > I have tried a number of configurations including the defaults for the > mach and various settings including turning CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER > on and off. > > Some configurations result in no output after uBoot's booting kernel > line, but some reach theline "calibrating timer loop" then hang > indefinitely. > Yup, that's the two different bugs the patches should fix. > I am now trying the fixes branch at > git://git.infradead.org/linux-mvebu.git (thanks Ezequiel) to see if > that contains a solution. Once I have tried that I shall see what > changes it made and mail back any results. (I am talking to the board > down a serial over USB connection so can get a fair amount of > diagnostics from the early printk system). > Please test git://git.infradead.org/linux-mvebu.git or some recent linux-next. You should be able to boot with/without CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER. I expect all the fixes land in -rc4, which means mainline should be fixed by next week. Let me know any problems! Thanks a lot for reporting! -- Ezequiel Garc?a, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering http://free-electrons.com