MIPS Malta board Linux installation

MIPS Malta board Linux installation

[ZhouY.external]

Hello everyone,
  I tried to install a Linux to my MIPS Malta board, but during the time of
NFS installation, the linux crashed. The linux distribution is provided by
MIPS Malta Board CD  and I exactly followed the installation manual. The
following messages are the error messages and the configuration information.
  Do you have any clues about it?
  Thanks in advance!

  Best regards,

  Yidan Zhou 


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YAMON> info all

**** Info boot ****

YAMON ROM Monitor, Revision 02.02.
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 MIPS Technologies, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.

For a list of available commands, type 'help'.

Compilation time =              Sep 12 2002  11:41:49


**** Info board ****

Board type/revision =           0x02 (Malta) / 0x00
Core board type/revision =      0x01 (CoreLV) / 0x01
FPGA revision =                 0x0001
MAC address =                   00.d0.a0.00.01.77
Board S/N =                     0000000127
PCI bus frequency =             16.67 MHz


**** Info cpu ****

Processor Company ID/options =  0x01 (MIPS Technologies, Inc.) / 0x00
Processor ID/revision =         0x80 (MIPS 4Kc) / 0x05
Endianness =                    Big
CPU/Bus frequency =             125 MHz / 63 MHz
ICACHE size =                   16 kByte
ICACHE line size =              16 bytes
ICACHE associativity =          4-way
DCACHE size =                   16 kByte
DCACHE line size =              16 bytes
DCACHE associativity =          4-way
TLB entries =                   16
CPU type =                      MIPS32
MIPS16e implemented =           No
EJTAG implemented =             Yes
FPU implemented =               No


**** Info memory ****

Monitor flash phys base =       0x1e000000
Monitor flash size =            0x003e0000
Env. flash phys base =          0x1e3e0000
Env. flash size =               0x00020000

SDRAM phys base =               0x00000000
SDRAM size =                    0x04000000
SDRAM refresh interval =        14520 ns
SDRAM CAS latency =             2 cycles
SDRAM SRAS precharge =          2 cycles
SDRAM SRAS to SCAS delay =      2 cycles
SDRAM write burst length =      8
SDRAM read burst length =       8

First free SDRAM address =      0x800991f8
Stack size =                    0x5000 bytes
Application stack size =        0x5000 bytes


**** Info uart ****

TTY0:
 Bytes transmitted:             3381
 Bytes received:                63
 Receive overruns:              0
 Receive parity errors:         0
 Receive framing errors:        0
 Receive breaks:                0
 Receive Interrupts:            0
 No of resets:                  1
TTY1:
 Bytes transmitted:             0
 Bytes received:                0
 Receive overruns:              0
 Receive parity errors:         0
 Receive framing errors:        0
 Receive breaks:                0
 Receive Interrupts:            0
 No of resets:                  1


**** Info pci ****

PCI bus frequency = 16.67 MHz

PCI devices:
Bus count = 1, Device count = 7

Bus = 0x00, Dev = 0x00, Function = 0x00
Vendor Id = 0x11ab (Galileo), Dev ID = 0x4620 (64120)
 Min Gnt = 0x00, Max Lat = 0x00, Lat Tim = 0x20
 Int Pin = A, Int Line = None
 BAR count = 0x03
  MEM: Pos = 0x10, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x00000000/0x00000000, Size = 0x04000000
  MEM: Pos = 0x20, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x04000000/0x04000000, Size = 0x00000010
  MEM: Pos = 0x14, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x04000000/0x04000000, Size = 0x00000000

Bus = 0x00, Dev = 0x0a, Function = 0x00
Vendor Id = 0x8086 (Intel), Dev ID = 0x7110 (PIIX4 Bridge)
 Min Gnt = 0x00, Max Lat = 0x00, Lat Tim = 0x20
 Int Pin = None, Int Line = None
 BAR count = 0x01
  IO:  Pos = 0x10, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x18000000/0x00000000, Size = 0x00001000

Bus = 0x00, Dev = 0x0a, Function = 0x01
Vendor Id = 0x8086 (Intel), Dev ID = 0x7111 (PIIX4 IDE)
 Min Gnt = 0x00, Max Lat = 0x00, Lat Tim = 0x20
 Int Pin = None, Int Line = None
 BAR count = 0x01
  IO:  Pos = 0x20, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x18001240/0x00001240, Size = 0x00000010

Bus = 0x00, Dev = 0x0a, Function = 0x02
Vendor Id = 0x8086 (Intel), Dev ID = 0x7112 (PIIX4 USB)
 Min Gnt = 0x00, Max Lat = 0x00, Lat Tim = 0x20
 Int Pin = D, Int Line = 0x0b
 BAR count = 0x01
  IO:  Pos = 0x20, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x18001220/0x00001220, Size = 0x00000020

Bus = 0x00, Dev = 0x0a, Function = 0x03
Vendor Id = 0x8086 (Intel), Dev ID = 0x7113 (PIIX4 Power)
 Min Gnt = 0x00, Max Lat = 0x00, Lat Tim = 0x20
 Int Pin = None, Int Line = 0x09
 BAR count = 0x02
  IO:  Pos = 0x40, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x18001000/0x00001000, Size = 0x00000100
  IO:  Pos = 0x90, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x18001100/0x00001100, Size = 0x00000100

Bus = 0x00, Dev = 0x0b, Function = 0x00
Vendor Id = 0x1022 (AMD), Dev ID = 0x2000 (79C973)
 Min Gnt = 0x18, Max Lat = 0x18, Lat Tim = 0x20
 Int Pin = A, Int Line = 0x0a
 BAR count = 0x02
  IO:  Pos = 0x10, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x18001200/0x00001200, Size = 0x00000020
  MEM: Pos = 0x14, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x08011000/0x08011000, Size = 0x00000020

Bus = 0x00, Dev = 0x0c, Function = 0x00
Vendor Id = 0x1013 (Crystal), Dev ID = 0x6005 (4281)
 Min Gnt = 0x04, Max Lat = 0x18, Lat Tim = 0x20
 Int Pin = A, Int Line = 0x0b
 BAR count = 0x02
  MEM: Pos = 0x10, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x08010000/0x08010000, Size = 0x00001000
  MEM: Pos = 0x14, Base(CPU/PCI) = 0x08000000/0x08000000, Size = 0x00010000


**** Info ide ****



**** Info isa ****

Device   Address(ISA)   Address(CPU)   Interrupt line
-----------------------------------------------------
TTY0     0x3f8          0x180003f8     IRQ4
TTY1     0x2f8          0x180002f8     IRQ3
LPT      0x378          0x18000378     IRQ7
FDD      0x3f0          0x180003f0     IRQ6
KYBD     0x060          0x18000060     IRQ1
MOUSE    0x060          0x18000060     IRQ12


**** Info lan ****

 MII status: Link is up, mode: 10 Mbit/s, half-duplex

 Packets received:               0
 Packets transmitted:            0
 Bytes received:                 0
 Bytes transmitted:              0
 Receive errors:                 0
 Transmit errors:                0
 Multicasts received:            0
 Collisions:                     0
 Interrupts:                     4
 Receive CRC errors:             0
 Receive frame error:            0
 Receive FIFO overrun errors :   0
 Transmit aborted errors:        0
 Transmit lost carrier errors:   0
 Transmit FIFO underrun errors:  0
 Transmit signal quality errors: 0
 Transmit late collision errors: 0
 Transmit timeout errors:        0

YAMON> set

baseboardserial (RO)   0000000127
bootfile        (R/W)  bootrom.hex
bootprot        (R/W)  tftp
bootserport     (R/W)  tty0
bootserver      (R/W)  192.168.149.114
cpuconfig       (R/W)
ethaddr         (RO)   00.d0.a0.00.01.77
gateway         (R/W)  0.0.0.0
ipaddr          (R/W)  192.168.149.116
memsize         (RO)   0x04000000
modetty0        (R/W)  38400,n,8,1,hw
modetty1        (R/W)  38400,n,8,1,hw
prompt          (R/W)  YAMON
start           (R/W)
subnetmask      (R/W)  255.255.255.0
yamonrev        (RO)   02.02

YAMON> load tftp://192.168.149.1/vmlinux-2.2.12.mips.malta.eb-01.05.srec
About to load tftp://192.168.149.1/vmlinux-2.2.12.mips.malta.eb-01.05.srec
Press Ctrl-C to break
........................................
........................................
........................................
..
Start = 0x80100608, range = (0x80100000,0x8024015f), format = SREC
YAMON> go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116

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RE: MIPS Malta board Linux installation

[ncrook]

>>Start = 0x80100608, range = (0x80100000,0x8024015f), format = SREC
>>YAMON> go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116
>>
>>LINUX started...
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looks like your serial port baud rate is wrong. At some stage, the
current setting (left by YAMON) gets overwritten by UART setup in 
Linux. Try changing:

go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116

to:

go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116 console=ttyS0,38400

(38400 is the baud rate.. use the value you want)

Just my guess.. worth as much as you paid for it!!

Neal.

AW: MIPS Malta board Linux installation

[ZhouY.external]

I tried again. The result is same. 
The green LED display shows 'LINUX' not 'LINUX on malta'. All the status LED
are green except the LED rst is off. There are 2 kernel images(el and eb),
one of them is vmlinux-2.2.12.mips.malta.eb-01.05.srec, which is the current
one. I double checked my console and its baud rate is 38400. 
  From this symptom, what kind of conclusion can you draw?

  Best regards,

  Yidan

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: ncrook [mailto:ncrook@micron.com]
Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2003 17:25
An: Zhou Yidan (COM AC CE M external)
Betreff: RE: MIPS Malta board Linux installation 

Hmm, well, for a start, you can just boot like this:

go . console=ttyS0,38400

.. your boot isn't getting anywhere near far enough to care
about IP addresses and nfs root disks; Once you get far
enough to see a message about "attempting to mount root
file system" then you can start worrying about ip and nfsroot
arguments.

..take a look at the green 8-character display (U42). If it
is scrolling the text "linux on malta" then the kernel is
almost certainly up and running, and I would suspect your
serial port settings are wrong in your terminal emulator.
If not, check you're using a big-endian kernel for a malta.

that's all I can think of. Happy hunting

Neal.


-----Original Message-----
From: ZhouY.external@infineon.com [mailto:ZhouY.external@infineon.com]
Sent: 27 February 2003 16:03
To: ncrook@micron.com
Subject: AW: MIPS Malta board Linux installation 


Hi Neal,
  First, thanks a lot!
  Second, I tried as you mentioned, but the result is still same--screens of
rubbish characters.

  Any other solutions? 

  Best regards,
  Yidan 

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: ncrook [mailto:ncrook@micron.com]
Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2003 16:36
An: Zhou Yidan (COM AC CE M external)
Betreff: RE: MIPS Malta board Linux installation 


>>Start = 0x80100608, range = (0x80100000,0x8024015f), format = SREC
>>YAMON> go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116
>>
>>LINUX started...
>>EURfÐñoeíï>ßüÿû_ÿÿö~ÿÿ¿ßÿë¬RÿßïþëÿÛþïùúßm»>ÿÿÿûÿë®Þýí}®¿ùýoÞ÷ÿï?mÿêó¯Íëýïÿ
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ÿí


looks like your serial port baud rate is wrong. At some stage, the
current setting (left by YAMON) gets overwritten by UART setup in 
Linux. Try changing:

go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116

to:

go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116
console=ttyS0,38400

(38400 is the baud rate.. use the value you want)

Just my guess.. worth as much as you paid for it!!

Neal.

RE: MIPS Malta board Linux installation

[ncrook]

Hmm. The kernel is very old. (2.2). I suggest you grab something like
2.4.18 or later.. you don't need the root filesystem yet, just the kernel.
The fact that the LED display doesn't start scrolling indicates something
is going wrong quite early on.

suggestions:

- grab a mips-malta kernel version 2.4.18 or later
- try flipping your machine to Little Endian and try a little-endian
  kernel (shouldn't make any difference)

after that, time to read the source...

Neal.

-----Original Message-----
From: ZhouY.external@infineon.com [mailto:ZhouY.external@infineon.com]
Sent: 27 February 2003 16:44
To: ncrook@micron.com
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: AW: MIPS Malta board Linux installation 


I tried again. The result is same. 
The green LED display shows 'LINUX' not 'LINUX on malta'. All the status LED
are green except the LED rst is off. There are 2 kernel images(el and eb),
one of them is vmlinux-2.2.12.mips.malta.eb-01.05.srec, which is the current
one. I double checked my console and its baud rate is 38400. 
  From this symptom, what kind of conclusion can you draw?

  Best regards,

  Yidan

Re: MIPS Malta board Linux installation

[Jun Sun]

I just compiled and tested on Malta board a couple of days ago
by using linux-mips.org linux_2_4 CVS tree.  It worked fine.
Given the new defconfig I checked in, you only need the 
following command line (assuming you have dhcp with bootp setup
on your host):

	go . ip=any

Jun

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 05:44:07PM +0100, ZhouY.external@infineon.com wrote:
> I tried again. The result is same. 
> The green LED display shows 'LINUX' not 'LINUX on malta'. All the status LED
> are green except the LED rst is off. There are 2 kernel images(el and eb),
> one of them is vmlinux-2.2.12.mips.malta.eb-01.05.srec, which is the current
> one. I double checked my console and its baud rate is 38400. 
>   From this symptom, what kind of conclusion can you draw?
> 
>   Best regards,
> 
>   Yidan
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ncrook [mailto:ncrook@micron.com]
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2003 17:25
> An: Zhou Yidan (COM AC CE M external)
> Betreff: RE: MIPS Malta board Linux installation 
> 
> Hmm, well, for a start, you can just boot like this:
> 
> go . console=ttyS0,38400
> 
> .. your boot isn't getting anywhere near far enough to care
> about IP addresses and nfs root disks; Once you get far
> enough to see a message about "attempting to mount root
> file system" then you can start worrying about ip and nfsroot
> arguments.
> 
> ..take a look at the green 8-character display (U42). If it
> is scrolling the text "linux on malta" then the kernel is
> almost certainly up and running, and I would suspect your
> serial port settings are wrong in your terminal emulator.
> If not, check you're using a big-endian kernel for a malta.
> 
> that's all I can think of. Happy hunting
> 
> Neal.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ZhouY.external@infineon.com [mailto:ZhouY.external@infineon.com]
> Sent: 27 February 2003 16:03
> To: ncrook@micron.com
> Subject: AW: MIPS Malta board Linux installation 
> 
> 
> Hi Neal,
>   First, thanks a lot!
>   Second, I tried as you mentioned, but the result is still same--screens of
> rubbish characters.
> 
>   Any other solutions? 
> 
>   Best regards,
>   Yidan 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ncrook [mailto:ncrook@micron.com]
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2003 16:36
> An: Zhou Yidan (COM AC CE M external)
> Betreff: RE: MIPS Malta board Linux installation 
> 
> 
> >>Start = 0x80100608, range = (0x80100000,0x8024015f), format = SREC
> >>YAMON> go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116
> >>
> >>LINUX started...
> >>EURfÐñoeíï>ßüÿû_ÿÿö~ÿÿ¿ßÿë¬RÿßïþëÿÛþïùúßm»>ÿÿÿûÿë®Þýí}®¿ùýoÞ÷ÿï?mÿêó¯Íëýïÿ
> ³ÿ
> >>ÿÝûïî¯÷ÿïÿûÿÏÿÿ¿¯ÿý»ºÿgÿ¿ÿ~ÿÿßþÿûþêþÿ÷ÿÿïÿê÷×¢ÿh«Ïÿßýïÿÿþûÿÿýûÿ{ÿ®ÿÿÿÿß÷/ó
> ÿí
> 
> 
> looks like your serial port baud rate is wrong. At some stage, the
> current setting (left by YAMON) gets overwritten by UART setup in 
> Linux. Try changing:
> 
> go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116
> 
> to:
> 
> go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116
> console=ttyS0,38400
> 
> (38400 is the baud rate.. use the value you want)
> 
> Just my guess.. worth as much as you paid for it!!
> 
> Neal.
>