From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:15:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p508B7E65.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.126.101]:39516 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:14:55 +0000 Received: from fluff.linux-mips.net (fluff.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i0SFEVex014460; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:14:31 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by fluff.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i0SFETX1014459; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:14:29 +0100 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:14:29 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Nathan Field Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: linux_2_4 and Malta Message-ID: <20040128151429.GA17242@linux-mips.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i 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: 4164 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: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 07:45:23PM -0800, Nathan Field wrote: > I'm having problems getting the linux_2_4 branch of the kernel to output > serial on my Malta board. The HEAD branch (2.6) seems to work fine, but > I'd prefer to avoid that if possible. After lagging behind kernel.org for such a long time 2.6 has begun to stabilize in amzingly short time. It hasn't crashed on me for a few days on supported configurations. > Is anyone else having this problem? > I've attached my .config just in case I'm doing something stupid. I got > the 2.4.17 kernel to work fine. > > The prom_print stuff outputs to the serial port fine, but printk's never > get out. Looking at the kernel under a debugger it also seems that the > kernel is crashing randomly and ending up in an infinite loop branching to > self. What processor are you using on the Malta? Ralf