Re: calibrate_delay function

[mlachwani <mlachwani@mvista.com>]

Can you check to see if you are getting timer interrupts

thanks,
Manish Lachwani

Ashlesha Shintre wrote:
>>> start_kernel() calls calibrate_delay() which can be found in 
>>> init/calibrate.c
>>>       
>
> Thanks, I did find it and put in a few printk s to debug the problem.
>
> i have pasted part of the calibrate_delay function where the kernel gets stuck..
> It is getting stuck at the second while loop where it goes into an infinite loop!
> the value of ash_count keeps incrementing and thats all i see in the log buffer!
>
> i can see why the kernel is stuck -- its because ticks=jiffies is the command just before infinitely looping based on the condition that ticks==jiffies!
> Am I not looking in the right place?
>
> Regards,
> Ashlesha.
>   
>>  printk(KERN_DEBUG "Calibrating delay loop... ");
>>                 while ((loops_per_jiffy <<= 1) != 0) {
>>                         printk("within the while loop\n");
>>                         /* wait for "start of" clock tick */
>>                         ticks = jiffies;
>>                         while (ticks == jiffies)
>>                                 printk("%d\n",++ash_count);
>>                                 /* nothing ; infinite loop, control never comes out of here*/
>>                         /* Go .. */
>>     
>
> On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 15:38 -0700, mlachwani wrote:
>   
>> Ashlesha Shintre wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>> I m working on the Encore M3 board that has the AU1500 MIPS processor on
>>> it.  I aim to port the 2.6 linux kernel to the board which is already
>>> supported in the 2.4 kernel.
>>>
>>> The start_kernel function in linux/init/main.c file, calls a function
>>> calibrate_delay found in the arch/frv/kernel/setup.c file.  Why does the
>>> kernel call this function which is a part of the Fujitsu FR-V
>>> architecture?  
>>>
>>> When I build the image, this is the point where the kernel is stuck and
>>> the last contents of the log buffer show the following printk message
>>> from the calibrate_delay function:
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Calibrating delay loop...
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ashlesha.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>
>   
>>> start_kernel() calls calibrate_delay() which can be found in 
>>> init/calibrate.c
>>>
>>>       
>> thanks,
>> Manish Lachwani
>>     
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