kexec on Nokia Internet Tablets

kexec on Nokia Internet Tablets

[Otto Solares]

Hi all!

I want to make kexec work on current Nokia Internet Tablets but
maybe someone here have a clue or better if a patch :)

When I run a kexec enabled linux-omap kernel and try to boot the
production Maemo kernel or a linux-omap kernel I only succeed if
the serial-console flag in r&d mode is set, if not the device
just hangs.

It seems as a timing problem because if I insert small delays to
the kexeced kernel via CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY it works too 
without the serial-console flag set.

Any idea what to debug or where to start?

Thanks.

-otto

Re: kexec on Nokia Internet Tablets

[Tony Lindgren]

* Otto Solares <solca@guug.org> [090217 13:37]:
> Hi all!
> 
> I want to make kexec work on current Nokia Internet Tablets but
> maybe someone here have a clue or better if a patch :)

Do you need to patch anything for this, or does it work out of the box?

> When I run a kexec enabled linux-omap kernel and try to boot the
> production Maemo kernel or a linux-omap kernel I only succeed if
> the serial-console flag in r&d mode is set, if not the device
> just hangs.

Sounds like something does not get correctly initialized..

> It seems as a timing problem because if I insert small delays to
> the kexeced kernel via CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY it works too 
> without the serial-console flag set.
> 
> Any idea what to debug or where to start?

Well since the LCD is on, you could write a little function that
writes the output to the LCD. You just need to find out the virtual
address of the LCD and then add a function for displaying fonts..
Pretty easy to do.

BTW, do you have some Maemo package for kexec?

Tony

Re: kexec on Nokia Internet Tablets

[Otto Solares]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 01:46:12PM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Otto Solares <solca@guug.org> [090217 13:37]:
> > Hi all!
> > 
> > I want to make kexec work on current Nokia Internet Tablets but
> > maybe someone here have a clue or better if a patch :)
> 
> Do you need to patch anything for this, or does it work out of the box?

Tried with l-o out of the box and tried too with this patch applied but same
results so far:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=6cd8dd766aec17ce66aa4f732928d05534da0937

Although it seems it was reverted here:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=484b70239a16c01d706a82e5e4afe2f82f24d950

> > When I run a kexec enabled linux-omap kernel and try to boot the
> > production Maemo kernel or a linux-omap kernel I only succeed if
> > the serial-console flag in r&d mode is set, if not the device
> > just hangs.
> 
> Sounds like something does not get correctly initialized..
> 
> > It seems as a timing problem because if I insert small delays to
> > the kexeced kernel via CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY it works too 
> > without the serial-console flag set.
> > 
> > Any idea what to debug or where to start?
> 
> Well since the LCD is on, you could write a little function that
> writes the output to the LCD. You just need to find out the virtual
> address of the LCD and then add a function for displaying fonts..
> Pretty easy to do.

Ok, btw do you known a function name I should patch with the debugging
output?

> BTW, do you have some Maemo package for kexec?

Nope, although I host a userland patch and the statically compiled binary
here:

http://guug.org/nit/kexec/

-otto

Re: kexec on Nokia Internet Tablets

[Tony Lindgren]

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* Otto Solares <solca@guug.org> [090217 13:59]:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 01:46:12PM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Otto Solares <solca@guug.org> [090217 13:37]:
> > > Hi all!
> > > 
> > > I want to make kexec work on current Nokia Internet Tablets but
> > > maybe someone here have a clue or better if a patch :)
> > 
> > Do you need to patch anything for this, or does it work out of the box?
> 
> Tried with l-o out of the box and tried too with this patch applied but same
> results so far:
> 
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=6cd8dd766aec17ce66aa4f732928d05534da0937
> 
> Although it seems it was reverted here:
> 
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=484b70239a16c01d706a82e5e4afe2f82f24d950

OK, thanks for the links.

> > > When I run a kexec enabled linux-omap kernel and try to boot the
> > > production Maemo kernel or a linux-omap kernel I only succeed if
> > > the serial-console flag in r&d mode is set, if not the device
> > > just hangs.
> > 
> > Sounds like something does not get correctly initialized..
> > 
> > > It seems as a timing problem because if I insert small delays to
> > > the kexeced kernel via CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY it works too 
> > > without the serial-console flag set.
> > > 
> > > Any idea what to debug or where to start?
> > 
> > Well since the LCD is on, you could write a little function that
> > writes the output to the LCD. You just need to find out the virtual
> > address of the LCD and then add a function for displaying fonts..
> > Pretty easy to do.
> 
> Ok, btw do you known a function name I should patch with the debugging
> output?

We have the DEBUG_LL patch in l-o tree that's for low-level debug
output to serial port. You could could add a function called
printlcd() and call that instead of printascii().

> > BTW, do you have some Maemo package for kexec?
> 
> Nope, although I host a userland patch and the statically compiled binary
> here:
> 
> http://guug.org/nit/kexec/

Great, it would be nice to switch between Maemo and whatever easily.

Tony

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--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ void asmlinkage __attribute__((weak)) early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 #define __LOG_BUF_LEN	(1 << CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
+extern void printascii(char *);
+#endif
+
 /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
 #define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL 4 /* KERN_WARNING */
 
@@ -668,6 +672,9 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	printed_len += vscnprintf(printk_buf + printed_len,
 				  sizeof(printk_buf) - printed_len, fmt, args);
 
+#ifdef	CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
+	printascii(printk_buf);
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Copy the output into log_buf.  If the caller didn't provide

Re: kexec on Nokia Internet Tablets

[Otto Solares]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 02:09:36PM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Otto Solares <solca@guug.org> [090217 13:59]:
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 01:46:12PM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > * Otto Solares <solca@guug.org> [090217 13:37]:
> > > > Hi all!
> > > > 
> > > > I want to make kexec work on current Nokia Internet Tablets but
> > > > maybe someone here have a clue or better if a patch :)
> > > 
> > > Do you need to patch anything for this, or does it work out of the box?
> > 
> > Tried with l-o out of the box and tried too with this patch applied but same
> > results so far:
> > 
> > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=6cd8dd766aec17ce66aa4f732928d05534da0937
> > 
> > Although it seems it was reverted here:
> > 
> > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=484b70239a16c01d706a82e5e4afe2f82f24d950
> 
> OK, thanks for the links.
> 
> > > > When I run a kexec enabled linux-omap kernel and try to boot the
> > > > production Maemo kernel or a linux-omap kernel I only succeed if
> > > > the serial-console flag in r&d mode is set, if not the device
> > > > just hangs.
> > > 
> > > Sounds like something does not get correctly initialized..
> > > 
> > > > It seems as a timing problem because if I insert small delays to
> > > > the kexeced kernel via CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY it works too 
> > > > without the serial-console flag set.
> > > > 
> > > > Any idea what to debug or where to start?
> > > 
> > > Well since the LCD is on, you could write a little function that
> > > writes the output to the LCD. You just need to find out the virtual
> > > address of the LCD and then add a function for displaying fonts..
> > > Pretty easy to do.
> > 
> > Ok, btw do you known a function name I should patch with the debugging
> > output?
> 
> We have the DEBUG_LL patch in l-o tree that's for low-level debug
> output to serial port. You could could add a function called
> printlcd() and call that instead of printascii().
> 
> > > BTW, do you have some Maemo package for kexec?
> > 
> > Nope, although I host a userland patch and the statically compiled binary
> > here:
> > 
> > http://guug.org/nit/kexec/
> 
> Great, it would be nice to switch between Maemo and whatever easily.
> 
> Tony

> --- a/kernel/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ void asmlinkage __attribute__((weak)) early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
>  
>  #define __LOG_BUF_LEN	(1 << CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT)
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
> +extern void printascii(char *);
> +#endif
> +
>  /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
>  #define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL 4 /* KERN_WARNING */
>  
> @@ -668,6 +672,9 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
>  	printed_len += vscnprintf(printk_buf + printed_len,
>  				  sizeof(printk_buf) - printed_len, fmt, args);
>  
> +#ifdef	CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
> +	printascii(printk_buf);
> +#endif
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Copy the output into log_buf.  If the caller didn't provide

Cool! will try something when get home... thx!

-otto

Re: kexec on Nokia Internet Tablets

[Jarkko Nikula]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:09:36 -0800
Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> wrote:

> > > Well since the LCD is on, you could write a little function that
> > > writes the output to the LCD. You just need to find out the
> > > virtual address of the LCD and then add a function for displaying
> > > fonts.. Pretty easy to do.
> > 
> > Ok, btw do you known a function name I should patch with the
> > debugging output?
> 
> We have the DEBUG_LL patch in l-o tree that's for low-level debug
> output to serial port. You could could add a function called
> printlcd() and call that instead of printascii().
> 
Haven't tried but how about easier option CONFIG_MTD_OOPS? I.e. using
Maemo root device /dev/mtdblock4 for console=ttyMTD4 and then analyze
the partion afterward by booting root from sd card.


Jarkko