Re: mpc8xx-2.2.13 booting problem

[Alan Mimms <alan@packetengines.com>]

Clinton,

This function enables interrupts.  Some bit of hardware is leaving an
interrupt asserted permanently, or else your port or your driver for some bit
of hardware is not turning off the interrupt request by servicing the interrupt
properly.  Or, possibly, your 8xx interrupt management is screwed up.

One of those explanations is it, just about guaranteed...

Luck.
a

On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, Clinton Lam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to the embeded linux. I am trying to port mpc8xx-2.2.13 kernel to
> our custom board, called Touchstone. It is a reference design based on
> mpc823, which has 32 Mbyte of SDRAM, and 4 Mbyte of flash.
>
> So far, I've developed a network bootloader, which downloads the zImage to
> the target. I am at the stage where I can unzip the kernel image to address
> location 0x0, and jump to it. Then, inside the routine "start_kernel", I am
> able to get the console up and have the linux banner partially displayed at
> the cosole.
>
> However, after some more kernel initialization in "start_kernel", the
> program stuck in a routine called "sti()". I've debugged through this
> routine (it is an assembly routine) , and it seems that it is looping
> forever inside the routine. I know that the routine is trying to set the EE
> bit in MSR, and also doing some thing with ppc_n_lost_interrupts, which I
> don't quite understand.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with my port? Can someone explain to
> me what is the purpose of this "sti()" routine, what are the possible cause
> for it to hang?
>
> Your response is greately appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Clinton Lam
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