From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D5E2DE06A for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:07:46 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT breaks PowerBook 3400 with BootX From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Finn Thain In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:07:29 +1000 Message-Id: <1219205249.21386.7.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 03:23 +1000, Finn Thain wrote: > Hi All, > > When I build kernels with CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT enabled I can't boot a PB 3400 > with BootX. I get a black screen with "Welcome to Linux" at the top, then > it appears to hang. Debian kernels are configured this way and suffer the > same problem. > > I don't know if Quik is affected. It is a bit of a hassle at install time > since the (mediabay) floppy drive can't co-exist with the (mediabay) > CDROM, so I'm using BootX to do the Debian install. > > The Debian Sarge 2.6.8-4 kernel does not seem to have this problem though > kernel.org 2.6.16 and later versions do. > > Any ideas? How "late" have you tried ? I remember fixing something at one point... Ben.