CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT breaks PowerBook 3400 with BootX

CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT breaks PowerBook 3400 with BootX

[Finn Thain]

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?

Tia,
Finn

Re: CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT breaks PowerBook 3400 with BootX

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

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.

Re: CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT breaks PowerBook 3400 with BootX

[Finn Thain]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 03:23 +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> >...
> > 
> > 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...

I've tried 2.6.26.2 (I think I also tried 2.6.22 and 2.6.25 a while ago).

I did some more tests today. I found that 2.6.15 (ARCH=ppc) is fine, but 
2.6.16 (ARCH=powerpc) has the bug.

Finn

> 
> Ben.
> 
> 
> 

Re: CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT breaks PowerBook 3400 with BootX

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 18:25 +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 03:23 +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> > >...
> > > 
> > > 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...
> 
> I've tried 2.6.26.2 (I think I also tried 2.6.22 and 2.6.25 a while ago).
> 
> I did some more tests today. I found that 2.6.15 (ARCH=ppc) is fine, but 
> 2.6.16 (ARCH=powerpc) has the bug.

Thanks. I can get access to a 3400, I'll give it a try.

Cheers,
Ben.