From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <15984.43692.736225.647094@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:58:36 +0100 From: mikpe@csd.uu.se To: Olaf Hering Cc: mikpe@csd.uu.se, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: 2.4.20-ben8 vmlinux.coff CLAIM error on PowerMac 4400 In-Reply-To: <20030313152506.GB28311@suse.de> References: <15984.39762.858447.704784@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <20030313152506.GB28311@suse.de> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Olaf Hering writes: > On Thu, Mar 13, mikpe@csd.uu.se wrote: > > > vmlinux.coff built from 2.4.20-ben8 fails immediately at boot > > on my old-world PowerMac 4400 (OF 2.0.2) with a CLAIM error: > > > > 0> boot fd:vmlinux.coff root=/dev/hda8 loading XCOFF > > tsize=5E40 dsize=C500C bsize=215DC entry=500000 > > SECTIONS: > > .text 00500000 00500000 00005E40 000000D4 > > .data 00506000 00506000 000C500C 00005F14 > > .bss 005CB000 005CB000 000215DC 00000000 > > loading .text, done.. > > loading .data, done.. > > clearing .bssCLAIM failed > > Can you provide the 'printenv' output? Does flushing the pram help? > And my patch does fix the 'loading .data' error, your bug is different. > > Does the vmlinux.coff from http://penguinppc.org/~olaf/2.4.6/ boot? Yes! Your 2.4.6 vmlinux.coff booted from floppy without problems. My nvsetenv output is below; all values are at their defaults, except for the obvious tweaks to auto-boot?, input-device, and output-device. little-endian? false real-mode? false auto-boot? false diag-switch? false fcode-debug? false oem-banner? false oem-logo? false use-nvramrc? true real-base 0xffffffff real-size 0x100000 virt-base 0xffffffff virt-size 0x100000 load-base 0x4000 pci-probe-list 0xffffffff screen-#columns 0x64 screen-#rows 0x28 selftest-#megs 0x0 boot-device /AAPL,ROM boot-file diag-device fd:diags diag-file input-device kbd output-device /bandit/ATY,264VT oem-banner oem-logo nvramrc ' byte-load-file d na+ ' or blpatch ' byte-load-file? d na+ ' or blpatch boot-command boot /Mikael ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/