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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: James Don <JDon@spacebridge.com>
Cc: "'linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org'"
	<linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4 smc1 problems ... advice please ...
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:13:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021214211337.0CF9FC6139@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:37:06 EST." <DB0585C9F6F9D411BE8F00D0B7896A4CC05F11@SNCMAIL>


In message <DB0585C9F6F9D411BE8F00D0B7896A4CC05F11@SNCMAIL> you wrote:
>
> I am cuurently trying to boot up the linux kernel using ppcboot 1.16 and the
> 2.4 kernel with only smc1 uart support as a start on an MPC860 FADS derived
> board.

Which 2.4 kernel? Please be precise.

> So far I have:
> - ppcboot running great
> - tftpboot graps my kernel puts in RAM
> - bootm starts my kernel ... BUT no serial activity ...

This is a FAQ. See the Q&A section in http://www.denx.de/re/DPLG.html
Either you're passing a wrong bd_info structure,  or  a  wrong  clock
frequency  (see  also  the  PPCBoot  README about the "clocks_in_mhz"
stuff.)

> I am using the vision ICE currently to debug the kernel start up but it has
> a problem stepping through the 'rfi' etc when memory protection is running.

You cannot step through rfi, not with any BDM debugger.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

--
Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87  Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88  Email: wd@denx.de
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-14 21:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-14 19:37 kernel 2.4 smc1 problems ... advice please James Don
2002-12-14 21:13 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2002-12-16 12:28 ` Leonardo Pereira Santos
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-12-14 21:08 James Don

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