Some version different

Some version different

[FCG WANG Baohua]

Dear Denk:
 I want to ask some questions about the different version:
  1. The linuxppc_2_4_devel   and   the linux-2.4.25.tar.bz2 in ELDK =
3.1.1 package
  2.  The ppcboot 0.9.2 compiled with mvstia devrock   and    the  =
U-Boot 1.1.2 compiled  with ELDK
 =20
  Does the kernel freeze at "transferring control to linux" could be =
these different versions?=20

  Another question:
  1 why I configed the kernel with CONFIG_HD860 in "make menuconfig" but =
the code in CONFIG_HD860=20
     isn't compiled at all ! What's the perhaps reasons? I checked the =
Makefile and the .config, there is all with=20
     CONFIG_HD860 =3D y , But I add any string to CONFIG_HD860 code, =
there is nothing error when compiled !
   2  How to get board info "struct bd_info" in init/main.c ? I want to =
use printf of bd_t->bi_mon_fnc->printf() to=20
       print some string on console. Does it possible? But the code is =
only in head_8xx.S, How to get the bd* data in=20
       main.c ? Some board use get_board_info(). But how can I use it?=20
      thanks!
=20

Re: Some version different

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <A9DE2BAF233E444FA9C5E77A5825A01E86505B@ydmail.sbell.com.cn> you wrote:
> >
>  I want to ask some questions about the different version:
>   1. The linuxppc_2_4_devel   and   the linux-2.4.25.tar.bz2 in ELDK
> 3.1.1 package

THe traball is a snapshot from the linuxppc_2_4_devel CVS  tree  (for
ELDK  3.1.1  the  date  of  the  snapshot  is  2005-03-06  or CVS tag
LABEL_2005_03_06_0100).

>   2.  The ppcboot 0.9.2 compiled with mvstia devrock   and    the
> U-Boot 1.1.2 compiled  with ELDK

PPCBoot 0.9.2 and U-Boot 1.1.2 are about 4 years apart. This is  like
comparing Linux kernel versions 2.0 with 2.6 ....

>   Does the kernel freeze at "transferring control to linux" could be
> these different versions? 

Both versions were perfectly  capable  of  booting  a  working  Linux
kernel. I don't know the MV toolchain, but I guess it's working fine,
too.  So my guess is that it's your port of the Linux kernel which is
broken.

>   1 why I configed the kernel with CONFIG_HD860 in "make menuconfig" but
> the code in CONFIG_HD860 
>      isn't compiled at all ! What's the perhaps reasons? I checked the

Your port of the Linux kernel is broken.  Probably  you  made  errors
when changing the configure scripts and/or Makefiles.

>    2  How to get board info "struct bd_info" in init/main.c ? I want to
> use printf of bd_t->bi_mon_fnc->printf() to 

You cannot do that. It does not work.

>        print some string on console. Does it possible? But the code is
> only in head_8xx.S, How to get the bd* data in 

The _res pointer can be used for that; see the existing driver sources.

>        main.c ? Some board use get_board_info(). But how can I use it? 

This depends on how your hardware and your port of Linux support such
a feature. I cannot answer such a question.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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