Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

Dear all,

I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.  I 
have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want to 
generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just 
like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader (I 
don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about simpleImage, 
"simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I 
misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be too 
big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=ppc. So, two questions, 
which hopefully are easy ones:
1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage, and 
dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts (for 
now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right 
through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.  
Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I naively 
tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went 
away.  Hmm.
2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used to 
pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made 
sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be using?
Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm 
trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing, so 
any pointers would be gratefully received.

Thanks,
-- Peter


The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096.

RE: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[John Linn]

Hi Peter,

I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in 1.
I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.

With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf extension), is
located in arch/powerpc/boot.

You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of the
device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
which is the default build, make ARCH=3Dpowerpc zImage. That image does
not require a boot loader.

I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building the
arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.

Hope that helps,
John


Notation

The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means that
one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
architecture you are building.

Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".

Getting Ready To Build the Kernel

This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be using a
bash shell.

>bash
>export CROSS_COMPILE=3Dppc_4xx-

Setting Up the Kernel Tree

If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture, ppc
or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does not
need to be done.

>make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> mrproper

Configuring the Kernel

The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board from
Xilinx. =

	=

>make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig

or =


>make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig

Building the Kernel

The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are in
the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel from
the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture. An
elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory for
the powerpc architecture.

>make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage
	=

Building the Kernel With Ramdisk

A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on the
architecture, prior to building the kernel.

>make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd

An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd, is
created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.

Generating An Ace File

The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be combined
to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a bash
shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the board
for which you are generating an ace file.

>xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf <elf
file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>

-----Original Message-----
From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org
[mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Mendham
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc

Dear all,

I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.  I =

have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want to =

generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just =

like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader (I =

don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about simpleImage,

"simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I =

misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be too =

big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=3Dppc. So, two questions, =

which hopefully are easy ones:
1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage, and =

dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts (for

now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right =

through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.  =

Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I naively =

tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went =

away.  Hmm.
2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used to =

pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made =

sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be using?
Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm =

trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing, so

any pointers would be gratefully received.

Thanks,
-- Peter


The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096.


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Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the 
mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but your 
information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the 
Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation didn't 
insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the 
ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console 
messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message "flat 
tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I assume 
it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=ttyUL0" for my 
uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know 
where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's 
getting stuck.

I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the kernel 
image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about 
-board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied 
directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT, and 
I can manage with xmd for now.

Thanks,
-- Peter

John Linn wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in 1.
> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>
> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf extension), is
> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>
> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of the
> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
> which is the default build, make ARCH=powerpc zImage. That image does
> not require a boot loader.
>
> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building the
> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>
> Hope that helps,
> John
>
>
> Notation
>
> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means that
> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
> architecture you are building.
>
> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>
> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>
> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be using a
> bash shell.
>
>   
>> bash
>> export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
>>     
>
> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>
> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture, ppc
> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does not
> need to be done.
>
>   
>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>     
>
> Configuring the Kernel
>
> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board from
> Xilinx. 
> 	
>   
>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>     
>
> or 
>
>   
>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>     
>
> Building the Kernel
>
> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are in
> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel from
> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture. An
> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory for
> the powerpc architecture.
>
>   
>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>     
> 	
> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>
> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on the
> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>
>   
>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>     
>
> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd, is
> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
>
> Generating An Ace File
>
> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be combined
> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a bash
> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the board
> for which you are generating an ace file.
>
>   
>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf <elf
>>     
> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org
> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.  I 
> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want to 
> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just 
> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader (I 
> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about simpleImage,
>
> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I 
> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be too 
> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=ppc. So, two questions, 
> which hopefully are easy ones:
> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage, and 
> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts (for
>
> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right 
> through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.  
> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I naively 
> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went 
> away.  Hmm.
> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used to 
> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made 
> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be using?
> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm 
> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing, so
>
> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter
>
>
> The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096.
>
>
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RE: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[John Linn]

Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed off
execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.

You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
__log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf image.
It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that things
are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read command,
mrd, in xmd. =


For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
kernel configuration, I would check that.

The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is compatible
hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't match
that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the powerup of
the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.

I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to it.

Hope that helps,
John



/*
 * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
 *
 * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
 * MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
 * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
 */

/ {
	#address-cells =3D <1>;
	#size-cells =3D <1>;
	compatible =3D "xlnx,virtex";
	model =3D "testing";
	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
		device_type =3D "memory";
		reg =3D < 0 8000000 >;
	} ;
	chosen {
		bootargs =3D "console=3DttyS0 ip=3Don root=3D/dev/ram";
		linux,stdout-path =3D "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
	} ;
	cpus {
		#address-cells =3D <1>;
		#cpus =3D <1>;

		#size-cells =3D <0>;
		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
			clock-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
			compatible =3D "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";

			d-cache-line-size =3D <20>;
			d-cache-size =3D <4000>;
			device_type =3D "cpu";
			i-cache-line-size =3D <20>;

			i-cache-size =3D <4000>;
			model =3D "PowerPC,405";
			reg =3D <0>;
			timebase-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
			xlnx,apu-control =3D <de00>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-1 =3D <a18983>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-2 =3D <a38983>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-3 =3D <a589c3>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-4 =3D <a789c3>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-5 =3D <a98c03>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-6 =3D <ab8c03>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-7 =3D <ad8c43>;
			xlnx,apu-udi-8 =3D <af8c43>;
			xlnx,deterministic-mult =3D <0>;
			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding =3D <1>;
			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock =3D "DPLB0";
			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs =3D <1>;
			xlnx,mmu-enable =3D <1>;
			xlnx,pvr-high =3D <0>;
			xlnx,pvr-low =3D <0>;
		} ;
	} ;
	plb: plb@0 {
		#address-cells =3D <1>;
		#size-cells =3D <1>;
		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
		ranges ;
		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
			interrupts =3D < 4 2 >;
			reg =3D < 81600000 10000 >;
			xlnx,clk-freq =3D <5f5e100>;
			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
			xlnx,gpo-width =3D <1>;
			xlnx,iic-freq =3D <186a0>;
			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
			xlnx,ten-bit-adr =3D <0>;
		} ;
		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
			interrupts =3D < 5 2 >;
			reg =3D < 81400000 10000 >;
			xlnx,all-inputs =3D <0>;
			xlnx,all-inputs-2 =3D <0>;
			xlnx,dout-default =3D <0>;
			xlnx,dout-default-2 =3D <0>;
			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
			xlnx,gpio-width =3D <4>;
			xlnx,interrupt-present =3D <1>;
			xlnx,is-bidir =3D <1>;
			xlnx,is-bidir-2 =3D <1>;
			xlnx,is-dual =3D <0>;
			xlnx,tri-default =3D <ffffffff>;
			xlnx,tri-default-2 =3D <ffffffff>;
		} ;
		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
			compatible =3D "ns16550";
			device_type =3D "serial";
			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
			interrupts =3D < 6 2 >;
			reg =3D < 83e00000 10000 >;
			reg-offset =3D <3>;
			reg-shift =3D <2>; =

			clock-frequency =3D <05f5e100>;
			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
			xlnx,has-external-rclk =3D <0>;
			xlnx,has-external-xin =3D <0>;
			xlnx,is-a-16550 =3D <1>;
		} ;
		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
			interrupts =3D < 3 2 >;
			reg =3D < 83600000 10000 >;
			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
			xlnx,mem-width =3D <10>;
		} ;
		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
			#address-cells =3D <1>;
			#size-cells =3D <1>;
			compatible =3D "xlnx,compound";
			ethernet@81c00000 {
				compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
				device_type =3D "network";
				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
				interrupts =3D < 2 2 >;
				llink-connected =3D <&PIM2>;
				local-mac-address =3D [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
];
				reg =3D < 81c00000 40 >;
				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio =3D <1>;
				xlnx,phy-type =3D <1>;
				xlnx,phyaddr =3D <1>;
				xlnx,rxcsum =3D <0>;
				xlnx,rxfifo =3D <1000>;
				xlnx,temac-type =3D <1>;
				xlnx,txcsum =3D <0>;
				xlnx,txfifo =3D <1000>;
			} ;
		} ;
		mpmc@0 {
			#address-cells =3D <1>;
			#size-cells =3D <1>;
			compatible =3D "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
				compatible =3D "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
				interrupts =3D < 1 2 0 2 >;
				reg =3D < 84600100 80 >;
			} ;
		} ;
		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
			reg =3D < ffffe000 2000 >;
			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
		} ;
		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
			#interrupt-cells =3D <2>;
			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
			interrupt-controller ;
			reg =3D < 81800000 10000 >;
			xlnx,num-intr-inputs =3D <7>;
		} ;
	} ;
	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
		#address-cells =3D <1>;
		#size-cells =3D <1>;
		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
		ranges ;
	} ;
}  ;





-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
To: John Linn
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the =

mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but your =

information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the =

Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation didn't

insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the =

ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console =

messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message "flat

tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I assume =

it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=3DttyUL0" for my =

uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know =

where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's =

getting stuck.

I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the kernel =

image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about =

-board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied =

directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT, and =

I can manage with xmd for now.

Thanks,
-- Peter

John Linn wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in
1.
> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>
> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf extension),
is
> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>
> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
the
> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
> which is the default build, make ARCH=3Dpowerpc zImage. That image does
> not require a boot loader.
>
> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building
the
> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>
> Hope that helps,
> John
>
>
> Notation
>
> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
that
> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
> architecture you are building.
>
> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>
> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>
> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be using
a
> bash shell.
>
>   =

>> bash
>> export CROSS_COMPILE=3Dppc_4xx-
>>     =

>
> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>
> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture, ppc
> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
not
> need to be done.
>
>   =

>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>     =

>
> Configuring the Kernel
>
> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
from
> Xilinx. =

> 	=

>   =

>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>     =

>
> or =

>
>   =

>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>     =

>
> Building the Kernel
>
> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are in
> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
from
> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture. An
> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
for
> the powerpc architecture.
>
>   =

>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>     =

> 	=

> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>
> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on the
> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>
>   =

>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>     =

>
> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd,
is
> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
>
> Generating An Ace File
>
> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
combined
> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a bash
> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the board
> for which you are generating an ace file.
>
>   =

>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
<elf
>>     =

> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org
> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.  I =

> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want to

> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just =

> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader (I =

> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
simpleImage,
>
> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I =

> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
too =

> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=3Dppc. So, two questions, =

> which hopefully are easy ones:
> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage, and

> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
(for
>
> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right =

> through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.  =

> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
naively =

> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went =

> away.  Hmm.
> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used to

> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made =

> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
using?
> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm =

> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing,
so
>
> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter
>
>
> The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No.
SC015096.
>
>
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RE: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Stephen Neuendorffer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+stephen=3Dneuendorffer.name@ozlabs.org
[mailto:linuxppc-embedded-
> bounces+stephen=3Dneuendorffer.name@ozlabs.org] On Behalf Of Peter
Mendham
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:21 PM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
> =

> Hi John,
> =

> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the
> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but
your
> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the
> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation
didn't
> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the
> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console
> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message
"flat
> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I
assume
> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=3DttyUL0" for my
> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know
> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's
> getting stuck.

It's time to look at __log_buf, most likely.
 =

> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the kernel
> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about
> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied
> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT,
and
> I can manage with xmd for now.

This is fixed in EDK 10.1 SP2, I believe.

> =

> Thanks,
> -- Peter
> =

> John Linn wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in
1.
> > I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
> >
> > With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf
extension), is
> > located in arch/powerpc/boot.
> >
> > You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
> > arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
> > arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
> > configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
the
> > device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
> > which is the default build, make ARCH=3Dpowerpc zImage. That image
does
> > not require a boot loader.
> >
> > I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building
the
> > arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > John
> >
> >
> > Notation
> >
> > The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
that
> > one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
> > architecture you are building.
> >
> > Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
> >
> > Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
> >
> > This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be
using a
> > bash shell.
> >
> >
> >> bash
> >> export CROSS_COMPILE=3Dppc_4xx-
> >>
> >
> > Setting Up the Kernel Tree
> >
> > If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture,
ppc
> > or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
> > architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
not
> > need to be done.
> >
> >
> >> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
> >>
> >
> > Configuring the Kernel
> >
> > The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
from
> > Xilinx.
> >
> >
> >> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
> >>
> >
> > or
> >
> >
> >> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
> >>
> >
> > Building the Kernel
> >
> > The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are
in
> > the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
from
> > the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
> > created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture.
An
> > elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
for
> > the powerpc architecture.
> >
> >
> >> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage
> >>
> >
> > Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
> >
> > A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
> > arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on
the
> > architecture, prior to building the kernel.
> >
> >
> >> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
> >>
> >
> > An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
> > directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd,
is
> > created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
> >
> > Generating An Ace File
> >
> > The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
combined
> > to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a
bash
> > shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the
board
> > for which you are generating an ace file.
> >
> >
> >> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
<elf
> >>
> > file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org
> > [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org]
On
> > Behalf Of Peter Mendham
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
> > To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> > Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.
I
> > have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want
to
> > generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE
(just
> > like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader
(I
> > don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
simpleImage,
> >
> > "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I
> > misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
too
> > big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=3Dppc. So, two
questions,
> > which hopefully are easy ones:
> > 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage,
and
> > dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
(for
> >
> > now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right
> > through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.
> > Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
naively
> > tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went
> > away.  Hmm.
> > 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used
to
> > pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made
> > sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
using?
> > Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm
> > trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm
doing, so
> >
> > any pointers would be gratefully received.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- Peter
> >
> >
> > The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No.
SC015096.
> >
> >
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Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

OK, this is all new to me, so please bear with me if I've made a major 
mistake.  I ran the kernel until it didn't give me anymore output and 
then told xmd to "stop", mrd from any location gave me exactly the same 
32-bit word of garbage.  I then reset the processor and mrd would give 
me what looked like reasonable values.  I found the __log_buf symbol in 
the System.map file (0xc024a108) and tried mrd on what I assume is the 
corresponding physical address of 0x0024a108.  I get the following:

<6>Using Xilinx Virtex machine description
<5>Linux version 2.6.26-rc6 (peter@eris) (gcc version 4.2.4) #9 PREEMPT 
Wed Jun 25 16:27:33 BST 2008
<7>Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131072) 0 entries of 256 used
<7>Top of RAM: 0x20000000, Total RAM: 0x20000000
<7>Memory hole size: 0MB
<4>Zone PFN ranges:
<4>  DMA             0 ->   131072
<4>  Normal     131072 ->   131072
<4>Movable zone start PFN for each node
<4>early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
<4>    0:        0 ->   131072
<7>On node 0 totalpages: 131072
<7>  DMA zone: 1024 pages used for memmap
<7>  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
<7>  DMA zone: 130048 pages, LIFO batch:31
<7>  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
<7>  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
<4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 
130048
<5>Kernel command line: console=ttyUL0 root=/dev/xsa2 rw
<6>Xilinx intc at 0xFDFFF000C025CFFC mapped to 0x0000025d
<4>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)

xmd tells me that the processor stopped at 0xc000fe50, and subsequent 
"con" and "stop" sequences do no move this on (it reports the same each 
time). Below is a choice excerpt of my System.map:

c000fdc4 t src_error
c000fddc t dst_error
c000fdf4 T __div64_32
c000fe94 T cacheable_memzero
c000ff38 T memset

So I guess that means it's in __div64_32?

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
-- Peter

John Linn wrote:
> Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed off
> execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.
>
> You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
> __log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf image.
> It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that things
> are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read command,
> mrd, in xmd. 
>
> For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
> kernel configuration, I would check that.
>
> The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
> virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is compatible
> hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't match
> that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the powerup of
> the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.
>
> I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to it.
>
> Hope that helps,
> John
>
>
>
> /*
>  * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
>  *
>  * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
>  *
>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>  *
>
>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>  *
>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>  *
>  * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
>  * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
>  */
>
> / {
> 	#address-cells = <1>;
> 	#size-cells = <1>;
> 	compatible = "xlnx,virtex";
> 	model = "testing";
> 	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
> 		device_type = "memory";
> 		reg = < 0 8000000 >;
> 	} ;
> 	chosen {
> 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0 ip=on root=/dev/ram";
> 		linux,stdout-path = "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
> 	} ;
> 	cpus {
> 		#address-cells = <1>;
> 		#cpus = <1>;
>
> 		#size-cells = <0>;
> 		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
> 			clock-frequency = <11e1a300>;
> 			compatible = "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";
>
> 			d-cache-line-size = <20>;
> 			d-cache-size = <4000>;
> 			device_type = "cpu";
> 			i-cache-line-size = <20>;
>
> 			i-cache-size = <4000>;
> 			model = "PowerPC,405";
> 			reg = <0>;
> 			timebase-frequency = <11e1a300>;
> 			xlnx,apu-control = <de00>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-1 = <a18983>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-2 = <a38983>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-3 = <a589c3>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-4 = <a789c3>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-5 = <a98c03>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-6 = <ab8c03>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-7 = <ad8c43>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-8 = <af8c43>;
> 			xlnx,deterministic-mult = <0>;
> 			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding = <1>;
> 			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock = "DPLB0";
> 			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs = <1>;
> 			xlnx,mmu-enable = <1>;
> 			xlnx,pvr-high = <0>;
> 			xlnx,pvr-low = <0>;
> 		} ;
> 	} ;
> 	plb: plb@0 {
> 		#address-cells = <1>;
> 		#size-cells = <1>;
> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
> 		ranges ;
> 		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts = < 4 2 >;
> 			reg = < 81600000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,clk-freq = <5f5e100>;
> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,gpo-width = <1>;
> 			xlnx,iic-freq = <186a0>;
> 			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay = <0>;
> 			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay = <0>;
> 			xlnx,ten-bit-adr = <0>;
> 		} ;
> 		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts = < 5 2 >;
> 			reg = < 81400000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,all-inputs = <0>;
> 			xlnx,all-inputs-2 = <0>;
> 			xlnx,dout-default = <0>;
> 			xlnx,dout-default-2 = <0>;
> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,gpio-width = <4>;
> 			xlnx,interrupt-present = <1>;
> 			xlnx,is-bidir = <1>;
> 			xlnx,is-bidir-2 = <1>;
> 			xlnx,is-dual = <0>;
> 			xlnx,tri-default = <ffffffff>;
> 			xlnx,tri-default-2 = <ffffffff>;
> 		} ;
> 		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
> 			compatible = "ns16550";
> 			device_type = "serial";
> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts = < 6 2 >;
> 			reg = < 83e00000 10000 >;
> 			reg-offset = <3>;
> 			reg-shift = <2>; 
> 			clock-frequency = <05f5e100>;
> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,has-external-rclk = <0>;
> 			xlnx,has-external-xin = <0>;
> 			xlnx,is-a-16550 = <1>;
> 		} ;
> 		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts = < 3 2 >;
> 			reg = < 83600000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,mem-width = <10>;
> 		} ;
> 		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
> 			#address-cells = <1>;
> 			#size-cells = <1>;
> 			compatible = "xlnx,compound";
> 			ethernet@81c00000 {
> 				compatible = "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
> 				device_type = "network";
> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
> 				interrupts = < 2 2 >;
> 				llink-connected = <&PIM2>;
> 				local-mac-address = [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
> ];
> 				reg = < 81c00000 40 >;
> 				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio = <1>;
> 				xlnx,phy-type = <1>;
> 				xlnx,phyaddr = <1>;
> 				xlnx,rxcsum = <0>;
> 				xlnx,rxfifo = <1000>;
> 				xlnx,temac-type = <1>;
> 				xlnx,txcsum = <0>;
> 				xlnx,txfifo = <1000>;
> 			} ;
> 		} ;
> 		mpmc@0 {
> 			#address-cells = <1>;
> 			#size-cells = <1>;
> 			compatible = "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
> 			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
> 				compatible = "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
> 				interrupts = < 1 2 0 2 >;
> 				reg = < 84600100 80 >;
> 			} ;
> 		} ;
> 		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
> 			reg = < ffffe000 2000 >;
> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
> 		} ;
> 		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
> 			#interrupt-cells = <2>;
> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
> 			interrupt-controller ;
> 			reg = < 81800000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,num-intr-inputs = <7>;
> 		} ;
> 	} ;
> 	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
> 		#address-cells = <1>;
> 		#size-cells = <1>;
> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
> 		ranges ;
> 	} ;
> }  ;
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the 
> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but your 
> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the 
> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation didn't
>
> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the 
> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console 
> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message "flat
>
> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I assume 
> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=ttyUL0" for my 
> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know 
> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's 
> getting stuck.
>
> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the kernel 
> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about 
> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied 
> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT, and 
> I can manage with xmd for now.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter
>
> John Linn wrote:
>   
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in
>>     
> 1.
>   
>> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>>
>> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf extension),
>>     
> is
>   
>> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>>
>> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
>> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
>> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
>> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
>>     
> the
>   
>> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
>> which is the default build, make ARCH=powerpc zImage. That image does
>> not require a boot loader.
>>
>> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building
>>     
> the
>   
>> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> John
>>
>>
>> Notation
>>
>> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
>>     
> that
>   
>> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
>> architecture you are building.
>>
>> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>>
>> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>>
>> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be using
>>     
> a
>   
>> bash shell.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> bash
>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
>>>     
>>>       
>> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>>
>> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture, ppc
>> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
>> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
>>     
> not
>   
>> need to be done.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>>     
>>>       
>> Configuring the Kernel
>>
>> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
>>     
> from
>   
>> Xilinx. 
>> 	
>>   
>>     
>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>>     
>>>       
>> or 
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>>     
>>>       
>> Building the Kernel
>>
>> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are in
>> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
>>     
> from
>   
>> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
>> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture. An
>> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
>>     
> for
>   
>> the powerpc architecture.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>>     
>>>       
>> 	
>> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>>
>> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
>> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on the
>> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>>     
>>>       
>> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
>> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd,
>>     
> is
>   
>> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
>>
>> Generating An Ace File
>>
>> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
>>     
> combined
>   
>> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a bash
>> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the board
>> for which you are generating an ace file.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
>>>       
> <elf
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org
>> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org] On
>> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
>> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.  I 
>> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want to
>>     
>
>   
>> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just 
>> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader (I 
>> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
>>     
> simpleImage,
>   
>> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I 
>> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
>>     
> too 
>   
>> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=ppc. So, two questions, 
>> which hopefully are easy ones:
>> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage, and
>>     
>
>   
>> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
>>     
> (for
>   
>> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right 
>> through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.  
>> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
>>     
> naively 
>   
>> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went 
>> away.  Hmm.
>> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used to
>>     
>
>   
>> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made 
>> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
>>     
> using?
>   
>> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm 
>> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing,
>>     
> so
>   
>> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Peter
>>
>>
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RE: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[John Linn]

Hi Peter,

To some extent I think you're trying to re-invent the wheel here, but I
understand why.

Ideally, you would be able to pull from the mainline kernel to build
this, but Xilinx hasn't got our code into the mainline.  We are working
on it more proactively now.

So, in the meantime, it would be easier for you to pull from the Xilinx
git tree as we have solved the problems you are solving I believe.

Git://git.xilinx.com/linux-2.6-xlnx or http://git.xilinx.com/... =


We supply the device tree files and kernel configurations for the ML405
and ML507 boards to help get started.

Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:18 AM
To: John Linn
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc

OK, this is all new to me, so please bear with me if I've made a major =

mistake.  I ran the kernel until it didn't give me anymore output and =

then told xmd to "stop", mrd from any location gave me exactly the same =

32-bit word of garbage.  I then reset the processor and mrd would give =

me what looked like reasonable values.  I found the __log_buf symbol in =

the System.map file (0xc024a108) and tried mrd on what I assume is the =

corresponding physical address of 0x0024a108.  I get the following:

<6>Using Xilinx Virtex machine description
<5>Linux version 2.6.26-rc6 (peter@eris) (gcc version 4.2.4) #9 PREEMPT =

Wed Jun 25 16:27:33 BST 2008
<7>Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131072) 0 entries of 256 used
<7>Top of RAM: 0x20000000, Total RAM: 0x20000000
<7>Memory hole size: 0MB
<4>Zone PFN ranges:
<4>  DMA             0 ->   131072
<4>  Normal     131072 ->   131072
<4>Movable zone start PFN for each node
<4>early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
<4>    0:        0 ->   131072
<7>On node 0 totalpages: 131072
<7>  DMA zone: 1024 pages used for memmap
<7>  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
<7>  DMA zone: 130048 pages, LIFO batch:31
<7>  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
<7>  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
<4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: =

130048
<5>Kernel command line: console=3DttyUL0 root=3D/dev/xsa2 rw
<6>Xilinx intc at 0xFDFFF000C025CFFC mapped to 0x0000025d
<4>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)

xmd tells me that the processor stopped at 0xc000fe50, and subsequent =

"con" and "stop" sequences do no move this on (it reports the same each =

time). Below is a choice excerpt of my System.map:

c000fdc4 t src_error
c000fddc t dst_error
c000fdf4 T __div64_32
c000fe94 T cacheable_memzero
c000ff38 T memset

So I guess that means it's in __div64_32?

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
-- Peter

John Linn wrote:
> Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed off
> execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.
>
> You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
> __log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf image.
> It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that
things
> are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read
command,
> mrd, in xmd. =

>
> For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
> kernel configuration, I would check that.
>
> The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
> virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is
compatible
> hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't match
> that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the powerup
of
> the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.
>
> I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to it.
>
> Hope that helps,
> John
>
>
>
> /*
>  * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
>  *
>  * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
>  *
>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>  *
>
>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>  *
>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>  *
>  * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
>  * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
>  */
>
> / {
> 	#address-cells =3D <1>;
> 	#size-cells =3D <1>;
> 	compatible =3D "xlnx,virtex";
> 	model =3D "testing";
> 	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
> 		device_type =3D "memory";
> 		reg =3D < 0 8000000 >;
> 	} ;
> 	chosen {
> 		bootargs =3D "console=3DttyS0 ip=3Don root=3D/dev/ram";
> 		linux,stdout-path =3D "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
> 	} ;
> 	cpus {
> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
> 		#cpus =3D <1>;
>
> 		#size-cells =3D <0>;
> 		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
> 			clock-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
> 			compatible =3D "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";
>
> 			d-cache-line-size =3D <20>;
> 			d-cache-size =3D <4000>;
> 			device_type =3D "cpu";
> 			i-cache-line-size =3D <20>;
>
> 			i-cache-size =3D <4000>;
> 			model =3D "PowerPC,405";
> 			reg =3D <0>;
> 			timebase-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
> 			xlnx,apu-control =3D <de00>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-1 =3D <a18983>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-2 =3D <a38983>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-3 =3D <a589c3>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-4 =3D <a789c3>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-5 =3D <a98c03>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-6 =3D <ab8c03>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-7 =3D <ad8c43>;
> 			xlnx,apu-udi-8 =3D <af8c43>;
> 			xlnx,deterministic-mult =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding =3D <1>;
> 			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock =3D "DPLB0";
> 			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs =3D <1>;
> 			xlnx,mmu-enable =3D <1>;
> 			xlnx,pvr-high =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,pvr-low =3D <0>;
> 		} ;
> 	} ;
> 	plb: plb@0 {
> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
> 		#size-cells =3D <1>;
> 		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
> 		ranges ;
> 		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts =3D < 4 2 >;
> 			reg =3D < 81600000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,clk-freq =3D <5f5e100>;
> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,gpo-width =3D <1>;
> 			xlnx,iic-freq =3D <186a0>;
> 			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,ten-bit-adr =3D <0>;
> 		} ;
> 		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts =3D < 5 2 >;
> 			reg =3D < 81400000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,all-inputs =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,all-inputs-2 =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,dout-default =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,dout-default-2 =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,gpio-width =3D <4>;
> 			xlnx,interrupt-present =3D <1>;
> 			xlnx,is-bidir =3D <1>;
> 			xlnx,is-bidir-2 =3D <1>;
> 			xlnx,is-dual =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,tri-default =3D <ffffffff>;
> 			xlnx,tri-default-2 =3D <ffffffff>;
> 		} ;
> 		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
> 			compatible =3D "ns16550";
> 			device_type =3D "serial";
> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts =3D < 6 2 >;
> 			reg =3D < 83e00000 10000 >;
> 			reg-offset =3D <3>;
> 			reg-shift =3D <2>; =

> 			clock-frequency =3D <05f5e100>;
> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,has-external-rclk =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,has-external-xin =3D <0>;
> 			xlnx,is-a-16550 =3D <1>;
> 		} ;
> 		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
> 			interrupts =3D < 3 2 >;
> 			reg =3D < 83600000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
> 			xlnx,mem-width =3D <10>;
> 		} ;
> 		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
> 			#address-cells =3D <1>;
> 			#size-cells =3D <1>;
> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,compound";
> 			ethernet@81c00000 {
> 				compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
> 				device_type =3D "network";
> 				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
> 				interrupts =3D < 2 2 >;
> 				llink-connected =3D <&PIM2>;
> 				local-mac-address =3D [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
> ];
> 				reg =3D < 81c00000 40 >;
> 				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio =3D <1>;
> 				xlnx,phy-type =3D <1>;
> 				xlnx,phyaddr =3D <1>;
> 				xlnx,rxcsum =3D <0>;
> 				xlnx,rxfifo =3D <1000>;
> 				xlnx,temac-type =3D <1>;
> 				xlnx,txcsum =3D <0>;
> 				xlnx,txfifo =3D <1000>;
> 			} ;
> 		} ;
> 		mpmc@0 {
> 			#address-cells =3D <1>;
> 			#size-cells =3D <1>;
> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
> 			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
> 				compatible =3D "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
> 				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
> 				interrupts =3D < 1 2 0 2 >;
> 				reg =3D < 84600100 80 >;
> 			} ;
> 		} ;
> 		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
> 			reg =3D < ffffe000 2000 >;
> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
> 		} ;
> 		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
> 			#interrupt-cells =3D <2>;
> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
> 			interrupt-controller ;
> 			reg =3D < 81800000 10000 >;
> 			xlnx,num-intr-inputs =3D <7>;
> 		} ;
> 	} ;
> 	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
> 		#size-cells =3D <1>;
> 		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
> 		ranges ;
> 	} ;
> }  ;
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the =

> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but
your =

> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the =

> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation
didn't
>
> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the =

> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console =

> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message
"flat
>
> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I
assume =

> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=3DttyUL0" for my =

> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know =

> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's =

> getting stuck.
>
> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the kernel

> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about =

> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied =

> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT,
and =

> I can manage with xmd for now.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter
>
> John Linn wrote:
>   =

>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in
>>     =

> 1.
>   =

>> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>>
>> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf extension),
>>     =

> is
>   =

>> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>>
>> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
>> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
>> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
>> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
>>     =

> the
>   =

>> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
>> which is the default build, make ARCH=3Dpowerpc zImage. That image does
>> not require a boot loader.
>>
>> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building
>>     =

> the
>   =

>> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> John
>>
>>
>> Notation
>>
>> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
>>     =

> that
>   =

>> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
>> architecture you are building.
>>
>> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>>
>> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>>
>> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be using
>>     =

> a
>   =

>> bash shell.
>>
>>   =

>>     =

>>> bash
>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=3Dppc_4xx-
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>>
>> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture,
ppc
>> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
>> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
>>     =

> not
>   =

>> need to be done.
>>
>>   =

>>     =

>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> Configuring the Kernel
>>
>> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
>>     =

> from
>   =

>> Xilinx. =

>> 	=

>>   =

>>     =

>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> or =

>>
>>   =

>>     =

>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> Building the Kernel
>>
>> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are in
>> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
>>     =

> from
>   =

>> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
>> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture.
An
>> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
>>     =

> for
>   =

>> the powerpc architecture.
>>
>>   =

>>     =

>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> 	=

>> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>>
>> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
>> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on the
>> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>>
>>   =

>>     =

>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
>> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd,
>>     =

> is
>   =

>> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
>>
>> Generating An Ace File
>>
>> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
>>     =

> combined
>   =

>> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a
bash
>> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the
board
>> for which you are generating an ace file.
>>
>>   =

>>     =

>>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
>>>       =

> <elf
>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org
>> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org] On
>> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
>> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.  I

>> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want
to
>>     =

>
>   =

>> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just

>> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader (I

>> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
>>     =

> simpleImage,
>   =

>> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I =

>> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
>>     =

> too =

>   =

>> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=3Dppc. So, two questions,

>> which hopefully are easy ones:
>> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage,
and
>>     =

>
>   =

>> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
>>     =

> (for
>   =

>> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right =

>> through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.

>> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
>>     =

> naively =

>   =

>> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went =

>> away.  Hmm.
>> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used
to
>>     =

>
>   =

>> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made =

>> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
>>     =

> using?
>   =

>> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm =

>> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing,
>>     =

> so
>   =

>> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Peter
>>
>>
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Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

Hi John,

OK, I've given in and I'm using the xilinx git code now :)  It now shows 
some signs of life, thanks, but the sysace driver is not happy.  My root 
fs is on cf and I'm not using initrd.  The driver loads then gets stuck, 
repeatedly saying:

xsysace 80030000.sysace: kicking stalled fsm; state=2 task=0 iter=1 dc=0

I notice from the driver source that state 2 is the driver attempting to 
acquire the mpu lock.  I have tried the standard xilinx sysace selftest 
code which just acquires and frees the lock (which is fine) so the 
hardware should be OK (I hope).  I have the sysace hooked up to an irq 
(the only one), I have no idea whether the dts is correct but it seems 
to compare favourably with the ml405 one; mine says (the important bits):

        intc: interrupt-controller@80010000 {
            #interrupt-cells = <2>;
            compatible = "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
            interrupt-controller ;
            reg = < 80010000 10000 >;
            xlnx,num-intr-inputs = <1>;
        } ;
        sysace: sysace@80030000 {
            compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
            interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
            interrupts = < 0 2 >;
            reg = < 80030000 10000 >;
            xlnx,family = "virtex4";
            xlnx,mem-width = <10>;
        } ;

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks,
-- Peter

John Linn wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> To some extent I think you're trying to re-invent the wheel here, but I
> understand why.
>
> Ideally, you would be able to pull from the mainline kernel to build
> this, but Xilinx hasn't got our code into the mainline.  We are working
> on it more proactively now.
>
> So, in the meantime, it would be easier for you to pull from the Xilinx
> git tree as we have solved the problems you are solving I believe.
>
> Git://git.xilinx.com/linux-2.6-xlnx or http://git.xilinx.com/... 
>
> We supply the device tree files and kernel configurations for the ML405
> and ML507 boards to help get started.
>
> Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:18 AM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>
> OK, this is all new to me, so please bear with me if I've made a major 
> mistake.  I ran the kernel until it didn't give me anymore output and 
> then told xmd to "stop", mrd from any location gave me exactly the same 
> 32-bit word of garbage.  I then reset the processor and mrd would give 
> me what looked like reasonable values.  I found the __log_buf symbol in 
> the System.map file (0xc024a108) and tried mrd on what I assume is the 
> corresponding physical address of 0x0024a108.  I get the following:
>
> <6>Using Xilinx Virtex machine description
> <5>Linux version 2.6.26-rc6 (peter@eris) (gcc version 4.2.4) #9 PREEMPT 
> Wed Jun 25 16:27:33 BST 2008
> <7>Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131072) 0 entries of 256 used
> <7>Top of RAM: 0x20000000, Total RAM: 0x20000000
> <7>Memory hole size: 0MB
> <4>Zone PFN ranges:
> <4>  DMA             0 ->   131072
> <4>  Normal     131072 ->   131072
> <4>Movable zone start PFN for each node
> <4>early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
> <4>    0:        0 ->   131072
> <7>On node 0 totalpages: 131072
> <7>  DMA zone: 1024 pages used for memmap
> <7>  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
> <7>  DMA zone: 130048 pages, LIFO batch:31
> <7>  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
> <7>  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
> <4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 
> 130048
> <5>Kernel command line: console=ttyUL0 root=/dev/xsa2 rw
> <6>Xilinx intc at 0xFDFFF000C025CFFC mapped to 0x0000025d
> <4>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
>
> xmd tells me that the processor stopped at 0xc000fe50, and subsequent 
> "con" and "stop" sequences do no move this on (it reports the same each 
> time). Below is a choice excerpt of my System.map:
>
> c000fdc4 t src_error
> c000fddc t dst_error
> c000fdf4 T __div64_32
> c000fe94 T cacheable_memzero
> c000ff38 T memset
>
> So I guess that means it's in __div64_32?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -- Peter
>
> John Linn wrote:
>   
>> Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed off
>> execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.
>>
>> You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
>> __log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf image.
>> It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that
>>     
> things
>   
>> are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read
>>     
> command,
>   
>> mrd, in xmd. 
>>
>> For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
>> kernel configuration, I would check that.
>>
>> The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
>> virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is
>>     
> compatible
>   
>> hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't match
>> that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the powerup
>>     
> of
>   
>> the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.
>>
>> I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to it.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> /*
>>  * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
>>  *
>>  * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
>>  *
>>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>  *
>>
>>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>>  *
>>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>>  *
>>  * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
>>  * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
>>  */
>>
>> / {
>> 	#address-cells = <1>;
>> 	#size-cells = <1>;
>> 	compatible = "xlnx,virtex";
>> 	model = "testing";
>> 	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
>> 		device_type = "memory";
>> 		reg = < 0 8000000 >;
>> 	} ;
>> 	chosen {
>> 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0 ip=on root=/dev/ram";
>> 		linux,stdout-path = "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
>> 	} ;
>> 	cpus {
>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>> 		#cpus = <1>;
>>
>> 		#size-cells = <0>;
>> 		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
>> 			clock-frequency = <11e1a300>;
>> 			compatible = "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";
>>
>> 			d-cache-line-size = <20>;
>> 			d-cache-size = <4000>;
>> 			device_type = "cpu";
>> 			i-cache-line-size = <20>;
>>
>> 			i-cache-size = <4000>;
>> 			model = "PowerPC,405";
>> 			reg = <0>;
>> 			timebase-frequency = <11e1a300>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-control = <de00>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-1 = <a18983>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-2 = <a38983>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-3 = <a589c3>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-4 = <a789c3>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-5 = <a98c03>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-6 = <ab8c03>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-7 = <ad8c43>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-8 = <af8c43>;
>> 			xlnx,deterministic-mult = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding = <1>;
>> 			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock = "DPLB0";
>> 			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs = <1>;
>> 			xlnx,mmu-enable = <1>;
>> 			xlnx,pvr-high = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,pvr-low = <0>;
>> 		} ;
>> 	} ;
>> 	plb: plb@0 {
>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>> 		#size-cells = <1>;
>> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>> 		ranges ;
>> 		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts = < 4 2 >;
>> 			reg = < 81600000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,clk-freq = <5f5e100>;
>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,gpo-width = <1>;
>> 			xlnx,iic-freq = <186a0>;
>> 			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,ten-bit-adr = <0>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts = < 5 2 >;
>> 			reg = < 81400000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,all-inputs = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,all-inputs-2 = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,dout-default = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,dout-default-2 = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,gpio-width = <4>;
>> 			xlnx,interrupt-present = <1>;
>> 			xlnx,is-bidir = <1>;
>> 			xlnx,is-bidir-2 = <1>;
>> 			xlnx,is-dual = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,tri-default = <ffffffff>;
>> 			xlnx,tri-default-2 = <ffffffff>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
>> 			compatible = "ns16550";
>> 			device_type = "serial";
>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts = < 6 2 >;
>> 			reg = < 83e00000 10000 >;
>> 			reg-offset = <3>;
>> 			reg-shift = <2>; 
>> 			clock-frequency = <05f5e100>;
>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,has-external-rclk = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,has-external-xin = <0>;
>> 			xlnx,is-a-16550 = <1>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts = < 3 2 >;
>> 			reg = < 83600000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,mem-width = <10>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
>> 			#address-cells = <1>;
>> 			#size-cells = <1>;
>> 			compatible = "xlnx,compound";
>> 			ethernet@81c00000 {
>> 				compatible = "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
>> 				device_type = "network";
>> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 				interrupts = < 2 2 >;
>> 				llink-connected = <&PIM2>;
>> 				local-mac-address = [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
>> ];
>> 				reg = < 81c00000 40 >;
>> 				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio = <1>;
>> 				xlnx,phy-type = <1>;
>> 				xlnx,phyaddr = <1>;
>> 				xlnx,rxcsum = <0>;
>> 				xlnx,rxfifo = <1000>;
>> 				xlnx,temac-type = <1>;
>> 				xlnx,txcsum = <0>;
>> 				xlnx,txfifo = <1000>;
>> 			} ;
>> 		} ;
>> 		mpmc@0 {
>> 			#address-cells = <1>;
>> 			#size-cells = <1>;
>> 			compatible = "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
>> 			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
>> 				compatible = "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
>> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 				interrupts = < 1 2 0 2 >;
>> 				reg = < 84600100 80 >;
>> 			} ;
>> 		} ;
>> 		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
>> 			reg = < ffffe000 2000 >;
>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>> 		} ;
>> 		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
>> 			#interrupt-cells = <2>;
>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-controller ;
>> 			reg = < 81800000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,num-intr-inputs = <7>;
>> 		} ;
>> 	} ;
>> 	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>> 		#size-cells = <1>;
>> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>> 		ranges ;
>> 	} ;
>> }  ;
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
>> To: John Linn
>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the 
>> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but
>>     
> your 
>   
>> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the 
>> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation
>>     
> didn't
>   
>> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the 
>> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console 
>> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message
>>     
> "flat
>   
>> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I
>>     
> assume 
>   
>> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=ttyUL0" for my 
>> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know 
>> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's 
>> getting stuck.
>>
>> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the kernel
>>     
>
>   
>> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about 
>> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied 
>> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT,
>>     
> and 
>   
>> I can manage with xmd for now.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Peter
>>
>> John Linn wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in
>>>     
>>>       
>> 1.
>>   
>>     
>>> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>>>
>>> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf extension),
>>>     
>>>       
>> is
>>   
>>     
>>> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>>>
>>> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
>>> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
>>> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
>>> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
>>>     
>>>       
>> the
>>   
>>     
>>> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
>>> which is the default build, make ARCH=powerpc zImage. That image does
>>> not require a boot loader.
>>>
>>> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building
>>>     
>>>       
>> the
>>   
>>     
>>> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> Notation
>>>
>>> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
>>>     
>>>       
>> that
>>   
>>     
>>> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
>>> architecture you are building.
>>>
>>> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>>>
>>> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>>>
>>> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be using
>>>     
>>>       
>> a
>>   
>>     
>>> bash shell.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> bash
>>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>>>
>>> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture,
>>>       
> ppc
>   
>>> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
>>> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
>>>     
>>>       
>> not
>>   
>>     
>>> need to be done.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Configuring the Kernel
>>>
>>> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
>>>     
>>>       
>> from
>>   
>>     
>>> Xilinx. 
>>> 	
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> or 
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Building the Kernel
>>>
>>> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are in
>>> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
>>>     
>>>       
>> from
>>   
>>     
>>> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
>>> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture.
>>>       
> An
>   
>>> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
>>>     
>>>       
>> for
>>   
>>     
>>> the powerpc architecture.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> 	
>>> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>>>
>>> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
>>> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on the
>>> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
>>> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd,
>>>     
>>>       
>> is
>>   
>>     
>>> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
>>>
>>> Generating An Ace File
>>>
>>> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
>>>     
>>>       
>> combined
>>   
>>     
>>> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a
>>>       
> bash
>   
>>> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the
>>>       
> board
>   
>>> for which you are generating an ace file.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> <elf
>>   
>>     
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org
>>> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
>>> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.  I
>>>       
>
>   
>>> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want
>>>       
> to
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
>>> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE (just
>>>       
>
>   
>>> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader (I
>>>       
>
>   
>>> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
>>>     
>>>       
>> simpleImage,
>>   
>>     
>>> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I 
>>> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
>>>     
>>>       
>> too 
>>   
>>     
>>> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=ppc. So, two questions,
>>>       
>
>   
>>> which hopefully are easy ones:
>>> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage,
>>>       
> and
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
>>> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
>>>     
>>>       
>> (for
>>   
>>     
>>> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right 
>>> through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.
>>>       
>
>   
>>> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
>>>     
>>>       
>> naively 
>>   
>>     
>>> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went 
>>> away.  Hmm.
>>> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used
>>>       
> to
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
>>> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made 
>>> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
>>>     
>>>       
>> using?
>>   
>>     
>>> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm 
>>> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm doing,
>>>     
>>>       
>> so
>>   
>>     
>>> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -- Peter
>>>
>>>
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RE: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[John Linn]

Hi Peter,

I think you'll get a baseline quicker this way and then you can go on
other less known paths after that.

In my experience, this message happens when there is no compact flash in
the slot of the board.

I have the system ace device as /dev/xsa2 in my notes, but I have only
used it much. Sorry it's not one of my primary test cases at this point
in time.

Thanks,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:24 AM
To: John Linn
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc

Hi John,

OK, I've given in and I'm using the xilinx git code now :)  It now shows

some signs of life, thanks, but the sysace driver is not happy.  My root

fs is on cf and I'm not using initrd.  The driver loads then gets stuck,

repeatedly saying:

xsysace 80030000.sysace: kicking stalled fsm; state=3D2 task=3D0 iter=3D1 d=
c=3D0

I notice from the driver source that state 2 is the driver attempting to

acquire the mpu lock.  I have tried the standard xilinx sysace selftest =

code which just acquires and frees the lock (which is fine) so the =

hardware should be OK (I hope).  I have the sysace hooked up to an irq =

(the only one), I have no idea whether the dts is correct but it seems =

to compare favourably with the ml405 one; mine says (the important
bits):

        intc: interrupt-controller@80010000 {
            #interrupt-cells =3D <2>;
            compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
            interrupt-controller ;
            reg =3D < 80010000 10000 >;
            xlnx,num-intr-inputs =3D <1>;
        } ;
        sysace: sysace@80030000 {
            compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
            interrupt-parent =3D <&intc>;
            interrupts =3D < 0 2 >;
            reg =3D < 80030000 10000 >;
            xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
            xlnx,mem-width =3D <10>;
        } ;

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks,
-- Peter

John Linn wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> To some extent I think you're trying to re-invent the wheel here, but
I
> understand why.
>
> Ideally, you would be able to pull from the mainline kernel to build
> this, but Xilinx hasn't got our code into the mainline.  We are
working
> on it more proactively now.
>
> So, in the meantime, it would be easier for you to pull from the
Xilinx
> git tree as we have solved the problems you are solving I believe.
>
> Git://git.xilinx.com/linux-2.6-xlnx or http://git.xilinx.com/... =

>
> We supply the device tree files and kernel configurations for the
ML405
> and ML507 boards to help get started.
>
> Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:18 AM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>
> OK, this is all new to me, so please bear with me if I've made a major

> mistake.  I ran the kernel until it didn't give me anymore output and =

> then told xmd to "stop", mrd from any location gave me exactly the
same =

> 32-bit word of garbage.  I then reset the processor and mrd would give

> me what looked like reasonable values.  I found the __log_buf symbol
in =

> the System.map file (0xc024a108) and tried mrd on what I assume is the

> corresponding physical address of 0x0024a108.  I get the following:
>
> <6>Using Xilinx Virtex machine description
> <5>Linux version 2.6.26-rc6 (peter@eris) (gcc version 4.2.4) #9
PREEMPT =

> Wed Jun 25 16:27:33 BST 2008
> <7>Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131072) 0 entries of 256 used
> <7>Top of RAM: 0x20000000, Total RAM: 0x20000000
> <7>Memory hole size: 0MB
> <4>Zone PFN ranges:
> <4>  DMA             0 ->   131072
> <4>  Normal     131072 ->   131072
> <4>Movable zone start PFN for each node
> <4>early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
> <4>    0:        0 ->   131072
> <7>On node 0 totalpages: 131072
> <7>  DMA zone: 1024 pages used for memmap
> <7>  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
> <7>  DMA zone: 130048 pages, LIFO batch:31
> <7>  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
> <7>  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
> <4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total
pages: =

> 130048
> <5>Kernel command line: console=3DttyUL0 root=3D/dev/xsa2 rw
> <6>Xilinx intc at 0xFDFFF000C025CFFC mapped to 0x0000025d
> <4>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
>
> xmd tells me that the processor stopped at 0xc000fe50, and subsequent =

> "con" and "stop" sequences do no move this on (it reports the same
each =

> time). Below is a choice excerpt of my System.map:
>
> c000fdc4 t src_error
> c000fddc t dst_error
> c000fdf4 T __div64_32
> c000fe94 T cacheable_memzero
> c000ff38 T memset
>
> So I guess that means it's in __div64_32?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -- Peter
>
> John Linn wrote:
>   =

>> Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed off
>> execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.
>>
>> You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
>> __log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf
image.
>> It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that
>>     =

> things
>   =

>> are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read
>>     =

> command,
>   =

>> mrd, in xmd. =

>>
>> For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
>> kernel configuration, I would check that.
>>
>> The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
>> virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is
>>     =

> compatible
>   =

>> hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't match
>> that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the powerup
>>     =

> of
>   =

>> the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.
>>
>> I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to
it.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> /*
>>  * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
>>  *
>>  * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
>>  *
>>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>  *
>>
>>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>>  *
>>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>>  *
>>  * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
>>  * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
>>  */
>>
>> / {
>> 	#address-cells =3D <1>;
>> 	#size-cells =3D <1>;
>> 	compatible =3D "xlnx,virtex";
>> 	model =3D "testing";
>> 	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
>> 		device_type =3D "memory";
>> 		reg =3D < 0 8000000 >;
>> 	} ;
>> 	chosen {
>> 		bootargs =3D "console=3DttyS0 ip=3Don root=3D/dev/ram";
>> 		linux,stdout-path =3D "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
>> 	} ;
>> 	cpus {
>> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
>> 		#cpus =3D <1>;
>>
>> 		#size-cells =3D <0>;
>> 		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
>> 			clock-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
>> 			compatible =3D "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";
>>
>> 			d-cache-line-size =3D <20>;
>> 			d-cache-size =3D <4000>;
>> 			device_type =3D "cpu";
>> 			i-cache-line-size =3D <20>;
>>
>> 			i-cache-size =3D <4000>;
>> 			model =3D "PowerPC,405";
>> 			reg =3D <0>;
>> 			timebase-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-control =3D <de00>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-1 =3D <a18983>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-2 =3D <a38983>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-3 =3D <a589c3>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-4 =3D <a789c3>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-5 =3D <a98c03>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-6 =3D <ab8c03>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-7 =3D <ad8c43>;
>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-8 =3D <af8c43>;
>> 			xlnx,deterministic-mult =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding =3D <1>;
>> 			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock =3D "DPLB0";
>> 			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs =3D <1>;
>> 			xlnx,mmu-enable =3D <1>;
>> 			xlnx,pvr-high =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,pvr-low =3D <0>;
>> 		} ;
>> 	} ;
>> 	plb: plb@0 {
>> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
>> 		#size-cells =3D <1>;
>> 		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>> 		ranges ;
>> 		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts =3D < 4 2 >;
>> 			reg =3D < 81600000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,clk-freq =3D <5f5e100>;
>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,gpo-width =3D <1>;
>> 			xlnx,iic-freq =3D <186a0>;
>> 			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,ten-bit-adr =3D <0>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts =3D < 5 2 >;
>> 			reg =3D < 81400000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,all-inputs =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,all-inputs-2 =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,dout-default =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,dout-default-2 =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,gpio-width =3D <4>;
>> 			xlnx,interrupt-present =3D <1>;
>> 			xlnx,is-bidir =3D <1>;
>> 			xlnx,is-bidir-2 =3D <1>;
>> 			xlnx,is-dual =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,tri-default =3D <ffffffff>;
>> 			xlnx,tri-default-2 =3D <ffffffff>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
>> 			compatible =3D "ns16550";
>> 			device_type =3D "serial";
>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts =3D < 6 2 >;
>> 			reg =3D < 83e00000 10000 >;
>> 			reg-offset =3D <3>;
>> 			reg-shift =3D <2>; =

>> 			clock-frequency =3D <05f5e100>;
>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,has-external-rclk =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,has-external-xin =3D <0>;
>> 			xlnx,is-a-16550 =3D <1>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 			interrupts =3D < 3 2 >;
>> 			reg =3D < 83600000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>> 			xlnx,mem-width =3D <10>;
>> 		} ;
>> 		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
>> 			#address-cells =3D <1>;
>> 			#size-cells =3D <1>;
>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,compound";
>> 			ethernet@81c00000 {
>> 				compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
>> 				device_type =3D "network";
>> 				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 				interrupts =3D < 2 2 >;
>> 				llink-connected =3D <&PIM2>;
>> 				local-mac-address =3D [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
>> ];
>> 				reg =3D < 81c00000 40 >;
>> 				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio =3D <1>;
>> 				xlnx,phy-type =3D <1>;
>> 				xlnx,phyaddr =3D <1>;
>> 				xlnx,rxcsum =3D <0>;
>> 				xlnx,rxfifo =3D <1000>;
>> 				xlnx,temac-type =3D <1>;
>> 				xlnx,txcsum =3D <0>;
>> 				xlnx,txfifo =3D <1000>;
>> 			} ;
>> 		} ;
>> 		mpmc@0 {
>> 			#address-cells =3D <1>;
>> 			#size-cells =3D <1>;
>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
>> 			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
>> 				compatible =3D "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
>> 				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>> 				interrupts =3D < 1 2 0 2 >;
>> 				reg =3D < 84600100 80 >;
>> 			} ;
>> 		} ;
>> 		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
>> 			reg =3D < ffffe000 2000 >;
>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>> 		} ;
>> 		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
>> 			#interrupt-cells =3D <2>;
>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>> 			interrupt-controller ;
>> 			reg =3D < 81800000 10000 >;
>> 			xlnx,num-intr-inputs =3D <7>;
>> 		} ;
>> 	} ;
>> 	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
>> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
>> 		#size-cells =3D <1>;
>> 		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>> 		ranges ;
>> 	} ;
>> }  ;
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
>> To: John Linn
>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the

>> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but
>>     =

> your =

>   =

>> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the =

>> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation
>>     =

> didn't
>   =

>> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the

>> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console =

>> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message
>>     =

> "flat
>   =

>> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I
>>     =

> assume =

>   =

>> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=3DttyUL0" for my =

>> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know =

>> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's

>> getting stuck.
>>
>> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the
kernel
>>     =

>
>   =

>> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about

>> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied

>> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT,
>>     =

> and =

>   =

>> I can manage with xmd for now.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Peter
>>
>> John Linn wrote:
>>   =

>>     =

>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> 1.
>>   =

>>     =

>>> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>>>
>>> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf
extension),
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> is
>>   =

>>     =

>>> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>>>
>>> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
>>> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
>>> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
>>> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> the
>>   =

>>     =

>>> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
>>> which is the default build, make ARCH=3Dpowerpc zImage. That image
does
>>> not require a boot loader.
>>>
>>> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> the
>>   =

>>     =

>>> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> Notation
>>>
>>> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> that
>>   =

>>     =

>>> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
>>> architecture you are building.
>>>
>>> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>>>
>>> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>>>
>>> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be
using
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> a
>>   =

>>     =

>>> bash shell.
>>>
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> bash
>>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=3Dppc_4xx-
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>>>
>>> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture,
>>>       =

> ppc
>   =

>>> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
>>> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> not
>>   =

>>     =

>>> need to be done.
>>>
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> Configuring the Kernel
>>>
>>> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> from
>>   =

>>     =

>>> Xilinx. =

>>> 	=

>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> or =

>>>
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> Building the Kernel
>>>
>>> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are
in
>>> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> from
>>   =

>>     =

>>> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
>>> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture.
>>>       =

> An
>   =

>>> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> for
>>   =

>>     =

>>> the powerpc architecture.
>>>
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> 	=

>>> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>>>
>>> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
>>> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on
the
>>> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>>>
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
>>> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd,
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> is
>>   =

>>     =

>>> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
>>>
>>> Generating An Ace File
>>>
>>> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> combined
>>   =

>>     =

>>> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a
>>>       =

> bash
>   =

>>> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the
>>>       =

> board
>   =

>>> for which you are generating an ace file.
>>>
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> <elf
>>   =

>>     =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org
>>> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org]
On
>>> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
>>> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.
I
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want
>>>       =

> to
>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE
(just
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader
(I
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> simpleImage,
>>   =

>>     =

>>> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I =

>>> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> too =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=3Dppc. So, two
questions,
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> which hopefully are easy ones:
>>> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage,
>>>       =

> and
>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> (for
>>   =

>>     =

>>> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right =

>>> through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> naively =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went

>>> away.  Hmm.
>>> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used
>>>       =

> to
>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made =

>>> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> using?
>>   =

>>     =

>>> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm =

>>> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm
doing,
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> so
>>   =

>>     =

>>> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -- Peter
>>>
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Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

Hi John,

Yes, with regard to the non-functional sysace, I was being an idiot: I 
had a small hw problem which now that I have fixed it, the kernel now 
reports that my drive is mounted.

I now have a new and rather bizarre problem, which maybe you or someone 
else has met before.  I have a simple FPGA design with memory, a sysace 
and a uart16550 on an ML405 (I've put my hardware to one side for the 
moment).  It works just fine.  If I swap the uart16550 for a uartlite 
(remaking the kernel with the correct device tree) I see all the boot 
messages and the kernel seems to start OK, the root partition is mounted 
but then I see nothing from /sbin/init.  This is the same root fs that I 
was using with the uart16550 example I just mentioned.  So it's a known 
good root fs, but it doesn't appear to be able to output to /dev/console 
when I have a uartlite instead of a uart16550.  I have selected console 
support for uartlite.  Any ideas?

Incidentally, the uart16550 solution did not work until I removed 
CONFIG_PPC_UDBG_16550 - the kernel was getting stuck in udbg_550_putc 
indefinitely.

Thanks,
-- Peter


John Linn wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I think you'll get a baseline quicker this way and then you can go on
> other less known paths after that.
>
> In my experience, this message happens when there is no compact flash in
> the slot of the board.
>
> I have the system ace device as /dev/xsa2 in my notes, but I have only
> used it much. Sorry it's not one of my primary test cases at this point
> in time.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:24 AM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>
> Hi John,
>
> OK, I've given in and I'm using the xilinx git code now :)  It now shows
>
> some signs of life, thanks, but the sysace driver is not happy.  My root
>
> fs is on cf and I'm not using initrd.  The driver loads then gets stuck,
>
> repeatedly saying:
>
> xsysace 80030000.sysace: kicking stalled fsm; state=2 task=0 iter=1 dc=0
>
> I notice from the driver source that state 2 is the driver attempting to
>
> acquire the mpu lock.  I have tried the standard xilinx sysace selftest 
> code which just acquires and frees the lock (which is fine) so the 
> hardware should be OK (I hope).  I have the sysace hooked up to an irq 
> (the only one), I have no idea whether the dts is correct but it seems 
> to compare favourably with the ml405 one; mine says (the important
> bits):
>
>         intc: interrupt-controller@80010000 {
>             #interrupt-cells = <2>;
>             compatible = "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>             interrupt-controller ;
>             reg = < 80010000 10000 >;
>             xlnx,num-intr-inputs = <1>;
>         } ;
>         sysace: sysace@80030000 {
>             compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>             interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
>             interrupts = < 0 2 >;
>             reg = < 80030000 10000 >;
>             xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>             xlnx,mem-width = <10>;
>         } ;
>
> Do you have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter
>
> John Linn wrote:
>   
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> To some extent I think you're trying to re-invent the wheel here, but
>>     
> I
>   
>> understand why.
>>
>> Ideally, you would be able to pull from the mainline kernel to build
>> this, but Xilinx hasn't got our code into the mainline.  We are
>>     
> working
>   
>> on it more proactively now.
>>
>> So, in the meantime, it would be easier for you to pull from the
>>     
> Xilinx
>   
>> git tree as we have solved the problems you are solving I believe.
>>
>> Git://git.xilinx.com/linux-2.6-xlnx or http://git.xilinx.com/... 
>>
>> We supply the device tree files and kernel configurations for the
>>     
> ML405
>   
>> and ML507 boards to help get started.
>>
>> Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience,
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:18 AM
>> To: John Linn
>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>
>> OK, this is all new to me, so please bear with me if I've made a major
>>     
>
>   
>> mistake.  I ran the kernel until it didn't give me anymore output and 
>> then told xmd to "stop", mrd from any location gave me exactly the
>>     
> same 
>   
>> 32-bit word of garbage.  I then reset the processor and mrd would give
>>     
>
>   
>> me what looked like reasonable values.  I found the __log_buf symbol
>>     
> in 
>   
>> the System.map file (0xc024a108) and tried mrd on what I assume is the
>>     
>
>   
>> corresponding physical address of 0x0024a108.  I get the following:
>>
>> <6>Using Xilinx Virtex machine description
>> <5>Linux version 2.6.26-rc6 (peter@eris) (gcc version 4.2.4) #9
>>     
> PREEMPT 
>   
>> Wed Jun 25 16:27:33 BST 2008
>> <7>Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131072) 0 entries of 256 used
>> <7>Top of RAM: 0x20000000, Total RAM: 0x20000000
>> <7>Memory hole size: 0MB
>> <4>Zone PFN ranges:
>> <4>  DMA             0 ->   131072
>> <4>  Normal     131072 ->   131072
>> <4>Movable zone start PFN for each node
>> <4>early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
>> <4>    0:        0 ->   131072
>> <7>On node 0 totalpages: 131072
>> <7>  DMA zone: 1024 pages used for memmap
>> <7>  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
>> <7>  DMA zone: 130048 pages, LIFO batch:31
>> <7>  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
>> <7>  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
>> <4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total
>>     
> pages: 
>   
>> 130048
>> <5>Kernel command line: console=ttyUL0 root=/dev/xsa2 rw
>> <6>Xilinx intc at 0xFDFFF000C025CFFC mapped to 0x0000025d
>> <4>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
>>
>> xmd tells me that the processor stopped at 0xc000fe50, and subsequent 
>> "con" and "stop" sequences do no move this on (it reports the same
>>     
> each 
>   
>> time). Below is a choice excerpt of my System.map:
>>
>> c000fdc4 t src_error
>> c000fddc t dst_error
>> c000fdf4 T __div64_32
>> c000fe94 T cacheable_memzero
>> c000ff38 T memset
>>
>> So I guess that means it's in __div64_32?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> -- Peter
>>
>> John Linn wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed off
>>> execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.
>>>
>>> You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
>>> __log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf
>>>       
> image.
>   
>>> It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that
>>>     
>>>       
>> things
>>   
>>     
>>> are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read
>>>     
>>>       
>> command,
>>   
>>     
>>> mrd, in xmd. 
>>>
>>> For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
>>> kernel configuration, I would check that.
>>>
>>> The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
>>> virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is
>>>     
>>>       
>> compatible
>>   
>>     
>>> hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't match
>>> that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the powerup
>>>     
>>>       
>> of
>>   
>>     
>>> the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.
>>>
>>> I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to
>>>       
> it.
>   
>>> Hope that helps,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /*
>>>  * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
>>>  *
>>>  * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
>>>  *
>>>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>>>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>>>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>>  *
>>>
>>>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>>>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>>>  *
>>>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>>>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>>>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>>>  *
>>>  * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
>>>  * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
>>>  */
>>>
>>> / {
>>> 	#address-cells = <1>;
>>> 	#size-cells = <1>;
>>> 	compatible = "xlnx,virtex";
>>> 	model = "testing";
>>> 	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
>>> 		device_type = "memory";
>>> 		reg = < 0 8000000 >;
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	chosen {
>>> 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0 ip=on root=/dev/ram";
>>> 		linux,stdout-path = "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	cpus {
>>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>>> 		#cpus = <1>;
>>>
>>> 		#size-cells = <0>;
>>> 		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
>>> 			clock-frequency = <11e1a300>;
>>> 			compatible = "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";
>>>
>>> 			d-cache-line-size = <20>;
>>> 			d-cache-size = <4000>;
>>> 			device_type = "cpu";
>>> 			i-cache-line-size = <20>;
>>>
>>> 			i-cache-size = <4000>;
>>> 			model = "PowerPC,405";
>>> 			reg = <0>;
>>> 			timebase-frequency = <11e1a300>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-control = <de00>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-1 = <a18983>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-2 = <a38983>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-3 = <a589c3>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-4 = <a789c3>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-5 = <a98c03>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-6 = <ab8c03>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-7 = <ad8c43>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-8 = <af8c43>;
>>> 			xlnx,deterministic-mult = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding = <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock = "DPLB0";
>>> 			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs = <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,mmu-enable = <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,pvr-high = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,pvr-low = <0>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	plb: plb@0 {
>>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>>> 		#size-cells = <1>;
>>> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>>> 		ranges ;
>>> 		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts = < 4 2 >;
>>> 			reg = < 81600000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,clk-freq = <5f5e100>;
>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,gpo-width = <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,iic-freq = <186a0>;
>>> 			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,ten-bit-adr = <0>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts = < 5 2 >;
>>> 			reg = < 81400000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,all-inputs = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,all-inputs-2 = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,dout-default = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,dout-default-2 = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,gpio-width = <4>;
>>> 			xlnx,interrupt-present = <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-bidir = <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-bidir-2 = <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-dual = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,tri-default = <ffffffff>;
>>> 			xlnx,tri-default-2 = <ffffffff>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
>>> 			compatible = "ns16550";
>>> 			device_type = "serial";
>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts = < 6 2 >;
>>> 			reg = < 83e00000 10000 >;
>>> 			reg-offset = <3>;
>>> 			reg-shift = <2>; 
>>> 			clock-frequency = <05f5e100>;
>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,has-external-rclk = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,has-external-xin = <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-a-16550 = <1>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts = < 3 2 >;
>>> 			reg = < 83600000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,mem-width = <10>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
>>> 			#address-cells = <1>;
>>> 			#size-cells = <1>;
>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,compound";
>>> 			ethernet@81c00000 {
>>> 				compatible = "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
>>> 				device_type = "network";
>>> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 				interrupts = < 2 2 >;
>>> 				llink-connected = <&PIM2>;
>>> 				local-mac-address = [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
>>> ];
>>> 				reg = < 81c00000 40 >;
>>> 				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio = <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,phy-type = <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,phyaddr = <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,rxcsum = <0>;
>>> 				xlnx,rxfifo = <1000>;
>>> 				xlnx,temac-type = <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,txcsum = <0>;
>>> 				xlnx,txfifo = <1000>;
>>> 			} ;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		mpmc@0 {
>>> 			#address-cells = <1>;
>>> 			#size-cells = <1>;
>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
>>> 			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
>>> 				compatible = "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
>>> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 				interrupts = < 1 2 0 2 >;
>>> 				reg = < 84600100 80 >;
>>> 			} ;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
>>> 			reg = < ffffe000 2000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
>>> 			#interrupt-cells = <2>;
>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-controller ;
>>> 			reg = < 81800000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,num-intr-inputs = <7>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
>>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>>> 		#size-cells = <1>;
>>> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>>> 		ranges ;
>>> 	} ;
>>> }  ;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
>>> To: John Linn
>>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using the
>>>       
>
>   
>>> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but
>>>     
>>>       
>> your 
>>   
>>     
>>> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the 
>>> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation
>>>     
>>>       
>> didn't
>>   
>>     
>>> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that the
>>>       
>
>   
>>> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console 
>>> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message
>>>     
>>>       
>> "flat
>>   
>>     
>>> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I
>>>     
>>>       
>> assume 
>>   
>>     
>>> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=ttyUL0" for my 
>>> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know 
>>> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where it's
>>>       
>
>   
>>> getting stuck.
>>>
>>> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the
>>>       
> kernel
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
>>> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains about
>>>       
>
>   
>>> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples copied
>>>       
>
>   
>>> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT,
>>>     
>>>       
>> and 
>>   
>>     
>>> I can manage with xmd for now.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -- Peter
>>>
>>> John Linn wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to in
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> 1.
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>>>>
>>>> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf
>>>>         
> extension),
>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> is
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>>>>
>>>> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did in
>>>> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
>>>> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
>>>> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> the
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the kernel
>>>> which is the default build, make ARCH=powerpc zImage. That image
>>>>         
> does
>   
>>>> not require a boot loader.
>>>>
>>>> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about building
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> the
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Notation
>>>>
>>>> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> that
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on the
>>>> architecture you are building.
>>>>
>>>> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>>>>
>>>> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>>>>
>>>> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be
>>>>         
> using
>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> a
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> bash shell.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> bash
>>>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>>>>
>>>> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture,
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> ppc
>>   
>>     
>>>> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
>>>> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> not
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> need to be done.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> Configuring the Kernel
>>>>
>>>> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> from
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Xilinx. 
>>>> 	
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> or 
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> Building the Kernel
>>>>
>>>> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are
>>>>         
> in
>   
>>>> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> from
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
>>>> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture.
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> An
>>   
>>     
>>>> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> for
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> the powerpc architecture.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> 	
>>>> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>>>>
>>>> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
>>>> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on
>>>>         
> the
>   
>>>> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
>>>> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file, zImage.initrd,
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> is
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc architecture.
>>>>
>>>> Generating An Ace File
>>>>
>>>> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> combined
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> bash
>>   
>>     
>>>> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> board
>>   
>>     
>>>> for which you are generating an ace file.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> <elf
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org
>>>> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org]
>>>>         
> On
>   
>>>> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
>>>> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>>> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.
>>>>         
> I
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> to
>>   
>>     
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE
>>>>         
> (just
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader
>>>>         
> (I
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> simpleImage,
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I 
>>>> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> too 
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=ppc. So, two
>>>>         
> questions,
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> which hopefully are easy ones:
>>>> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage,
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> and
>>   
>>     
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> (for
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right 
>>>> through to final link then moaned about a missing simpleboot-system.
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> naively 
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error went
>>>>         
>
>   
>>>> away.  Hmm.
>>>> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> to
>>   
>>     
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made 
>>>> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> using?
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm 
>>>> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm
>>>>         
> doing,
>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> so
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -- Peter
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>       
>>>>         
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RE: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[John Linn]

Hi Peter, =


With regard to CONFIG_PPC_UDBG... we have a patch ready that I need to
apply to the Git tree and I'll expedite that.

With the console and UART Lite, the only thing I could think of is
making sure you have a dev entry for the UART Lite.

I'm assuming all the boot messages about the console, "enabled", look
the same as the 550 as I have seen that give hints to problems
sometimes.

Thanks,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 6:31 AM
To: John Linn
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc

Hi John,

Yes, with regard to the non-functional sysace, I was being an idiot: I =

had a small hw problem which now that I have fixed it, the kernel now =

reports that my drive is mounted.

I now have a new and rather bizarre problem, which maybe you or someone =

else has met before.  I have a simple FPGA design with memory, a sysace =

and a uart16550 on an ML405 (I've put my hardware to one side for the =

moment).  It works just fine.  If I swap the uart16550 for a uartlite =

(remaking the kernel with the correct device tree) I see all the boot =

messages and the kernel seems to start OK, the root partition is mounted

but then I see nothing from /sbin/init.  This is the same root fs that I

was using with the uart16550 example I just mentioned.  So it's a known =

good root fs, but it doesn't appear to be able to output to /dev/console

when I have a uartlite instead of a uart16550.  I have selected console =

support for uartlite.  Any ideas?

Incidentally, the uart16550 solution did not work until I removed =

CONFIG_PPC_UDBG_16550 - the kernel was getting stuck in udbg_550_putc =

indefinitely.

Thanks,
-- Peter


John Linn wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I think you'll get a baseline quicker this way and then you can go on
> other less known paths after that.
>
> In my experience, this message happens when there is no compact flash
in
> the slot of the board.
>
> I have the system ace device as /dev/xsa2 in my notes, but I have only
> used it much. Sorry it's not one of my primary test cases at this
point
> in time.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:24 AM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>
> Hi John,
>
> OK, I've given in and I'm using the xilinx git code now :)  It now
shows
>
> some signs of life, thanks, but the sysace driver is not happy.  My
root
>
> fs is on cf and I'm not using initrd.  The driver loads then gets
stuck,
>
> repeatedly saying:
>
> xsysace 80030000.sysace: kicking stalled fsm; state=3D2 task=3D0 iter=3D1=

dc=3D0
>
> I notice from the driver source that state 2 is the driver attempting
to
>
> acquire the mpu lock.  I have tried the standard xilinx sysace
selftest =

> code which just acquires and frees the lock (which is fine) so the =

> hardware should be OK (I hope).  I have the sysace hooked up to an irq

> (the only one), I have no idea whether the dts is correct but it seems

> to compare favourably with the ml405 one; mine says (the important
> bits):
>
>         intc: interrupt-controller@80010000 {
>             #interrupt-cells =3D <2>;
>             compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>             interrupt-controller ;
>             reg =3D < 80010000 10000 >;
>             xlnx,num-intr-inputs =3D <1>;
>         } ;
>         sysace: sysace@80030000 {
>             compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>             interrupt-parent =3D <&intc>;
>             interrupts =3D < 0 2 >;
>             reg =3D < 80030000 10000 >;
>             xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>             xlnx,mem-width =3D <10>;
>         } ;
>
> Do you have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter
>
> John Linn wrote:
>   =

>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> To some extent I think you're trying to re-invent the wheel here, but
>>     =

> I
>   =

>> understand why.
>>
>> Ideally, you would be able to pull from the mainline kernel to build
>> this, but Xilinx hasn't got our code into the mainline.  We are
>>     =

> working
>   =

>> on it more proactively now.
>>
>> So, in the meantime, it would be easier for you to pull from the
>>     =

> Xilinx
>   =

>> git tree as we have solved the problems you are solving I believe.
>>
>> Git://git.xilinx.com/linux-2.6-xlnx or http://git.xilinx.com/... =

>>
>> We supply the device tree files and kernel configurations for the
>>     =

> ML405
>   =

>> and ML507 boards to help get started.
>>
>> Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience,
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:18 AM
>> To: John Linn
>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>>
>> OK, this is all new to me, so please bear with me if I've made a
major
>>     =

>
>   =

>> mistake.  I ran the kernel until it didn't give me anymore output and

>> then told xmd to "stop", mrd from any location gave me exactly the
>>     =

> same =

>   =

>> 32-bit word of garbage.  I then reset the processor and mrd would
give
>>     =

>
>   =

>> me what looked like reasonable values.  I found the __log_buf symbol
>>     =

> in =

>   =

>> the System.map file (0xc024a108) and tried mrd on what I assume is
the
>>     =

>
>   =

>> corresponding physical address of 0x0024a108.  I get the following:
>>
>> <6>Using Xilinx Virtex machine description
>> <5>Linux version 2.6.26-rc6 (peter@eris) (gcc version 4.2.4) #9
>>     =

> PREEMPT =

>   =

>> Wed Jun 25 16:27:33 BST 2008
>> <7>Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131072) 0 entries of 256 used
>> <7>Top of RAM: 0x20000000, Total RAM: 0x20000000
>> <7>Memory hole size: 0MB
>> <4>Zone PFN ranges:
>> <4>  DMA             0 ->   131072
>> <4>  Normal     131072 ->   131072
>> <4>Movable zone start PFN for each node
>> <4>early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
>> <4>    0:        0 ->   131072
>> <7>On node 0 totalpages: 131072
>> <7>  DMA zone: 1024 pages used for memmap
>> <7>  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
>> <7>  DMA zone: 130048 pages, LIFO batch:31
>> <7>  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
>> <7>  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
>> <4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total
>>     =

> pages: =

>   =

>> 130048
>> <5>Kernel command line: console=3DttyUL0 root=3D/dev/xsa2 rw
>> <6>Xilinx intc at 0xFDFFF000C025CFFC mapped to 0x0000025d
>> <4>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
>>
>> xmd tells me that the processor stopped at 0xc000fe50, and subsequent

>> "con" and "stop" sequences do no move this on (it reports the same
>>     =

> each =

>   =

>> time). Below is a choice excerpt of my System.map:
>>
>> c000fdc4 t src_error
>> c000fddc t dst_error
>> c000fdf4 T __div64_32
>> c000fe94 T cacheable_memzero
>> c000ff38 T memset
>>
>> So I guess that means it's in __div64_32?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> -- Peter
>>
>> John Linn wrote:
>>   =

>>     =

>>> Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed
off
>>> execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.
>>>
>>> You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
>>> __log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf
>>>       =

> image.
>   =

>>> It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> things
>>   =

>>     =

>>> are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> command,
>>   =

>>     =

>>> mrd, in xmd. =

>>>
>>> For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
>>> kernel configuration, I would check that.
>>>
>>> The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
>>> virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> compatible
>>   =

>>     =

>>> hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't
match
>>> that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the
powerup
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> of
>>   =

>>     =

>>> the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.
>>>
>>> I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to
>>>       =

> it.
>   =

>>> Hope that helps,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /*
>>>  * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
>>>  *
>>>  * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
>>>  *
>>>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>>>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>>>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>>  *
>>>
>>>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>>>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>>>  *
>>>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>>>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>>>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>>>  *
>>>  * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
>>>  * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
>>>  */
>>>
>>> / {
>>> 	#address-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 	#size-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 	compatible =3D "xlnx,virtex";
>>> 	model =3D "testing";
>>> 	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
>>> 		device_type =3D "memory";
>>> 		reg =3D < 0 8000000 >;
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	chosen {
>>> 		bootargs =3D "console=3DttyS0 ip=3Don root=3D/dev/ram";
>>> 		linux,stdout-path =3D "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	cpus {
>>> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 		#cpus =3D <1>;
>>>
>>> 		#size-cells =3D <0>;
>>> 		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
>>> 			clock-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
>>> 			compatible =3D "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";
>>>
>>> 			d-cache-line-size =3D <20>;
>>> 			d-cache-size =3D <4000>;
>>> 			device_type =3D "cpu";
>>> 			i-cache-line-size =3D <20>;
>>>
>>> 			i-cache-size =3D <4000>;
>>> 			model =3D "PowerPC,405";
>>> 			reg =3D <0>;
>>> 			timebase-frequency =3D <11e1a300>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-control =3D <de00>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-1 =3D <a18983>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-2 =3D <a38983>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-3 =3D <a589c3>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-4 =3D <a789c3>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-5 =3D <a98c03>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-6 =3D <ab8c03>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-7 =3D <ad8c43>;
>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-8 =3D <af8c43>;
>>> 			xlnx,deterministic-mult =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding =3D <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock =3D "DPLB0";
>>> 			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs =3D <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,mmu-enable =3D <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,pvr-high =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,pvr-low =3D <0>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	plb: plb@0 {
>>> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 		#size-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>>> 		ranges ;
>>> 		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
>>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts =3D < 4 2 >;
>>> 			reg =3D < 81600000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,clk-freq =3D <5f5e100>;
>>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,gpo-width =3D <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,iic-freq =3D <186a0>;
>>> 			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,ten-bit-adr =3D <0>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
>>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts =3D < 5 2 >;
>>> 			reg =3D < 81400000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,all-inputs =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,all-inputs-2 =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,dout-default =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,dout-default-2 =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,gpio-width =3D <4>;
>>> 			xlnx,interrupt-present =3D <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-bidir =3D <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-bidir-2 =3D <1>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-dual =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,tri-default =3D <ffffffff>;
>>> 			xlnx,tri-default-2 =3D <ffffffff>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
>>> 			compatible =3D "ns16550";
>>> 			device_type =3D "serial";
>>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts =3D < 6 2 >;
>>> 			reg =3D < 83e00000 10000 >;
>>> 			reg-offset =3D <3>;
>>> 			reg-shift =3D <2>; =

>>> 			clock-frequency =3D <05f5e100>;
>>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,has-external-rclk =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,has-external-xin =3D <0>;
>>> 			xlnx,is-a-16550 =3D <1>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
>>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 			interrupts =3D < 3 2 >;
>>> 			reg =3D < 83600000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>>> 			xlnx,mem-width =3D <10>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
>>> 			#address-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 			#size-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,compound";
>>> 			ethernet@81c00000 {
>>> 				compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
>>> 				device_type =3D "network";
>>> 				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 				interrupts =3D < 2 2 >;
>>> 				llink-connected =3D <&PIM2>;
>>> 				local-mac-address =3D [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
>>> ];
>>> 				reg =3D < 81c00000 40 >;
>>> 				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio =3D <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,phy-type =3D <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,phyaddr =3D <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,rxcsum =3D <0>;
>>> 				xlnx,rxfifo =3D <1000>;
>>> 				xlnx,temac-type =3D <1>;
>>> 				xlnx,txcsum =3D <0>;
>>> 				xlnx,txfifo =3D <1000>;
>>> 			} ;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		mpmc@0 {
>>> 			#address-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 			#size-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
>>> 			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
>>> 				compatible =3D "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
>>> 				interrupt-parent =3D <&xps_intc_0>;
>>> 				interrupts =3D < 1 2 0 2 >;
>>> 				reg =3D < 84600100 80 >;
>>> 			} ;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
>>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
>>> 			reg =3D < ffffe000 2000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,family =3D "virtex4";
>>> 		} ;
>>> 		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
>>> 			#interrupt-cells =3D <2>;
>>> 			compatible =3D "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>>> 			interrupt-controller ;
>>> 			reg =3D < 81800000 10000 >;
>>> 			xlnx,num-intr-inputs =3D <7>;
>>> 		} ;
>>> 	} ;
>>> 	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
>>> 		#address-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 		#size-cells =3D <1>;
>>> 		compatible =3D "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>>> 		ranges ;
>>> 	} ;
>>> }  ;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] =

>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
>>> To: John Linn
>>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using
the
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> your =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the =

>>> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> didn't
>>   =

>>     =

>>> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that
the
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console =

>>> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> "flat
>>   =

>>     =

>>> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> assume =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=3DttyUL0" for my =

>>> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know

>>> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where
it's
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> getting stuck.
>>>
>>> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the
>>>       =

> kernel
>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains
about
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples
copied
>>>       =

>
>   =

>>> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT,
>>>     =

>>>       =

>> and =

>>   =

>>     =

>>> I can manage with xmd for now.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -- Peter
>>>
>>> John Linn wrote:
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to
in
>>>>     =

>>>>       
>>>>         =

>>> 1.
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>>>>
>>>> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf
>>>>         =

> extension),
>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> is
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>>>>
>>>> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did
in
>>>> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
>>>> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
>>>> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> the
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the
kernel
>>>> which is the default build, make ARCH=3Dpowerpc zImage. That image
>>>>         =

> does
>   =

>>>> not require a boot loader.
>>>>
>>>> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about
building
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> the
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Notation
>>>>
>>>> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> that
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on
the
>>>> architecture you are building.
>>>>
>>>> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>>>>
>>>> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>>>>
>>>> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be
>>>>         =

> using
>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> a
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> bash shell.
>>>>
>>>>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>>> bash
>>>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=3Dppc_4xx-
>>>>>     =

>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>>> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>>>>
>>>> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture,
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> ppc
>>   =

>>     =

>>>> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
>>>> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> not
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> need to be done.
>>>>
>>>>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>>>>     =

>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>>> Configuring the Kernel
>>>>
>>>> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> from
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> Xilinx. =

>>>> 	=

>>>>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>>>>     =

>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>>> or =

>>>>
>>>>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>>>>     =

>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>>> Building the Kernel
>>>>
>>>> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are
>>>>         =

> in
>   =

>>>> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> from
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
>>>> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture.
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> An
>>   =

>>     =

>>>> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> for
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> the powerpc architecture.
>>>>
>>>>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>>>>     =

>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>>> 	=

>>>> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>>>>
>>>> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
>>>> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on
>>>>         =

> the
>   =

>>>> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>>>>
>>>>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>>> make ARCH=3D<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>>>>     =

>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>>> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
>>>> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file,
zImage.initrd,
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> is
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc
architecture.
>>>>
>>>> Generating An Ace File
>>>>
>>>> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> combined
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> bash
>>   =

>>     
>>>> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> board
>>   =

>>     =

>>>> for which you are generating an ace file.
>>>>
>>>>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>> <elf
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>>>     =

>>>>>       =

>>>>>         =

>>>>>           =

>>>> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org
>>>> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=3Dxilinx.com@ozlabs.org]
>>>>         =

> On
>   =

>>>> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
>>>> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>>> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=3Dpowerpc
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.
>>>>         =

> I
>   =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>   =

>>     =

>>>> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> to
>>   =

>>     =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE
>>>>         =

> (just
>   =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>   =

>>     =

>>>> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader
>>>>         =

> (I
>   =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>   =

>>     =

>>>> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> simpleImage,
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I =

>>>> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> too =

>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=3Dppc. So, two
>>>>         =

> questions,
>   =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>   =

>>     =

>>>> which hopefully are easy ones:
>>>> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage,
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> and
>>   =

>>     =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> (for
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right =

>>>> through to final link then moaned about a missing
simpleboot-system.
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>   =

>>     =

>>>> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> naively =

>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error
went
>>>>         =

>
>   =

>>>> away.  Hmm.
>>>> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used
>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>> to
>>   =

>>     =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made

>>>> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> using?
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm

>>>> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm
>>>>         =

> doing,
>   =

>>>>     =

>>>>       =

>>>>         =

>>> so
>>>   =

>>>     =

>>>       =

>>>> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -- Peter
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>         =

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Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

Hi John,
> With regard to CONFIG_PPC_UDBG... we have a patch ready that I need to
> apply to the Git tree and I'll expedite that.
>   
Great, thanks.
> With the console and UART Lite, the only thing I could think of is
> making sure you have a dev entry for the UART Lite.
>   
I do.  I used the major and minor numbers from the driver source.
> I'm assuming all the boot messages about the console, "enabled", look
> the same as the 550 as I have seen that give hints to problems
> sometimes.
>   
I'm not really getting anything illuminating.  I turned debugging 
messages on and I see the following:

Console: colour dummy device 
80x25                                             
console [ttyUL0] 
enabled                                                       
<snip>
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing 
disabled      
uartlite: calling 
uart_register_driver()                                       
uartlite: calling 
of_register_platform_driver()                                
uartlite 800f0000.serial: ulite_of_probe(c7846800, 
c019713c)                   
ulite console: port=c01aef38; 
port->mapbase=800f0003                           
800f0000.serial: ttyUL0 at MMIO 0x800f0003 (irq = 0) is a 
uartlite             
uartlite: calling platform_driver_register()

The only thing that I notice is that the "console [x] enabled" line 
comes way before the uartlite driver registers, whereas on the 16550 
version it's straight afterwards.  Does that matter?

Thanks,
-- Peter

> Thanks,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 6:31 AM
> To: John Linn
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>
> Hi John,
>
> Yes, with regard to the non-functional sysace, I was being an idiot: I 
> had a small hw problem which now that I have fixed it, the kernel now 
> reports that my drive is mounted.
>
> I now have a new and rather bizarre problem, which maybe you or someone 
> else has met before.  I have a simple FPGA design with memory, a sysace 
> and a uart16550 on an ML405 (I've put my hardware to one side for the 
> moment).  It works just fine.  If I swap the uart16550 for a uartlite 
> (remaking the kernel with the correct device tree) I see all the boot 
> messages and the kernel seems to start OK, the root partition is mounted
>
> but then I see nothing from /sbin/init.  This is the same root fs that I
>
> was using with the uart16550 example I just mentioned.  So it's a known 
> good root fs, but it doesn't appear to be able to output to /dev/console
>
> when I have a uartlite instead of a uart16550.  I have selected console 
> support for uartlite.  Any ideas?
>
> Incidentally, the uart16550 solution did not work until I removed 
> CONFIG_PPC_UDBG_16550 - the kernel was getting stuck in udbg_550_putc 
> indefinitely.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Peter
>
>
> John Linn wrote:
>   
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I think you'll get a baseline quicker this way and then you can go on
>> other less known paths after that.
>>
>> In my experience, this message happens when there is no compact flash
>>     
> in
>   
>> the slot of the board.
>>
>> I have the system ace device as /dev/xsa2 in my notes, but I have only
>> used it much. Sorry it's not one of my primary test cases at this
>>     
> point
>   
>> in time.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
>> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:24 AM
>> To: John Linn
>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> OK, I've given in and I'm using the xilinx git code now :)  It now
>>     
> shows
>   
>> some signs of life, thanks, but the sysace driver is not happy.  My
>>     
> root
>   
>> fs is on cf and I'm not using initrd.  The driver loads then gets
>>     
> stuck,
>   
>> repeatedly saying:
>>
>> xsysace 80030000.sysace: kicking stalled fsm; state=2 task=0 iter=1
>>     
> dc=0
>   
>> I notice from the driver source that state 2 is the driver attempting
>>     
> to
>   
>> acquire the mpu lock.  I have tried the standard xilinx sysace
>>     
> selftest 
>   
>> code which just acquires and frees the lock (which is fine) so the 
>> hardware should be OK (I hope).  I have the sysace hooked up to an irq
>>     
>
>   
>> (the only one), I have no idea whether the dts is correct but it seems
>>     
>
>   
>> to compare favourably with the ml405 one; mine says (the important
>> bits):
>>
>>         intc: interrupt-controller@80010000 {
>>             #interrupt-cells = <2>;
>>             compatible = "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>>             interrupt-controller ;
>>             reg = < 80010000 10000 >;
>>             xlnx,num-intr-inputs = <1>;
>>         } ;
>>         sysace: sysace@80030000 {
>>             compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>>             interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
>>             interrupts = < 0 2 >;
>>             reg = < 80030000 10000 >;
>>             xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>             xlnx,mem-width = <10>;
>>         } ;
>>
>> Do you have any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Peter
>>
>> John Linn wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> To some extent I think you're trying to re-invent the wheel here, but
>>>     
>>>       
>> I
>>   
>>     
>>> understand why.
>>>
>>> Ideally, you would be able to pull from the mainline kernel to build
>>> this, but Xilinx hasn't got our code into the mainline.  We are
>>>     
>>>       
>> working
>>   
>>     
>>> on it more proactively now.
>>>
>>> So, in the meantime, it would be easier for you to pull from the
>>>     
>>>       
>> Xilinx
>>   
>>     
>>> git tree as we have solved the problems you are solving I believe.
>>>
>>> Git://git.xilinx.com/linux-2.6-xlnx or http://git.xilinx.com/... 
>>>
>>> We supply the device tree files and kernel configurations for the
>>>     
>>>       
>> ML405
>>   
>>     
>>> and ML507 boards to help get started.
>>>
>>> Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience,
>>> John
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:18 AM
>>> To: John Linn
>>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>>
>>> OK, this is all new to me, so please bear with me if I've made a
>>>       
> major
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
>>> mistake.  I ran the kernel until it didn't give me anymore output and
>>>       
>
>   
>>> then told xmd to "stop", mrd from any location gave me exactly the
>>>     
>>>       
>> same 
>>   
>>     
>>> 32-bit word of garbage.  I then reset the processor and mrd would
>>>       
> give
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
>>> me what looked like reasonable values.  I found the __log_buf symbol
>>>     
>>>       
>> in 
>>   
>>     
>>> the System.map file (0xc024a108) and tried mrd on what I assume is
>>>       
> the
>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
>>> corresponding physical address of 0x0024a108.  I get the following:
>>>
>>> <6>Using Xilinx Virtex machine description
>>> <5>Linux version 2.6.26-rc6 (peter@eris) (gcc version 4.2.4) #9
>>>     
>>>       
>> PREEMPT 
>>   
>>     
>>> Wed Jun 25 16:27:33 BST 2008
>>> <7>Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 131072) 0 entries of 256 used
>>> <7>Top of RAM: 0x20000000, Total RAM: 0x20000000
>>> <7>Memory hole size: 0MB
>>> <4>Zone PFN ranges:
>>> <4>  DMA             0 ->   131072
>>> <4>  Normal     131072 ->   131072
>>> <4>Movable zone start PFN for each node
>>> <4>early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
>>> <4>    0:        0 ->   131072
>>> <7>On node 0 totalpages: 131072
>>> <7>  DMA zone: 1024 pages used for memmap
>>> <7>  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
>>> <7>  DMA zone: 130048 pages, LIFO batch:31
>>> <7>  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
>>> <7>  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
>>> <4>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total
>>>     
>>>       
>> pages: 
>>   
>>     
>>> 130048
>>> <5>Kernel command line: console=ttyUL0 root=/dev/xsa2 rw
>>> <6>Xilinx intc at 0xFDFFF000C025CFFC mapped to 0x0000025d
>>> <4>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
>>>
>>> xmd tells me that the processor stopped at 0xc000fe50, and subsequent
>>>       
>
>   
>>> "con" and "stop" sequences do no move this on (it reports the same
>>>     
>>>       
>> each 
>>   
>>     
>>> time). Below is a choice excerpt of my System.map:
>>>
>>> c000fdc4 t src_error
>>> c000fddc t dst_error
>>> c000fdf4 T __div64_32
>>> c000fe94 T cacheable_memzero
>>> c000ff38 T memset
>>>
>>> So I guess that means it's in __div64_32?
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> -- Peter
>>>
>>> John Linn wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Sounds like the bootstrap loader has loaded the kernel and passed
>>>>         
> off
>   
>>>> execution to it, but there's no console working on the kernel.
>>>>
>>>> You can confirm that since you have a probe as you can dump the
>>>> __log_buf by getting the address of it using objdump on the elf
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> image.
>>   
>>     
>>>> It's a pain to convert to readable form, but can help to see that
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> things
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> are indeed running. Stop the processor, then do the memory read
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> command,
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> mrd, in xmd. 
>>>>
>>>> For the console to work with UART Lite, CONFIG_OF must be on in the
>>>> kernel configuration, I would check that.
>>>>
>>>> The file, arch/powerpc/boot/virtex.c, has the startup code for the
>>>> virtex specific processing.  It checks to make sure there is
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> compatible
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> hardware based on the device tree.  If your device tree doesn't
>>>>         
> match
>   
>>>> that hardware you could have a problem.  I have not found the
>>>>         
> powerup
>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> of
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> the kernel to be very informative if the device tree is wrong.
>>>>
>>>> I pasted in our ML405 device tree below to allow you to compare to
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> it.
>>   
>>     
>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /*
>>>>  * (C) Copyright 2007 Michal Simek
>>>>  *
>>>>  * Michal SIMEK <monstr@monstr.eu>
>>>>  *
>>>>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>>>  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>>>>  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>>>>  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>>>  *
>>>>
>>>>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>>>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>>>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>>>>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>>>>  *
>>>>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>>>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>>>>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
>>>>  * MA 02111-1307 USA
>>>>  *
>>>>  * CAUTION: This file is automatically generated by libgen.
>>>>  * Version: Xilinx EDK 10.1.1 EDK_K_SP1.1
>>>>  */
>>>>
>>>> / {
>>>> 	#address-cells = <1>;
>>>> 	#size-cells = <1>;
>>>> 	compatible = "xlnx,virtex";
>>>> 	model = "testing";
>>>> 	DDR_SDRAM: memory@0 {
>>>> 		device_type = "memory";
>>>> 		reg = < 0 8000000 >;
>>>> 	} ;
>>>> 	chosen {
>>>> 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0 ip=on root=/dev/ram";
>>>> 		linux,stdout-path = "/plb@0/serial@83e00000";
>>>> 	} ;
>>>> 	cpus {
>>>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>>>> 		#cpus = <1>;
>>>>
>>>> 		#size-cells = <0>;
>>>> 		ppc405_0: cpu@0 {
>>>> 			clock-frequency = <11e1a300>;
>>>> 			compatible = "PowerPC,405", "ibm,ppc405";
>>>>
>>>> 			d-cache-line-size = <20>;
>>>> 			d-cache-size = <4000>;
>>>> 			device_type = "cpu";
>>>> 			i-cache-line-size = <20>;
>>>>
>>>> 			i-cache-size = <4000>;
>>>> 			model = "PowerPC,405";
>>>> 			reg = <0>;
>>>> 			timebase-frequency = <11e1a300>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-control = <de00>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-1 = <a18983>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-2 = <a38983>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-3 = <a589c3>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-4 = <a789c3>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-5 = <a98c03>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-6 = <ab8c03>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-7 = <ad8c43>;
>>>> 			xlnx,apu-udi-8 = <af8c43>;
>>>> 			xlnx,deterministic-mult = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,disable-operand-forwarding = <1>;
>>>> 			xlnx,fastest-plb-clock = "DPLB0";
>>>> 			xlnx,generate-plb-timespecs = <1>;
>>>> 			xlnx,mmu-enable = <1>;
>>>> 			xlnx,pvr-high = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,pvr-low = <0>;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 	} ;
>>>> 	plb: plb@0 {
>>>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>>>> 		#size-cells = <1>;
>>>> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>>>> 		ranges ;
>>>> 		IIC_EEPROM: i2c@81600000 {
>>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-iic-2.00.a";
>>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>>> 			interrupts = < 4 2 >;
>>>> 			reg = < 81600000 10000 >;
>>>> 			xlnx,clk-freq = <5f5e100>;
>>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>>> 			xlnx,gpo-width = <1>;
>>>> 			xlnx,iic-freq = <186a0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,scl-inertial-delay = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,sda-inertial-delay = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,ten-bit-adr = <0>;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 		LEDs_4Bit: gpio@81400000 {
>>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-gpio-1.00.a";
>>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>>> 			interrupts = < 5 2 >;
>>>> 			reg = < 81400000 10000 >;
>>>> 			xlnx,all-inputs = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,all-inputs-2 = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,dout-default = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,dout-default-2 = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>>> 			xlnx,gpio-width = <4>;
>>>> 			xlnx,interrupt-present = <1>;
>>>> 			xlnx,is-bidir = <1>;
>>>> 			xlnx,is-bidir-2 = <1>;
>>>> 			xlnx,is-dual = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,tri-default = <ffffffff>;
>>>> 			xlnx,tri-default-2 = <ffffffff>;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 		RS232_Uart: serial@83e00000 {
>>>> 			compatible = "ns16550";
>>>> 			device_type = "serial";
>>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>>> 			interrupts = < 6 2 >;
>>>> 			reg = < 83e00000 10000 >;
>>>> 			reg-offset = <3>;
>>>> 			reg-shift = <2>; 
>>>> 			clock-frequency = <05f5e100>;
>>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>>> 			xlnx,has-external-rclk = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,has-external-xin = <0>;
>>>> 			xlnx,is-a-16550 = <1>;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 		SysACE_CompactFlash: sysace@83600000 {
>>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a";
>>>> 			interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>>> 			interrupts = < 3 2 >;
>>>> 			reg = < 83600000 10000 >;
>>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>>> 			xlnx,mem-width = <10>;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 		TriMode_MAC_GMII: xps-ll-temac@81c00000 {
>>>> 			#address-cells = <1>;
>>>> 			#size-cells = <1>;
>>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,compound";
>>>> 			ethernet@81c00000 {
>>>> 				compatible = "xlnx,xps-ll-temac-1.01.a";
>>>> 				device_type = "network";
>>>> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>>> 				interrupts = < 2 2 >;
>>>> 				llink-connected = <&PIM2>;
>>>> 				local-mac-address = [ 02 00 00 00 00 01
>>>> ];
>>>> 				reg = < 81c00000 40 >;
>>>> 				xlnx,bus2core-clk-ratio = <1>;
>>>> 				xlnx,phy-type = <1>;
>>>> 				xlnx,phyaddr = <1>;
>>>> 				xlnx,rxcsum = <0>;
>>>> 				xlnx,rxfifo = <1000>;
>>>> 				xlnx,temac-type = <1>;
>>>> 				xlnx,txcsum = <0>;
>>>> 				xlnx,txfifo = <1000>;
>>>> 			} ;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 		mpmc@0 {
>>>> 			#address-cells = <1>;
>>>> 			#size-cells = <1>;
>>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,mpmc-4.00.a";
>>>> 			PIM2: sdma@84600100 {
>>>> 				compatible = "xlnx,ll-dma-1.00.a";
>>>> 				interrupt-parent = <&xps_intc_0>;
>>>> 				interrupts = < 1 2 0 2 >;
>>>> 				reg = < 84600100 80 >;
>>>> 			} ;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 		xps_bram_if_cntlr_1: xps-bram-if-cntlr@ffffe000 {
>>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-bram-if-cntlr-1.00.a";
>>>> 			reg = < ffffe000 2000 >;
>>>> 			xlnx,family = "virtex4";
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 		xps_intc_0: interrupt-controller@81800000 {
>>>> 			#interrupt-cells = <2>;
>>>> 			compatible = "xlnx,xps-intc-1.00.a";
>>>> 			interrupt-controller ;
>>>> 			reg = < 81800000 10000 >;
>>>> 			xlnx,num-intr-inputs = <7>;
>>>> 		} ;
>>>> 	} ;
>>>> 	ppc405_0_dplb1: plb@1 {
>>>> 		#address-cells = <1>;
>>>> 		#size-cells = <1>;
>>>> 		compatible = "xlnx,plb-v46-1.02.a";
>>>> 		ranges ;
>>>> 	} ;
>>>> }  ;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Peter Mendham [mailto:petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:21 PM
>>>> To: John Linn
>>>> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>>> Subject: Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your reply, that's really helpful.  I'm actually using
>>>>         
> the
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> mainline kernel, rather than the one from the xilinx git tree, but
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> your 
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> information has really moved me on.  My first problem was that the 
>>>> Xilinx utility (from the git tree) for device tree dts generation
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> didn't
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> insert a "linux,stdout-path" node under "chosen".  I spotted that
>>>>         
> the
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> ml403 example had this, so after adding it I got early console 
>>>> messages.  Everything now grinds to a halt after I get the message
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> "flat
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> tree at 0x40ad60" which is just before it calls the kernel, so I
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> assume 
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> it's that call that is killing it.  I have "console=ttyUL0" for my 
>>>> uartlite, so I should be getting messages, shouldn't I?  Do you know
>>>>         
>
>   
>>>> where the next execution point is?  Maybe I could find out where
>>>>         
> it's
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> getting stuck.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't managed to generate an ACE file, I'm just loading the
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> kernel
>>   
>>     
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> image from xmd ATM, genace won't play ball for me, it complains
>>>>         
> about
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> -board user not being valid, it won't even run on the examples
>>>>         
> copied
>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>   
>>     
>>>> directly from the user manual.  Anyway, I think genace is a bit OT,
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> and 
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> I can manage with xmd for now.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -- Peter
>>>>
>>>> John Linn wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not up on what can be done with the simple image you refer to
>>>>>           
> in
>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> 1.
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> I'm sure I should be, but there's a lot to learn.
>>>>>
>>>>> With regards to 2, the elf image, zImage (without the elf
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> extension),
>>   
>>     
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> is
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> located in arch/powerpc/boot.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can make a SystemACE file from that elf image just as you did
>>>>>           
> in
>   
>>>>> arch/ppc.  We have a default device tree file, ml405.dts, in the
>>>>> arch/powerpc/boot/dts directory for our ml405 board. The kernel
>>>>> configuration has a config, DEVICE_TREE, that specifies the name of
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> the
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> device tree file. I normally compile the device tree into the
>>>>>           
> kernel
>   
>>>>> which is the default build, make ARCH=powerpc zImage. That image
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> does
>>   
>>     
>>>>> not require a boot loader.
>>>>>
>>>>> I inserted the text below from a document that I have about
>>>>>           
> building
>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> the
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> arch/ppc and arch/powerpc kernels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Notation
>>>>>
>>>>> The phrase "<ppc or powerpc>" is used throughput the text and means
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> that
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> one or the other, "ppc" or "powerpc" is to be typed depending on
>>>>>           
> the
>   
>>>>> architecture you are building.
>>>>>
>>>>> Commands that are used in a bash shell are preceded by ">".
>>>>>
>>>>> Getting Ready To Build the Kernel
>>>>>
>>>>> This assumes you installed the ELDK tools and assumes you'll be
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> using
>>   
>>     
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> a
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> bash shell.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> bash
>>>>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Setting Up the Kernel Tree
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have previously built this kernel for another architecture,
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> ppc
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> or powerpc, then the tree needs to be setup correctly for the new
>>>>> architecture.  Assuming you have not previously built it, this does
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> not
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> need to be done.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> mrproper
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Configuring the Kernel
>>>>>
>>>>> The kernel should be configured to run on the ML405 or ML507 board
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> from
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> Xilinx. 
>>>>> 	
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc>  ml405_defconfig
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> or 
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> ml507_defconfig
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Building the Kernel
>>>>>
>>>>> The following command will build the Linux kernel assuming you are
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> in
>>   
>>     
>>>>> the root directory of the kernel.  The root directory of the kernel
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> from
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> the Xilinx Git tree is linux-2.6-xlnx. An elf file, zImage.elf, is
>>>>> created in the arch/ppc/boot/images directory for ppc architecture.
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> An
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> elf file, zImage, is created in the the arch/powerpc/boot directory
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> for
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> the powerpc architecture.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> 	
>>>>> Building the Kernel With Ramdisk
>>>>>
>>>>> A ram disk image, a file named *.gz, must be placed into the
>>>>> arch/ppc/boot/images or arch/powerpc/boot directory, depending on
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> the
>>   
>>     
>>>>> architecture, prior to building the kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> make ARCH=<ppc or powerpc> zImage.initrd
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> An elf file, zImage.initrd.elf, is created in arch/ppc/boot/images
>>>>> directory for the ppc architecture. An elf file file,
>>>>>           
> zImage.initrd,
>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> is
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> created in arch/powerpc/boot directory for the powerpc
>>>>>           
> architecture.
>   
>>>>> Generating An Ace File
>>>>>
>>>>> The elf file generated for the kernel and the bit stream can be
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> combined
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> to create an ACE file for compact flash.  The following assumes a
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> bash
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> shell where XMD is accessible and a xilinx probe attached to the
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> board
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> for which you are generating an ace file.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> xmd -tcl genace.tcl -jprog -target ppc_hw -hw <bit file name> -elf
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>> <elf
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> file name> -board <ml405 or ml507> -ace <desired ace file name>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org
>>>>> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+john.linn=xilinx.com@ozlabs.org]
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> On
>>   
>>     
>>>>> Behalf Of Peter Mendham
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:02 AM
>>>>> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>>>>> Subject: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to boot a 2.6.26-rc6 kernel on a custom Virtex 4 board.
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> I
>>   
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> have used the Xilinx utility to generate a device tree and now want
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> to
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> generate an image for throwing onto CF for use with a SystemACE
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> (just
>>   
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> like on the the ML3/4xx boards).  I don't want to use a bootloader
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> (I
>>   
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> don't really need one).  I saw something on this list about
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> simpleImage,
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> "simple" sounded good to me so I thought I'd try that (or did I 
>>>>> misinterpret what this is for?).  I also don't want the image to be
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> too 
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> big, I always used to use a zImage under ARCH=ppc. So, two
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> questions,
>>   
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> which hopefully are easy ones:
>>>>> 1. I did what Grant said in a post to this list about simpleImage,
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> and
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> dumped my dts into arch/powerpc/boot/dts and I called it system.dts
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> (for
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> now).  I then tried to do make simpleImage.system which ran right 
>>>>> through to final link then moaned about a missing
>>>>>           
> simpleboot-system.
>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> Where is this supposed to come from?  What am I doing wrong?  I
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> naively 
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> tried copying simpleboot.o to simpleboot-system.o and the error
>>>>>           
> went
>   
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>   
>>     
>>>>> away.  Hmm.
>>>>> 2. I need an ELF to give to my SystemACE file generator.  This used
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> to
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> pop up in arch/ppc/boot/images and be called zImage.elf, which made
>>>>>           
>
>   
>>>>> sense to me.  What's the deal now with powerpc?  What should I be
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> using?
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> Finally, can anyone give me a heads-up on any gotchas with what I'm
>>>>>           
>
>   
>>>>> trying to do.  As you can tell, I don't entirely know what I'm
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> doing,
>>   
>>     
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> so
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> any pointers would be gratefully received.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> -- Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Aaron Sells]

Peter,

Peter Mendham wrote:
> I now have a new and rather bizarre problem, which maybe you or someone 
> else has met before.  I have a simple FPGA design with memory, a sysace 
> and a uart16550 on an ML405 (I've put my hardware to one side for the 
> moment).  It works just fine.  If I swap the uart16550 for a uartlite 
> (remaking the kernel with the correct device tree) I see all the boot 
> messages and the kernel seems to start OK, the root partition is mounted 
> but then I see nothing from /sbin/init.  This is the same root fs that I 
> was using with the uart16550 example I just mentioned.  So it's a known 
> good root fs, but it doesn't appear to be able to output to /dev/console 
> when I have a uartlite instead of a uart16550.  I have selected console 
> support for uartlite.  Any ideas?
> 

I had to modify /etc/inittab on my OpenEmbedded rootfs and replace ttyS0 
with ttyUL0 to get the console working with uartlite on my ML403.

> Thanks,
> -- Peter
> 

Regards,
Aaron

Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

Hi Aaron,

Thanks - you spotted my mistake when I said "the same root fs" - I was 
indeed changing inittab to use ttyUL0.  For a while I mistakenly had 
ttyUL0 on the 16550 system and that showed me init messages (like 
"mounting file systems") and then when it was done with the rc scripts 
it complained about ttyUL0.  With my uartlite system I see none of 
that.  The early messages go to /dev/console AFAIK, which suggests 
there's something a bit more fundamental going on?

Thanks,
-- Peter

Aaron Sells wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Peter Mendham wrote:
>> I now have a new and rather bizarre problem, which maybe you or 
>> someone else has met before.  I have a simple FPGA design with 
>> memory, a sysace and a uart16550 on an ML405 (I've put my hardware to 
>> one side for the moment).  It works just fine.  If I swap the 
>> uart16550 for a uartlite (remaking the kernel with the correct device 
>> tree) I see all the boot messages and the kernel seems to start OK, 
>> the root partition is mounted but then I see nothing from 
>> /sbin/init.  This is the same root fs that I was using with the 
>> uart16550 example I just mentioned.  So it's a known good root fs, 
>> but it doesn't appear to be able to output to /dev/console when I 
>> have a uartlite instead of a uart16550.  I have selected console 
>> support for uartlite.  Any ideas?
>>
>
> I had to modify /etc/inittab on my OpenEmbedded rootfs and replace 
> ttyS0 with ttyUL0 to get the console working with uartlite on my ML403.
>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Peter
>>
>
> Regards,
> Aaron
>


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Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Mendham <petermendham@computing.dundee.ac.uk> writes:

Hi,

 Peter> I now have a new and rather bizarre problem, which maybe you
 Peter> or someone else has met before.  I have a simple FPGA design
 Peter> with memory, a sysace and a uart16550 on an ML405 (I've put my
 Peter> hardware to one side for the moment).  It works just fine.  If
 Peter> I swap the uart16550 for a uartlite (remaking the kernel with
 Peter> the correct device tree) I see all the boot messages and the
 Peter> kernel seems to start OK, the root partition is mounted but
 Peter> then I see nothing from /sbin/init.  This is the same root fs
 Peter> that I was using with the uart16550 example I just mentioned.

Did you remember to change your inittab to use /dev/ttyUL0?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

Re: Linux on Virtex board with ARCH=powerpc

[Peter Mendham]

Hi,

Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  Peter> I now have a new and rather bizarre problem, which maybe you
>  Peter> or someone else has met before.  I have a simple FPGA design
>  Peter> with memory, a sysace and a uart16550 on an ML405 (I've put my
>  Peter> hardware to one side for the moment).  It works just fine.  If
>  Peter> I swap the uart16550 for a uartlite (remaking the kernel with
>  Peter> the correct device tree) I see all the boot messages and the
>  Peter> kernel seems to start OK, the root partition is mounted but
>  Peter> then I see nothing from /sbin/init.  This is the same root fs
>  Peter> that I was using with the uart16550 example I just mentioned.
>
> Did you remember to change your inittab to use /dev/ttyUL0?
>   
Yes, I'm using a buildroot/busybox system and have changed inittab and 
securetty for ttyUL0.  From what I understand, initialisation lines in a 
busybox inittab that do not specify a tty at the beginning go out on 
/dev/console.  To collaborate this, if I set my hardware up for a 
uart16550 and leave the inittab specifying ttyUL0, I see the messages 
from the init scripts (which must be going to console) but then I 
messages (again on console I guess) saying that ttyUL0 doesn't exist.  
When I try things the other way round, I don't see anything at all (none 
of the stuff that I think is going to console) and it doesn't moan at 
me.  Which I guess means something is wrong with /dev/console?

-- Peter

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