From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.195]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C060767A3D for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 05:10:28 +1000 (EST) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id x7so490161nzc for ; Thu, 04 May 2006 12:10:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 15:04:06 -0400 From: "Andy Gospodarek" Sender: adgospod@gmail.com To: "Grant Likely" Subject: Re: Moving from 2.4 to 2.6 kernel In-Reply-To: <528646bc0605041111o1b652d60w3f5847a19abe5c95@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed References: <445A3AB1.7040405@ics-ltd.com> <528646bc0605041111o1b652d60w3f5847a19abe5c95@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Chris Dumoulin , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 5/4/06, Grant Likely wrote: > On 5/4/06, Chris Dumoulin wrote: > > I am trying to take a working embedded linux system from kernel 2.4 to > > 2.6. The hardware is a custom board using a Virtex II Pro with PPC405 > > processor. > > The working system uses u-boot 1.1.1 with linux kernel 2.4.18. > > > > I am using the same u-boot and I am trying to port linux kernel 2.6.15 > > to our platform. Using the stuff from the working 2.4 kernel port and > > other PPC4xx platforms in the 2.6.15 code as examples, I believe I have > > done everything required to get the kernel booting. However, the kernel > > seems to hang after being uncompressed. Here is what I see after runnin= g > > bootm from u-boot: > > The V2pro is already supported in the 2.6 kernel. Are you using that > code; or starting from scratch? V2Pro (ML300) and V4FX (ML403) are > both supported in the latest 2.6 kernel. > > I had similar problems when I was porting to the V4FX. Do you have a > JTAG debugger (Like a BDI-2000)? I think your best bet is to get in > there with a debugger to find out where it goes off into Lala land. > > Cheers, > g. > > -- > Grant Likely, B.Sc. P.Eng. > Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. > (403) 399-0195 > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > You could also try enabling early printk....sometimes that helps tell you how far you did or didn't get.