From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262247AbUBXM6I (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:58:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262250AbUBXM6I (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:58:08 -0500 Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.22]:3906 "EHLO mwinf0901.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262247AbUBXM6E (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:58:04 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:57:58 +0100 From: Lucas Nussbaum To: Ben Collins Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, matthieu.castet@ensimag.imag.fr, tester@tester.ca, alban.crequy@apinc.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.3 still doesn't boot on UltraSparc I Message-ID: <20040224125758.GA2015@blop.info> References: <20040210163232.GA2107@blop.info> <20040223133213.GA24179@blop.info> <20040223132502.GB4407@phunnypharm.org> <20040223150610.GA24673@blop.info> <20040223154549.GF4407@phunnypharm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040223154549.GF4407@phunnypharm.org> Organisation: Lacking X-PGP: http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/pubkey.txt User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:45:49AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 04:06:10PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 08:25:02AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > > So backing down to silo < 1.4.0 works with the new head.S on UltraSPARC > > > I? I don't think the problem itself is in head.S. Changing that would > > > force silo 1.4.x to not keep the kernel in high memory (would copy it > > > back down to 0x4000 where the old silo would have put it). I am guessing > > > the problem is elsewhere. > > > > > > Try this, keep the new head.S and newer SILO, and edit head.S so that > > > "HdrS version" is 0x202 instead of 0x300. See if that boots for you > > > (would confirm my suspicion). > > > > It boots correctly this way. What can we do to help now ? > > Can you enable CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOTMEM and boot with "linux -p"? Here is the output : boot: linux -p Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000000 for kernel Kernel doesn't support loading to high memory, relocating done. Loaded kernel version 2.6.3 PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.2.4 1996/05/30 11:17 Linux version 2.6.3 (root@ensilinx8) (gcc version 3.3.3 20040125 (prerelease) (Debian)) #4 SMP [...] ARCH: SUN4U PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.2.4 1996/05/30 11:17 PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.2.4 1996/05/30 11:17 PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.2.4 1996/05/30 11:17 PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.2.4 1996/05/30 11:17 [...] Looping, had to stop it using Break+A. The same kernel boots without -p. Lucas