From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Roese Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 14:30:24 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] Debugging into the kernel from u-boot In-Reply-To: <569685F045B85741820D0265E0D2999D019CFE80@tddhh01.hh.thales-naval.de> References: <569685F045B85741820D0265E0D2999D019CFE80@tddhh01.hh.thales-naval.de> Message-ID: <201005041430.24160.sr@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi Matthias, On Friday 30 April 2010 14:55:42 Dunda, Matthias wrote: > I - more or less - successfully got U-Boot up and running on our custom > designed board. > > U-Boot leaves its premices in boot_jump_linux and this is the last I see on > the console: > > ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 02000000 ... > Image Name: Linux-2.6.29.6-rt23 > Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) > Data Size: 1830522 Bytes = 1.7 MB > Load Address: 00000000 > Entry Point: 00000000 > Verifying Checksum ... OK > ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 00400000 > Booting using the fdt blob at 0x400000 > Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK > ## Transferring control to Linux (at address 00000000)... > Booting using OF flat tree... > > When I halt the board using the BDI3000 debugger, I find the PC somewhere > in 0xc000c96c in __delay. Accessing 0xc000.... makes no sense, as we don't > even have mapped memory there. This address makes perfect sense. Linux maps physical address 0 to virtual address 0xc000000 on PowerPC. > Using HW breakpoints I can see the single instructions from 0x0 on, but I > get no link to the source. > > Where can I get a meaningful starting point in the kernel? You have all the equipment you need. Use the BDI3000 to debug the Linux kernel. > Why are all the symbols in vmlinux located at 0xc0... See above. > and how does the > relocation take place? I saw some comment in arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c > but yet I have no clue where to start practically? > > Any help would be appreciated! I suggest you take a look at this link as well: http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/LinuxPostMortemAnalysis Hope this helps. Cheers, Stefan -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-0 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: office at denx.de