[U-Boot-Users] MPC8245 custom board, Linux kernel hangs after uncompressing

Kishore Devireddy
2005-04-19T23:46:58Z

Hi

I am trying to run Embedded linux (ELDK) on a custom powerpc board,
which is similar to Artis A3000 board. This board has
mpc8245(XPC8245LZY266B), natsemi 83815 ethernet, 4MB intel e28f320
flash, 16MB winbond w986432DH-6 SDRAM. So I configured and compiled
U-boot for A3000 borad. U-boot worked on my board also. Next I
compiled ELDK 3.0 for Sandpoint 8245 board and copied to flash. But
linux hangs after uncompressing

U-Boot 1.1.2 (Apr 14 2005 - 00:02:29)

CPU: MPC8245 Revision 1.2 at 249.999 MHz: 16 kB I-Cache 16 kB D-Cache
Board: A3000 Local Bus at 99.999 MHz
I2C: ready
DRAM: 16 MB
FLASH: Get flash bank 0 @ 0xffc00000
Manuf. ID @ 0xff800000: 0x00000089
Device ID @ 0xff800001: 0x00000016
## Flash bank 0 at 0xffc00000 sizes: 0x00400000
protect monitor fff00000 @ 40000
protect environtment fffc0000 @ 20000
## Final Flash bank sizes: 00400000
4 MB
00 13 100b 0020 0200 ff
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: natsemi: EEPROM contents:
ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
dp83815#0
Warning: dp83815#0 MAC addresses don't match:
Address in SROM is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
Address in environment is 00:40:05:B0:F1:BA

A3000> tftpboot 400000 uImage.eldk
Using dp83815#0 device
TFTP from server 192.168.1.124; our IP address is 192.168.1.54
Filename 'uImage.eldk'.
Load address: 0x400000
Loading: #################################################################
#################################################################
###################
done
Bytes transferred = 757926 (b90a6 hex)
A3000> bootm
## Booting image at 00400000 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.4.25
Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 757862 Bytes = 740.1 kB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

nothing happens after this until I reboot the board. I read u-boot FAQ
and configured bd_info structure same for both u-boot and Linux. I
found that CFG_IMMR is not applicable to MPC8245. I also used
clocks_in_mhz variable also before loading Linux. I am stuck here.
Could you please let me know what should I do next?

Thanks
Kishore