Re: kernel 2.6.35-rc1 on avila ixp4xx board booting problem

[Mikael Pettersson]

Stefan writes:
 > Hi all,
 > 
 > I just compiled the kernel from wireless-testing git tree for my 
 > gateworks avila ixp4xx  board. I used the OpenWrt toolchain for cross 
 > compiling for the arm - architecture and I used the .config of the 
 > original kernel of OpenWrt (2.6.32-10)
 > 
 > The kernel hangs up directly after being uncompressed.
 > 
 > console output:
 > 
 > +
 > Trying NPE-B...success. Using NPE-B with PHY 0.
 > Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:d0:12:02:93:53
 > IP: 192.168.3.2/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0
 > Default server: 192.168.3.1
 >  
 > RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM]
 > Gateworks certified release, version 2.02 - built 05:22:19, Mar  3 2006
 >  
 > Platform: Gateworks Avila GW234X (IXP42X 533MHz) BE
 > Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Red Hat, Inc.
 > Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Gateworks Corporation
 >  
 > RAM: 0x00000000-0x04000000, [0x000298b0-0x03fc1000] available
 > FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x51000000, 128 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.
 > == Executing boot script in 5.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort
 > RedBoot> load -r -m disk -b 0x01600000 hda1:openwrt-avila-zImage
 > Raw file loaded 0x01600000-0x016f2f3b, assumed entry at 0x01600000
 > RedBoot> exec -c "console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext2 
 > init=/etc/preinit" 0x01600000
 > Using base address 0x01600000 and length 0x000f2f3c
 > Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
 > 
 > I don't know, how to debug such behaviour. Any suggestions would be 
 > extremely helpful.
 > I attached my kernel config.
 > Thanks in advance

You should send this to the linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mailing list.

FWIW, 2.6.35-rc1 boots fine on my ixp4xx NAS box.

You should also investigate if this is a regression from earlier
kernels or not. If you can't compile and boot earlier kernels
either then it may be a problem in your build tools or build procedure.
For starters, are you building with the correct endianess, and
are you sure you don't need a kernel shim to correct the bootloader's
machine type?
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