<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I had the same problem as you.<br><br>For what its worth, here is what I added to the end of my .dts file to get my console working for a MPC8347 embedded systems<br><br>chosen {<br> linux,stdout-path = &serial0;<br>};<br><br>Also, since I use uboot and not OF, I load the cuImage file instead of the uImage file<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>thanks<br>LK<br><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Albrecht Dreß <albrecht.dress@arcor.de><br>To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org<br>Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 10:18:15 AM<br>Subject: Re: Compile new kernel for 5200B w/ ELDK<br><br>
Hi Detlev:<br><br>Am 01.09.08 16:42 schrieb(en) Detlev Zundel:<br>> Use a recent kernel version. 2.6.26 should work out of the box <br>> without too much hassle. Some of the older versions had problems <br>> effectively stalling Linux very early without any output on the <br>> console.<br><br>Thanks a lot for your hint, but unfortunately it doesn't solve my <br>problem:<br>- downloaded 2.6.26.3 from <a target="_blank" href="http://kernel.org">kernel.org</a>;<br>- called "make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_6xx- <br>52xx/lite5200b_defconfig";<br>- called "make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_6xx- uImage".<br><br>However, even with "console=ttyPSC0,115200 verbose panic=1" in the <br>bootargs, the kernel simply doesn't say /anything/ after decompression:<br><br><snip><br>=> bootm<br>## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 01000000 ...<br> Image Name:
Linux-2.6.26.3<br> Created: 2008-09-02 9:11:12 UTC<br> Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)<br> Data Size: 1341904 Bytes = 1.3 MB<br> Load Address: 00000000<br> Entry Point: 00000000<br> Verifying Checksum ... OK<br> Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK<br></snip><br><br>Do I understand the remark in <br>Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt, section "The /chosen <br>node", correctly that it is *not* necessary to add it to the dts file <br>as u-boot 1.3.4 should fill it in automatically? Anyway, adding this <br>section doesn't change anything...<br><br>HELP! I'm really lost here...<br><br>Thanks, Albrecht.<br></div></div></div><br>
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