cant boot any kernel > 2.6.17

renihs_wrk · n00b Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

hi!
after some time using distcc/crossdev originating from 2005.0 i finally have my cute litte netra x1 up and running with gcc-4.1.1-r3 and glibc-2.4-r3 :) and latest 2006.1
everything works fine (as expected with gentoo :), however i seem to be unable to boot any kernel higher than 2.6.17

it simply sits there and does nothing:

SILO Version 1.4.13
boot: gentoo-2.6.18
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18

Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...

(i think i can rule out missing console stuff or alike, because even then the box would come up sooner or later and be reached via ssh)
i have no clue what to try since i am re-using old (working) configs.

does anyone happen to have any clue or suggestion on this?

thanks in advance!
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Nijinski · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject:

I'd really like o be able to say I can help, but......

My Netra X1 currently says

KWhat · l33t Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 647 Location: Los Angeles

I am currently having the same issue with the 2.6.17 kernel soo if you could let me know how you got that to work i would appreciate it.

iero · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 30

I confirm.

Not able to boot a 2.6.20,

Seems I need to downgrade to 2.6.17. Not so problematic for the moment.

Greg.
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druggo · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:22 am Post subject:

oh, I had the same problem with sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu-4.1.1 & glibc-2.5

then I try to chroot to stage3-sparc64-2006.0 with sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu-3.4.5 & glibc-2.3.5-r3 and recompile the kernel using the same config,
OK, this kernel works:)

maybe there is something wrong with the new toolchains or glibc ?
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druggo · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:17 am Post subject:

when I downgrade kgcc64 to sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu-3.4.6, it OK now ~! :lol:

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Weeve · Retired Dev Joined: 30 Oct 2002 Posts: 641

There's a patch that has been released on the sparclinux ml that may fix this issue. It fixed the display issues I had on a Blade 100 with a gcc-4.1.x compiled 2.6.20 kernel. Assuming the patch works out OK and no one reports problems, it should make its way into both gentoo-sources and vanilla-sources.

gust4voz · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject:

Try gentoo-sources-2.6.20-r1, it includes the atyfb gcc4 patch, the e450 pci fix (doesn't boot) and bbc_i2c (hopefully won't eat cpu).
It'll be released probably later today or tomorrow.
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Nijinski · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I'll give it a shot and report back on results
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