arm and patch phys offset
Michael Walle
michael at walle.cc
Mon Dec 12 17:09:00 EST 2011
Am Montag 12 Dezember 2011, 23:02:47 schrieb Russell King - ARM Linux:
> > > Are you running a Thumb-2 kernel? Which kernel are you running?
> >
> > what do you mean by which kernel?
> > linus' master from yesterday, ARCH_KIRKWOOD=y
> > CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL is not set
>
> Yes, that's what I mean.
>
> Right, so the problem you're describing is _impossible_ - there is no way
> the fixup function can fix only some instructions and skip over others in
> a properly functioning system.
>
> The only options are that either the CPU is not executing the instructions
> we're giving it (unlikely as - I assume - your hardware executes older
> kernels fine), or for some reason your kernel is being called with caches
> still enabled, violating the long-standing kernel's calling requirements.
>
> So, some more questions to try to narrow this down:
>
> 1. What boot loader are you using?
u-boot 2011.09 with own bsp support.
> 2. What file are you taking from the kernel build in order to boot?
generated uImage
> 3. How are you transfering the kernel file to your target system?
tftp
Thanks for helping. I'll now have a look at the bootloader ;)
--
Michael
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