OMAP baseline test results for v3.8-rc4

Bedia, Vaibhav vaibhav.bedia at ti.com
Mon Jan 28 07:23:56 EST 2013


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 22:29:43, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Bedia, Vaibhav <vaibhav.bedia at ti.com> [130123 06:35]:
> > Hi Tony,
> > 
> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 23:53:32, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > 
> > > > But I should get *something* from the kernel before it starts trying to access the rootfs ?
> > > 
> > > Here's something Kevin fixed but did not send it out before going to
> > > a vacation. Can you give it a try with earlyprintk enabled?
> > > 
> > > Note that this does not help with no output early on, that sounds
> > > like a bug configuring the DEBUG_LL port somewhere.
> > > 
> > 
> > I think earlyprintk on AM335x has not been functional for a while [1].
> > Will the latest patches from you to enable multiplatform debug-ll be sufficient
> > to test this out? I am trying to track down the boot issues reported and just
> > want to be sure of the dependencies. 
> 
> Yes you should check with current linux next and select the DEBUG_LL
> port manually.
>  

Verified on linux-next that selecting the right UART port gives a functional early_console. 
(One of the rare cases where forcing a kernel panic early in the boot process makes sense ;)

Regards,
Vaibhav



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