v3.10 - big endian core support

jgq516 at gmail.com jgq516 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 8 21:18:51 EDT 2013


On 07/09/2013 01:03 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 12:02:02PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 10:51:59AM +0100, jgq516 at gmail.com wrote:
>>> The printascii can output before "b __enable_mmu", after move it to
>>> __mmap_switched, nothing can be printed. But if disable LPAE, printascii
>>> works again in __mmap_switched.
>> Ok, so the page tables are broken. The code is there to swap the two words,
>> but perhaps something ends up being off-by-4 or the like. I'll try and take
>> a look.
> Right, I managed to have a quick play with a 3.10 kernel and the good news
> is that the page tables are fine. The bad part is that using
> CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT to get my command-line from ATAGs into the FDT
> results in a NULL command line, so I don't see any output. If I hardcode the
> command line in the kernel image, things work fine.
>
> What kernel are you using, and how are you passing your command line?
3.4 kernel and command line is passed from uboot, I will try 3.10 
kernel, then cherry pick
some related patches from 3.10 if 3.10 works.

Thanks,
Xiao
> Will




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