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<DIV>I am new to the list. I am still newbie to embedded linux. I have bought an ep440xs board which is similar to sequoia board. u-boot is working. I am trying to make it run linux. I have the following problems and need your help. Thank you very much:<BR><BR><BR>I am using linux kernel <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1259707064_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">2.6.30</SPAN>.4. I encounter 2 problems:<BR>1. After console_init() is called inside start_kernel(), the console starts printing garbage like:<BR>Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled<BR>serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x1ef600300 (irq = 16) is a
16550A<BR>������������������������������<BR>����������������������������<BR>���������������������������������<BR>������������������������������<BR>�����������������.<BR>2. It pakics when mounting the root file system(NFS):<BR>(gdb) bt<BR>#0 panic (fmt=0xc0290e94 "VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s")<BR>at kernel/panic.c:70<BR>#1 0xc02d8ce0 in mount_block_root (name=0xc0290de4 "/dev/root", flags=0x8001)<BR>at init/do_mounts.c:272<BR>#2 0xc02d9084 in prepare_namespace () at init/do_mounts.c:415<BR>#3 0xc02d81ec in kernel_init (unused=<value optimized out>) at init/main.c:885<BR>#4 0xc000de60 in kernel_thread ()<BR>There is a patch for Sequoia board
to delete /chosen part in sequoia.dts, is /chosen required?<BR><BR>Allan<BR></DIV><!-- cg17.c2.mail.re1.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Wed Nov 25 07:05:06 PST 2009 --></div><br>
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