[Cbe-oss-dev] PS3 kernel does not load

[Geoff Levand]

Hi,

On Thu, 2015-10-15 at 18:08 +0100, Declan Malone wrote:
> I hope that this is the right place to ask this.

This is the place for PS3 help with firmware 3.20 and earlier.

> I downloaded what I think is the official kernel from
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git

For firmware 3.20 and earlier, the latest is there.  The upstream
stable kernel will also work.

> After compiling and installing it and putting it into my kboot.conf
> with the line
> 
>     linux-4.2.0="/boot/vmlinux-4.2.0-01270-g19ff78f root=/dev/ps3dd2

Maybe 'root=ps3da2'?  Not sure about otheros++ devices.

> I did a shutdown -r to get into petitboot, but after selecting the
> kernel and getting the usual "system is going down now" message
> before the kexec, the PS3's power light just flashes red and there
> are three quick beeps.

Three beeps means there was some kind of invalid memory access or
a bad LV1 call.

> My system is at firmware version 3.55 and I'm using pslight to launch
> the (iirc) otheros++ install.

Sorry, my stuff on kernel.org is for firmware 3.20 and earlier.
You'll need to get a kernel, or kernel patches from the otheros++ guys.

> I'd like to get the latest official kernel since it seems to fix a
> long-standing problem I had with spufs not being populated.

You should be able to forward port any otheros++ kernel patches to the
latest kernel.

-Geoff



> I downloaded what I think is the official kernel from
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git
> 
> At the time of downloading, the last commit is 19ff78fe6470bb44771c20c9b7546a2c7a631752 and I'm on branch "master".
> 
> After compiling and installing it and putting it into my kboot.conf with the line
> 
>     linux-4.2.0="/boot/vmlinux-4.2.0-01270-g19ff78f root=/dev/ps3dd2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-01270-g19ff78f"
> 
> I did a shutdown -r to get into petitboot, but after selecting the kernel and getting the usual "system is going down now" message before the kexec, the PS3's power light just flashes red and there are three quick beeps.
> 
> My system is at firmware version 3.55 and I'm using pslight to launch the (iirc) otheros++ install. I'm running a fully-updated Debian wheezy OS
> 
> My kernel build should have been standard:
> 
> make ps3_defconfig
> make oldconfig
> make
> make install (failed with messages about not finding modules)
> make modules_install
> make install (previous error messages went away)
> 
> After failing to reboot, I also did another make modules_install, but it didn't help.
> 
> I'd like to get the latest official kernel since it seems to fix a long-standing problem I had with spufs not being populated (I'd tried applying the patches to other kernels I had but that didn't work). The above seems to be the right way to go about things, but perhaps the git repo or branch I'm using doesn't work?
> 
> Failing getting this kernel to work, is there some up-to-date documentation for the preferred setup for re-installing Linux on my box? I think I can revert the firmware if needed. I'd like it if my setup was as close as possible to what you kernel development guys have. Before I nuke everything and start again, though, I'd just like to know what setup will give me the best compatibility/kernel support.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> dec
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> On Thu, 2015-10-15 at 18:08 +0100, Declan Malone wrote:
> > I hope that this is the right place to ask this.
> 
> This is the place for PS3 help with firmware 3.20 and earlier.
> 
> > I downloaded what I think is the official kernel from
> > 
> > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git
> 
> For firmware 3.20 and earlier, the latest is there.  The upstream
> stable kernel will also work.
> 
> > After compiling and installing it and putting it into my kboot.conf
> > with the line
> > 
> >     linux-4.2.0="/boot/vmlinux-4.2.0-01270-g19ff78f root=/dev/ps3dd2
> 
> Maybe 'root=ps3da2'?  Not sure about otheros++ devices.
> 
> > I did a shutdown -r to get into petitboot, but after selecting the
> > kernel and getting the usual "system is going down now" message
> > before the kexec, the PS3's power light just flashes red and there
> > are three quick beeps.
> 
> Three beeps means there was some kind of invalid memory access or a bad LV1
> call.
> 
> > My system is at firmware version 3.55 and I'm using pslight to launch
> > the (iirc) otheros++ install.
> 
> Sorry, my stuff on kernel.org is for firmware 3.20 and earlier.  You'll need to
> get a kernel, or kernel patches from the otheros++ guys.
> 
> > I'd like to get the latest official kernel since it seems to fix a
> > long-standing problem I had with spufs not being populated.
> 
> You should be able to forward port any otheros++ kernel patches to the latest
> kernel.
> 
> -Geoff
> > I hope that this is the right place to ask this.
> 
> This is the place for PS3 help with firmware 3.20 and earlier.
> 
> > I downloaded what I think is the official kernel from
> > 
> > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git
> 
> For firmware 3.20 and earlier, the latest is there.  The upstream
> stable kernel will also work.
> 
> > After compiling and installing it and putting it into my kboot.conf
> > with the line
> > 
> >     linux-4.2.0="/boot/vmlinux-4.2.0-01270-g19ff78f root=/dev/ps3dd2
> 
> Maybe 'root=ps3da2'?  Not sure about otheros++ devices.
> 
> > I did a shutdown -r to get into petitboot, but after selecting the
> > kernel and getting the usual "system is going down now" message
> > before the kexec, the PS3's power light just flashes red and there
> > are three quick beeps.
> 
> Three beeps means there was some kind of invalid memory access or a bad LV1
> call.
> 
> > My system is at firmware version 3.55 and I'm using pslight to launch
> > the (iirc) otheros++ install.
> 
> Sorry, my stuff on kernel.org is for firmware 3.20 and earlier.  You'll need to
> get a kernel, or kernel patches from the otheros++ guys.
> 
> > I'd like to get the latest official kernel since it seems to fix a
> > long-standing problem I had with spufs not being populated.
> 
> You should be able to forward port any otheros++ kernel patches to the latest
> kernel.
> 
> -Geoff> I hope that this is the right place to ask this.
> 
> This is the place for PS3 help with firmware 3.20 and earlier.
> 
> > I downloaded what I think is the official kernel from
> > 
> > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git
> 
> For firmware 3.20 and earlier, the latest is there.  The upstream
> stable kernel will also work.
> 
> > After compiling and installing it and putting it into my kboot.conf
> > with the line
> > 
> >     linux-4.2.0="/boot/vmlinux-4.2.0-01270-g19ff78f root=/dev/ps3dd2
> 
> Maybe 'root=ps3da2'?  Not sure about otheros++ devices.
> 
> > I did a shutdown -r to get into petitboot, but after selecting the
> > kernel and getting the usual "system is going down now" message
> > before the kexec, the PS3's power light just flashes red and there
> > are three quick beeps.
> 
> Three beeps means there was some kind of invalid memory access or a bad LV1
> call.
> 
> > My system is at firmware version 3.55 and I'm using pslight to launch
> > the (iirc) otheros++ install.
> 
> Sorry, my stuff on kernel.org is for firmware 3.20 and earlier.  You'll need to
> get a kernel, or kernel patches from the otheros++ guys.
> 
> > I'd like to get the latest official kernel since it seems to fix a
> > long-standing problem I had with spufs not being populated.
> 
> You should be able to forward port any otheros++ kernel patches to the latest
> kernel.
> 
> -Geoff