ADS8260 Hang

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <001101c42832$ec117760$3401080a at telxsi.com> you wrote:
>
> I initially tried using Linux 2.4.1 kernel and it worked fine and the
> board was up.
> I upgraded to 2.4.17 and I found out that the system started hanging
> during boot up.

I guess you didn't read the FAQ; see
http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/LinuxHangsAfterUncompressingKernel

I think you must unset the "clocks_in_mhz" environment variable.

> I tried tracking down where the hang could be and ended up at the RFI
> instruction where its waiting to complete the MMU initialization. The
> system executes SYNC instruction and then hangs. (arch/ppc/kernel/head.S)

I think you are hunting a ghost; and again you didn't read the FAQ; see
http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/HowToSingleStepThroughRFIInstruction

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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