can't boot mpc5200, powerpc: Enable AT_BASE_PLATFORM aux vector
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Jul 26 08:15:08 EST 2008
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 17:00 -0500, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> Jon Smirl wrote:
> > I've lost my ability to boot on the mpc5200. Reverting this patch fixes it.
>
> How does it fail?
>
>
> > @@ -1652,6 +1655,14 @@ struct cpu_spec * __init identify_cpu(unsigned
> > long offset, unsigned int pvr)
> > } else
> > *t = *s;
> > *PTRRELOC(&cur_cpu_spec) = &the_cpu_spec;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Set the base platform string once; assumes
> > + * we're called with real pvr first.
> > + */
> > + if (powerpc_base_platform == NULL)
> > + powerpc_base_platform = t->platform;
> > +
>
> Hmm, maybe this needs RELOC/PTRRELOC tricks?
Hrm... indeed.
if (RELOC(powerpc_base_platform))
RELOC(powerpc_base_platform) = t->platform;
try that.
Ben.
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