any chance to use a modern linux kernel on Pegasos1 G3 ?

[Gerhard Pircher]

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> Datum: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:39:00 +0100
> Von: nello martuscielli <ppc.addon at gmail.com>
> An: Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher at gmx.net>
> CC: acrux_it at libero.it, linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> Betreff: Re: any chance to use a modern linux kernel on Pegasos1 G3 ?

> hi all,
> 
> here instead the log from serial debug console booting the last
> working kernel i.e. linux-2.16.62 compiled with arch=ppc .
> 
> 
> [...]
> do_load: dev="/ide/disk:0" dlen=11 args="CRUX root=/dev/hdb
> video=radeonfb:800x600" alen=41
> do_load: alstr=""
> try_load: dev="/ide/disk:0" dlen=11 args="CRUX root=/dev/hdb
> video=radeonfb:800x600" alen=41
> create_well_formed_chain: pkg=0xFD57D58 parent=0xFD53B90
> currpkg=0xFD53B90 inst=0xFE6EE50
>         pkg=/pci at 80000000 parent=/ currpkg=/ currinst=/
> create_well_formed_chain: pkg=0xFD53B90 parent=0x0 currpkg=0xFD53B90
> inst=0xFE6EE50
>         pkg=/ parent= currpkg=/ currinst=/
>         pkg=0xFD57D58:/pci at 80000000 parent=0xFE6EE50:/
> inst=0xFE6EEA8:/pci at 80000000 instparent=0xFE6EE50
> ata_disk_open: pkg=0xFD5B870 parent=0xFD5B2C8
> ata_disk_open: CTLR=0x0 ID=0x0
> ata_disk_open: args="0"
> deblocker open
> ata_disk_max_transfer: 512
> deblocker open: block-size=0x200 max-transfer=0x200
> deblocker open: return 0
> open-package: ret=0:no error r=-1
> ata_disk_open: $open-package deblocker ret=0
> ata_disk_open: deblocker=0xFE6EFC8
> disk-label open
> disk-label open: self=0xFE702B0 s->buf=0xFE71000
> disk-label open: return 0
> open-package: ret=0:no error r=-1
> ata_disk_open: $open-package disk-label ret=0
> ata_disk_open: disklabel=0xFE70258
> disk-label load: addr=0x400000 loadargs=CRUX root=/dev/hdb
> video=radeonfb:800x600 args=0,CRUX root=/dev/hdb
> video=radeonfb:800x600
> file_system: e=0xFD00008 disk=0xFE6EF58 loc=0x0 start=0x0
> path=0xFE703C0 buf=0xFE71000 size=512
> file_system: probing filesys dos-partition
> 
> dos_partition: enter
> dos-partition: boot_sect_sig0/1=0x55.0xAA jump=0x0 boot_signature=0x0
> drive_number=0x0
> dos_partition: partition=0 size=0x32F8E start=0x3F typ=0x6
>         flag=0x80 shd=0x1 ssect=0x1 scyl=0x0 ehd=0xFE esect=0x3F ecyl=0xC
> file_system: e=0xFD00008 disk=0xFE6EF58 loc=0x7E00 start=0x3F
> path=0xFE703C2 buf=0xFE71000 size=512
> file_system: probing filesys dos-partition
> file_system: probing filesys dos-fat
> file_system: return end (-4089)
> file_system: return end (-4089)
> disk-label return len=1782093 ret=end (-4089)
> ata_disk_close
> disk-label close:
> checking exec type Fcode
> fcode_is_exec: load=0x400000 loadlen=1782093
> checking exec type Forth
> checking exec type ELF
> f_go:
> checking exec type Fcode
> fcode_is_exec: load=0x400000 loadlen=1782093
> checking exec type Forth
> checking exec type ELF
> alloc_aligned: a 0xFD548E8 align 0xFD5491C size 0xFD54918 addr 0xFD54914
> alloc_constrained: min 0x0, max 0xFFFFFFFF, align 0x1000, mask
> 0xFFFFFFFF, size 0x7E0000, addr 0x300000
> alloc_constrained: acells 0x1 scells 0x1 t1 0xC t2 0xFD5490C u1
> 0xFD54910 u2 0xFD54914 u3 0xFD54918
> alloc_constrained: allocator_block 0xFD54930, next 0x0 addr 0x300000
> size 0xFD00000
> alloc_constrained: fsblock 0x0
> alloc_constrained: addr[] 0x300000
> alloc_constrained: bsize[] 0xFD00000
> alloc_constrained: passed min check
> alloc_constrained: addr 0x300000, align 0xFFF, off 0x69696969
> sum 0x0
> alloc_constrained: passed align check
> alloc_constrained: passed max check
> alloc_constrained: passed mask check
> alloc_constrained: passed full size check
> alloc_constrained: passed size check
> 
> 
> i'm not an expert but from a quick logs comparison I saw two times the
> alloc_aligned,alloc_constrained section instead in the working one i
> see it only one time.
> Maybe it's an usefull observation.

Well, I never put my hands on an OpenFirmware machine, but I could
imagine that this is an image loading problem.
Various PPC Linux related websites suggest to set a different load base
for the kernel image on Pegasos machines:

setenv load-base 0x4000000

Does that work on the Pegasos1?

BTW do you get any debug output from a recent kernel on serial port
(with udbg)?

regards,
Gerhard
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