Kernel Debugging

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <406B9D084FAFD4118C980008C79FADB901B57FF7 at ALBMAIL> you wrote:
>
> I got a bunch of ????? marks on serial console once the kernel gets run from
> "ppcboot", and then I start GDB with cmd "target remote /dev/ttyS0" on the
> host. The GDB got messages like "Ignoring packet error, continuing..." and
> then timeed out to close connection.

This is usually an indication that you tried to rn the  native  (x86)
GDB  which  will not be anle to communicate with a PPC target. Please
use the PPC cross version of GDB instead (ppc_8xx-gdb).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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