Walnut boot problem solved

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Oct 7 08:40:17 EST 2003


Hi Jacky,

in message <009a01c38bb6$ceb84f40$2803050a at JackyLam> you wrote:
>
>     I have figured out why my kernel hanged while booting on Walnut
> platform. It is because the structure of board_info is different between
> u-boot-0.4.8 and linuxppc-2.4-devel. After syncing the structure, I can boot

Does the fact that this is a FAQ tell you something?

> up to where the kernel tries to mount the filesystem. Attached is a patch
> for the fix.

This patch is not really useful. Instead of redefining the  structure
yourself you should simply #include <asm/ppcboot.h>.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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