Walnut boot problem solved

[Jacky Lam]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Denk" <wd at denx.de>
To: "Jacky Lam" <jackylam at astri.org>
Cc: <linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: Walnut boot problem solved


> 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?

    No...just my blind guess while tracing the code.
>
> > 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>.

    Thanks. (Will you change it in next release?)

Regards,
Jacky


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