newest "bk pull" of 8xx tree still builds a kernel that hangs

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:55:33AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>
>   having just got back from vacation, i may have missed some of the latest
> developments.  i just did a "bk pull" from the linuxppc-2.5 tree, rebuilt
> the kernel for my 8xx board and, just like before i left, the kernel hung
> almost immediately upon booting:
>
> Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 rw root=/dev/ram0 init=/sbin/minit
> Uncompressing Linux...done.
> Now booting the kernel
> (hang)
>
> should i be expecting this?  once upon a time, of course, i got all the
> way to user space before the hang.  have there been some recent patches to
> cause this latest behaviour?  i haven't messed with the config file in
> quite some time.  should i?

What probably happened is that you don't have a UART driver selected.
I've had my best luck with CONFIG_SERIAL_CPM, so you might want to try
that.

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Tom Rini
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