Kernel locked at "Now booting the kernel", Xilinx ML310 PPC405GP

[Kunal Arya]

It looks like it was a linker problem. I rolled back to GCC 4.0.2, and
it got past the initial kernel panic.

It's now panicking on a PCI transaction, but at least it gets to the
kernel's main code.

I'm avoiding the 2.6 kernel because it lacks Xilinx IP driver support
(at least on a production level).

On 3/12/07, Mike Dyer <michaelidyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kunal,
>
> Apologies if I post this twice - our mail server is unreliable atm...
> > <snip>
> > I used crosstool with gcc 4.1.1 w/glibc 2.3.6. My xparameters_ml300.h
> > and .config files are pasted below.
> >
> > The problem:
> > The kernel panics after printing out the message "Now booting the
> > kernel" The exact output is this:
> >
> > loaded at:     00400000 0089C1E4
> > board data at: 00000000 00000018
> > relocated to:  00405238 00405250
> > zimage at:     00405BD3 004AFDF5
> > initrd at:     004B0000 00898382
> > avail ram:     0089D000 55555555
> >
> > Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram
> > Uncompressing Linux...done.
> > Now booting the kernel
> >
> >
> >
> I had the exact same problem for a different board, using the PPC in a
> Virtex 4 FX12, using the 2.6 kernel.  I fixed this by rolling the
> compiler back to version 4.0.2.  Didn't do a lot of thinking about why
> it worked, but I think it has something to do with the linker and your
> board data (it randomly changed location every time I tried to boot).  I
> believe it should be in the 0x00400000 range as well (not 0x00 as it is
> in your capture).
>
> As a side note: Are there any known issues using GCC 4.1.1?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
>
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