Early boot problem with MPC8247 and Linux 2.6.26

[Scott Wood]

Chris Skepper wrote:
> Using code to flash an LED I have traced execution from the entry point 
> in head_32.S, through to call_setup_cpu in misc.S, __setup_cpu_603 and 
> into setup_common_caches in cpu_setup_6xx.S.  It appears to reset when 
> enabling the cache on the CPU:
> 
> setup_common_caches:
>     mfspr    r11,SPRN_HID0
>     andi.    r0,r11,HID0_DCE
>     ori    r11,r11,HID0_ICE|HID0_DCE
>     ori    r8,r11,HID0_ICFI
>     bne    1f            /* don't invalidate the D-cache */
>     ori    r8,r8,HID0_DCI        /* unless it wasn't enabled */
> 1:    sync
>     /* Chris: Reaches here. */
>     mtspr    SPRN_HID0,r8        /* enable and invalidate caches */
>     sync
>     mtspr    SPRN_HID0,r11        /* enable caches */
>     sync
>     isync
>     /* Chris: Never gets to here. */
>     blr
> 
> FWIW, commenting out the lines above causes it to hang when attempting 
> to enable the MMU, which is the next step in the process.

How are you determining that it never gets to that point?  If it's via 
serial I/O or similar, be aware that I/O isn't going to work when caches 
are enabled but the MMU is not.

> Also, can anyone confirm that the MPC8247 is supported by a 2.6.26 
> kernel with ARCH=powerpc mode?  I think it should be, but it would be 
> good to know that someone has tried it.

I've booted an MPC8248 (and some other 82xx) on 2.6.26.  MPC8247 should 
work.

-Scott