2.6.24 for mpc8458amc

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 20, 2008, at 7:00 AM, maxime louvel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> yes It has something like 16550 UART.
> the compiler version is gcc-3.4.3 with some specific stuff for the  
> platform.
> I also have a gcc-4.1.2 vanilla which has been compiled with the  
> previous one. The 4.1.2 works if you tell it to emulate the floating  
> point instructions.
>
> thanks Scott,
> without the treeboot-walnut it compiled
>
> I have still my first problem though:
>
> AMC=> bootm 0x1000000
> ## Booting image at 01000000 ...
>   Image Name:   Linux-2.6.24
>   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
>   Data Size:    1802038 Bytes =  1.7 MB
>   Load Address: 00000000
>   Entry Point:  00000000
>   Verifying Checksum ... OK
>   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
>
> and nothing else...
>
> Any idea ?
>
> This may become from the fact that the uboot installed on the cards  
> is old and it apparently doesn't support the newer version of the  
> kernel image... (I have got that from an another mailing list)

Yes, you'll either need to look at updating u-boot and including  
support for the device tree in it or look at the cuImage wrappers in  
arch/powerpc/boot as a mechanism to boot a kernel w/an old fw.

- k