Re: kernel ported from ELDK 3.0 hangs (loops in idled()) on my custom MPC870 Board

On 6/3/05, Wolfgang Denk [off-list ref] wrote:

In message [ref] you wrote:

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I am trying to bring up Linux on a custom MPC870 Board using ELDK 3.0.

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Why are you using old (not to say ancient) tools?
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I had the tool ready for a while. After porting u-boot, I realized
that there had been several new tool releases.

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The ported kernel from ELDK 3.0 hangs (loops in idled()) and the kernel=

_thread

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init never gets started!???

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How do you know that init didn't  run?  Runningthe  idle  loop  is  a
perfectly normal situation.
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My debug lines at the beginning of init never get printed on the
console or in the log_buf.

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Are you sure that your kernel configuration is sensible? For example,
did you configure a console port that matches your hardware? Did  you
configure the serial ports (SMC / SCC) at all?
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I am positive about the kernel configuration. SMC1 was configured as my=20
console.

Any suggestions for debugging?

Best regards,
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Wolfgang Denk
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Thank you!

Edward