Re: Linux hanging on Xilinx SystemACE

On 8/16/06, Clint Thomas [off-list ref] wrote:

Hey,

Using the powerpc development tree of Linux 2.4, I am trying to boot my
system from CompactFlash using Xilinx SystemACE. My compact flash card has
two partitions, a 16MB FAT16 that holds the combination FPGA image / Linux
Kernel ELF file, and an Ext2 partition that holds the root file system. The
system starts the boot process, uncompresses the Linux kernel and begins
loading drivers. Part way into this process, it conducts a partition check
of the drive being reported to it by SystemACE, however, it hangs at that
point. No kernel panic, no error message, it simply hangs. Here is the
output at that point...

Partition check:
 xsysacea:

what I am trying to find out is if this problem has been seen/fixed in the
past? or did I format the CF card incorrectly?

Checking partitions is a user-space activity (fsck).  Remove it from
your init scripts.  Besides, unless your using a microdrive, your ext2
rootfs should be mounted read-only which greatly reduces the need for
fsck.  (because FLASH will wear out after too many writes)

Cheers,
g.
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