Linux BSP on linux kernel 2.6

Hi All,
   
  I am new to hardware design and in general embedded development. I am trying to run linux kernel 2.6 on a Xilinx ML403 dev board. I followed the steps indicated by Ameet Patil - http://www.linux.get2knowmore.com/2006/06/30/quick-guide-linux-26-on-xilinx-virtex-ii-pro-boards-part-i/. When I bootup the dev board from compact flash nothing shows up on the serial terminal. But i see the flash download complete on the LCD display.
   
  here are a few steps i performed.
  1. Built the Linux BSP by downloading the ML403 EDK Embededded PowerPC Reference Design and setting the OS and Library Settings to linux_mvl31 using EDK 8.1 SP2.
   
  2. I downloaded the kernel 2.6.17.1 from kernel.org and comipled the image using the cross compiler. While building the .config i set the option for linux to boot from "console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/sda2" (since I have the linux partition on /dev/sda2). Thats probably the only difference from Ameet's page which is set to xsa2.)
   
  3. using the download.bit i generated above, and the newly build linux image, I genarated the system.ace file using genace.tcl tool.
   
  4. Copied the system.ace file to CF and powered on the dev board.
   
  But I don't see anything on the serial terminal and i am stuck. Could anybody suggest what i could be missing. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
   
  Regards,
  Pradeep
   
   
   
   
   
   

On 9/28/06, Pradeep Sampath [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi All,

I am new to hardware design and in general embedded development. I am trying
to run linux kernel 2.6 on a Xilinx ML403 dev board. I followed the steps
indicated by Ameet Patil -
http://www.linux.get2knowmore.com/2006/06/30/quick-guide-linux-26-on-xilinx-virtex-ii-pro-boards-part-i/.
When I bootup the dev board from compact flash nothing shows up on the
serial terminal. But i see the flash download complete on the LCD display.

Your new system.ace should not display anything on the LCD.  Double
check your SysACE config dip switches on the board.

Alternately, clear out the DOS partition of your CF card and put
nothing on it except your new system.ace.  That way you know that
you're not inadvertently booting the wrong .ace file.

g.

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc. P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
grant.likely@secretlab.ca
(403) 399-0195