Re: Kernel locked at "Now booting the kernel", Xilinx ML310 PPC405GP

It looks like it was a linker problem. I rolled back to GCC 4.0.2, and
it got past the initial kernel panic.

It's now panicking on a PCI transaction, but at least it gets to the
kernel's main code.

I'm avoiding the 2.6 kernel because it lacks Xilinx IP driver support
(at least on a production level).

On 3/12/07, Mike Dyer [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi Kunal,

Apologies if I post this twice - our mail server is unreliable atm...

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I used crosstool with gcc 4.1.1 w/glibc 2.3.6. My xparameters_ml300.h
and .config files are pasted below.

The problem:
The kernel panics after printing out the message "Now booting the
kernel" The exact output is this:

loaded at:     00400000 0089C1E4
board data at: 00000000 00000018
relocated to:  00405238 00405250
zimage at:     00405BD3 004AFDF5
initrd at:     004B0000 00898382
avail ram:     0089D000 55555555

Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram
Uncompressing Linux...done.
Now booting the kernel

I had the exact same problem for a different board, using the PPC in a
Virtex 4 FX12, using the 2.6 kernel.  I fixed this by rolling the
compiler back to version 4.0.2.  Didn't do a lot of thinking about why
it worked, but I think it has something to do with the linker and your
board data (it randomly changed location every time I tried to boot).  I
believe it should be in the 0x00400000 range as well (not 0x00 as it is
in your capture).

As a side note: Are there any known issues using GCC 4.1.1?

Cheers,
Mike