From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79BCEB6F7A for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:14:01 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Linux 3.0 boot failure on the Powerbook G4 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Michael =?ISO-8859-1?Q?B=FCsch?= In-Reply-To: <20110724141051.771d6492@maggie> References: <20110723222034.6757604b@maggie> <1311509250.25044.583.camel@pasglop> <20110724141051.771d6492@maggie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:13:34 +1000 Message-ID: <1311509614.25044.585.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 14:10 +0200, Michael Büsch wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:07:30 +1000 > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 22:20 +0200, Michael Büsch wrote: > > > Linux 3.0 fails to boot _very_ early on my Powerbook G4. See the > > > yaboot/OF screenshot: > > > http://bues.ch/misc/linux-3.0-pbook.jpg > > > > > > Linux 2.6.39.2 boots fine. > > > Does somebody have an idea? > > > > Interesting, that's before it even kills OF. Are you booting a zImage or > > a vmlinux ? > > I'm booting zImage.pmac. Ah that might make it easier... I don't remember where it links, can you show me the program headers out of readelf -a of the zImage ? > > It might be also useful to compile yaboot with debug output enabled to > > figure out where the kernel is loaded so we can try calculating where > > exactly it dies if it's a vmlinux... > > Hm, I guess I could probably try that. Cheers, Ben.