On 6/3/05, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote: > In message <21fb73bc05060316102325f94d at mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > I am trying to bring up Linux on a custom MPC870 Board using ELDK 3.0. > > Why are you using old (not to say ancient) tools? > I had the tool ready for a while. After porting u-boot, I realized that there had been several new tool releases.
> > The ported kernel from ELDK 3.0 hangs (loops in idled()) and the > > kernel_thread > > init never gets started!??? > > How do you know that init didn't run? Runningthe idle loop is a > perfectly normal situation. > My debug lines at the beginning of init never get printed on the console or in the log_buf. > > 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? > I am positive about the kernel configuration. SMC1 was configured as my console. Any suggestions for debugging? > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de > I read part of it all the way through. > Thank you! Edward
