From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1U4pg8-0004hG-9F for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:28:01 +0000 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:27:58 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20130211092758.GR1906@pengutronix.de> References: <034201ce07e7$c23b9e90$46b2dbb0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <034201ce07e7$c23b9e90$46b2dbb0$@com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Trouble booting kernel since 2012.12.1 To: George Pontis Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 03:38:41PM -0800, George Pontis wrote: > Having some trouble booting Linux from recent versions of barebox, and need > some pointers about where to look. > > I'm working with custom hardware based on the i.MX53. It is roughly > comparable to the i.MX53 LOCO board, and I started with that board support > as a base for my own port. Up through barebox 2012.12.1 things were working > well. However, with the 2013.01 and 2013.02 releases I can't get the kernel > to boot successfully. It always hangs after displaying the arch number, but > before posting the message "Booting Linux on physical CPU 0". All the lines > displayed up to that point are identical. I have tried booting a kernel via > TFTP and root FS via NFS. Also with the rootfs loaded as an initrd. The same > barebox environment, kernel, and rootfs works in both modes when I'm running > 2012.12.1 or 2012.11. > > I see that a new environment has been introduced during this time, but did > not do anything to move over to it. Could this be the source of my problem, > or need I look elsewhere ? Try booting with bootm -v -v Also you could enable earlyprintk support in the kernel and pass the 'earlyprintk' parameter on the kernel command line. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox