green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi !
> I'm trying to run Debian Sid armel on the Nokia N810. > > I have built a Debian Sid armel chroot on the N810 and have successfully > compiled several kernels, and sent them to the N810 using the flasher. > > However, from what I can tell, none of the kernels have booted successfully, > and nothing more than the "NOKIA" splash screen is ever displayed. I have > enabled R&D mode on the device and disabled the lifeguard-reset flag. I am > wondering: is it possible to somehow get output from the kernel instead of > only > "NOKIA"? Especially without using serial access because I can't find the > serial output that the N810 supposedly has. The serial console is not a good idea imho. From what I heard, some nokia devs have broken a bunch of n800/n810 by playing with the serial port. > > Much of the trouble I have had has been because of my ignorance concerning > the > ARM architecture and the relationship between bootloader stages, the kernel, > the initfs, and the rootfs; please pardon my ignorance. I've searched lots > for > more information without significant success. > > Perhaps I need CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE / CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE set? I tried > and got build errors but can investigate more if necessary. Enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE and some fonts and disable CONFIG_FB_OMAP_MANUAL_UPDATE. This should do the trick. > > I have used these kernel sources: > maemo 2008 kernel > http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo4.0.1/free/k/kernel-source-rx-34/ > 2.6.25 with omap patch > http://www.muru.com/linux/omap/patches/ If you want wifi, stick with the maemo kernel, boot with nokia initfs and chroot into your debian. If you don't care about wifi, there are patches here : http://www.muru.com/linux/n8x0/ You can try omap git tree but iirc, there are some missing patches (I didn't check recently so take it with a grain of salt). > > And the attached configs: > maemo-rx-34.config > 2.6.25-omap1.config > > These are not the only configs I've used, of course. > > If there is a better place for me to get help with this, please mention it. > I've looked for Nokia lists but there is nothing in the archive of the few > I've > found concerning compiling a custom kernel, modifying the rootfs, modifying > the > initfs, or anything else of that sort. I will try at the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] list if I don't get any answers here. > You can also try on [EMAIL PROTECTED] (http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-omap). Arnaud -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
