Hi! > > > Thanks for the review, Pavel! Although, the patch is in > > > Linus' tree long ago. ;-) > > > > Yeah... I did a bit of history-digging ;-). Now, I should > > figure out how to put custom kernel on n900 _and_ keep it in > > working state at the same time. > > > > (I installed some kind of multiboot, then, apt decided to > > install some u-boot extension. Then it got interesting. I > > never got my own kernel to work, and u-boot magically > > disappeared, but I still have working phone :-). > > Hello Pavel, > > here are some hints for booting 3.8+ kernel on n900:
Ok, I have compiled defconfig kernel (with patches, as indicated). sudo src/0xFFFF -m /data/l/linux-n900/arch/arm/boot/zImage -l -b seems to boot it, I see kernel messages scrolling, but it reboots instead of going to the GUI. > "multiboot" package from Maemo Extras is horrible hack which can > be used only for booting maemo 2.6.28 kernel. it flashing new > kernel to n900 nand, then reboot device, start maemo init and > mount/chroot into new os dir... after reboot it erasing kernel > nand area where is normaly uboot placed, so do not install it! I had it already :-(. Removed now. I tried running custom kernel, but then multiboot interfered. I got u-boot installed with help from irc. Unfortunately, the u-boot can not boot kernel-power, so I'm back to original kernel without tethering :-(. > uboot in Maemo Extras cannot boot 3.x kernels because autobuilder > (Extras server app for buidling packages) has very old gcc which > produced semi-(non)working uboot (can boot some 2.6 kernels). > > my uboot builds compiled by gcc 4.7 (which can boot 3.8 kernel): > http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pali/u-boot/ Can I get away with using u-boot package in the repositories? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
