In message <406B9D084FAFD4118C980008C79FADB901B57FF7 at ALBMAIL> you wrote: > > I got a bunch of ????? marks on serial console once the kernel gets run from > "ppcboot", and then I start GDB with cmd "target remote /dev/ttyS0" on the > host. The GDB got messages like "Ignoring packet error, continuing..." and > then timeed out to close connection.
This is usually an indication that you tried to rn the native (x86) GDB which will not be anle to communicate with a PPC target. Please use the PPC cross version of GDB instead (ppc_8xx-gdb). Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de He had quite a powerful intellect, but it was as powerful like a locomotive, and ran on rails and was therefore almost impossible to steer. - Terry Pratchett, _Lords and Ladies_ ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
