In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > In a current work project, I have inherited a compactPCI board that has > an mpc7447/7448 powerpc processor as well as a Marvell system > controller, model mv64462 (stripped down mv64460). The board has a > somewhat working U-boot 1.1.2 loader (using db64460 platform) and a > Gentoo Linux port (kernel version 2.6.9 built using arch/ppc) running on > it from long ago and a company far far away. It looks like the company > contracted with Timesys to pull together the initial software. To > prepare for an upcoming deployment, I would like to bring the OS > up-to-date on this board with a newer kernel (targeting 2.6.24r3), as
Ummm... if this is recent work, then why do you use such an old Linux kernel and not 2.6.27-rc1 or later? > My Linux kernel work is going very well, but with U-boot I'm stuck. I > have what I believe 'may' be the working U-boot 1.1.2 source code, and I > have migrated all of the board's customizations from various files into > the 1.3.3 stream; however, I can get -no- console output on the serial > port. I don't have access to a remote debugger, so I'm working in the > dark and have no idea how far, if at all, the initialization is > progressing. Does anyone know of any tips to help me along? Any changes > in mpsc device initialization from 1.1.2 to 1.3.3 that could help me? > Any clues? Get access to a JTAG debugger (BDI3000). > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C8F1E0.BD29C28E > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And please do not post HTML. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make it right before you make it faster. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
