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From: "David H. Lynch Jr." <dhlii@dlasys•net>
To: linuxppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org>
Subject: Re: XUPV2P, Kernel 2.6.17 boot problem
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:50:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44D1021C.5080602@dlasys.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060801100220.26176938@bob.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>

Benjamin Heyne wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am currently trying to get the 2.6.17.1 Linux kernel
> running on the Xilinx Virtex. I have the 2.4 kernel up
> and running - No problems there...
>
> But when using the 2.6 kernel (have copied xparameters file,
> patched for using TEMAC driver) with the same hardware configuration
> the following happens:
>
>
> loaded at:     00400000 0061813C
> board data at: 00616124 0061613C
> relocated to:  00405148 00405160
> zimage at:     0040585D 00615F42
> avail ram:     00619000 20000000
>
> Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600.....
>
> Uncompressing Linux...inflate returned FFFFFFFB
> exit
>
>   
    Zlib was upgraded with 2.6.17. The updated Zlib is broken on ppc32.
I am pretty certain it is fixed in 2.6.18-rc3


> Now, I am not really sure where to start searching for the bug
> (I just want to implement some drivers - not the kernel itself ;-).
> The zImage.elf file is about 2MB large. Did anyone encounter
> a similar error? Does anyone have some hints where to
> look at for debugging, or what might be wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Best regards
>   


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-08-02 20:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-01  8:02 XUPV2P, Kernel 2.6.17 boot problem Benjamin Heyne
2006-08-01 11:21 ` Ameet Patil
2006-08-02 19:50 ` David H. Lynch Jr. [this message]
2006-08-04 14:00   ` Peter Korsgaard
2006-08-04 15:35     ` David H. Lynch Jr.
2006-08-07  7:40       ` Peter Korsgaard
2006-08-07  9:46         ` Benjamin Heyne
2006-08-07 15:22 ` XUPV2P, which kernel 2.6. device drivers are available? Benjamin Heyne
2006-08-07 16:03   ` Ameet Patil
2006-08-11  8:30     ` Benjamin Heyne
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-12  4:37 XUPV2P, Kernel 2.6.17 boot problem Milton Miller
2006-08-14  9:10 ` Benjamin Heyne
2006-08-14 14:00   ` Milton Miller
2006-08-14 14:42     ` Benjamin Heyne

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