Scott Wood wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 03:50:26PM +0200, Andre Schwarz wrote:
>   
>> after building a debug kernel and attaching the bdi2000 it looks like  
>> the crash occurs during "console_init()" ...
>>     
>
> Does your device tree have a /chosen node after u-boot is done with it? 
> find_legacy_serial_ports() can crash otherwise (we really should fix that).
>
>   
latest u-boot does add the chosen node.
As far as I know it's for initrd setup ... don't know if it's complete.
>> Since we're using a dtb I omit the "console=..." argument for the  
>> kernel. Is this correct ?
>>     
>
> It's OK if you have /chosen/linux,stdout-path.
>
>   
that sounds promising ! Haven't seen this and will have a closer look.
>> If "console=/dev/ttyS0,115200N8" argument is given the serial console  
>> stops working after console_init....
>>
>>
>> On other PowerPC system I could see something like this during boot :
>>
>> -> find_legacy_serial_port()
>> stdout is /soc8568@e0000000/serial@4600
>> legacy_serial_console = 1
>> default console speed = 115340
>> <- find_legacy_serial_port()
>>
>>
>> Should I see this message also ?
>>     
>
> Only if you enable debug messages in legacy_serial.c.
>
>   
ok.
>> Have I misconfigured anything ?
>>     
>
> One thing that sticks out from the above is that you ask for ttyS0, but the
> stdout you list from the other system corresponds to ttyS1.  Is this just a
> difference between the two systems?
>
>   
Yes - the log from the MPC8568 is a copy&paste from another posting. 
It's not my system.
I want ttyS0.
> -Scott
>   
I appreciate your help !

Thanks,
André


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