Re: Regression in 5.1.0-rc2: PowerBook G4 Aluminum fails to boot - bisected to commit 0df977eafc792

From: Larry Finger
Date: Mon Mar 25 2019 - 11:54:30 EST


On 3/25/19 1:53 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:


Le 25/03/2019 Ã 01:49, Larry Finger a ÃcritÂ:
A build of kernel 5.1.0-rc2 resulted in a failure to boot on my PowerBook G4 Aluminum. The bootstrap loads the initial kernel and issues the appropriate start, but the machine hangs at that point.

Can you please be more explicit ? What do you mean by "issues the appropriate start" ? What is "that point" ? Any messages on the console ?

Sorry to be unclear. The bootstrap code prints a line saying "Booting Linux via __start() @ 0x00c00000" and then hangs.

Your idea of confusion between physical and virtual address sounds right. I am building a kernel with that patch applied now. As it seems to be going quickly, I should have the answer fairly quickly.

Thanks,

Larry