Re: Problems booting kernel 2.6.18.2 + GCC 4.1.1 (EABI)

["Naval Saini" <navalnovel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks problem solved.
There was some changes in vmlinux.lds.S file in linux-2.6.18.2 compared to
earlier version.

Was not really an error.

Thanks & regards,
Naval

On 2/8/07, Naval Saini <navalnovel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I am trying to port linux 2.6.18.2 on an ARM9 based board. For that I
> created a new tool chain using GCC-4.1.1 ( Binutils 2.17.50.0.8 ) with
> EABI support.
>
> When i load binaries in RAM, the kernel hangs and shows no output. Also, i
> have verified that console, command line, etc are correct. It does not seem
> to be a problem with my board as previous kernel ( 2.6.11.12 compiled with
> gcc-4.0.3 ) runs fine.
>
> When i break before running anything, PC is at correct address 0x018000 ;
> but the assembly instructions that i see are garbage ( some dcd mnemonic ).
> However when i reset PC to 40018000, i can see <stext> and all mnemonics.
>
> On flashing the kernel, I get " Decompressing kernel... Decompression of
> run image Successful! Before Jumping to Kernel Entry " and thats it.
>
> Please let me know for any other necessary information.
>
> TIA,
> Naval
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