Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261918AbUCaL7G (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:59:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261926AbUCaL7G (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:59:06 -0500 Received: from attila.bofh.it ([213.92.8.2]:10447 "EHLO attila.bofh.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261918AbUCaL7D (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:59:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:58:55 +0200 From: "Marco d'Itri" To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Martin Schaffner , Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: booting 2.6.4 from OpenFirmware Message-ID: <20040331115855.GB5228@wonderland.linux.it> References: <321B041D-8298-11D8-AC61-0003931E0B62@gmx.li> <1080687527.1198.48.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1080687527.1198.48.camel@gaston> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 963 Lines: 23 On Mar 31, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > If I try to boot the stock kernel, OpenFirmware tells me "Claim > > failed", and returns to the command prompt. > > > > Does anybody have an idea what is the cause of this? > > That's strange, I do such netbooting everyday on a wide range of > machines without trouble. Are you using some kind of cross compiler ? > Maybe there are some issues with cross compiling of the boot wrapper... I experienced the same problem (2.4.x kernels would boot from OF, 2.6.x would not) on my B50 machines, I may even have discussed it with you on IRC. I did not try to debug this further and I started using yaboot. -- ciao, | Marco | [5461 tro7jFYIQ7uH6] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/