Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262644AbUDAVp7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:45:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263176AbUDAVov (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:44:51 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:16322 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263273AbUDAVm7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:42:59 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 23:40:31 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Martin Schaffner , Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: booting 2.6.4 from OpenFirmware Message-ID: <20040401214031.GA22366@suse.de> References: <321B041D-8298-11D8-AC61-0003931E0B62@gmx.li> <1080687527.1198.48.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1080687527.1198.48.camel@gaston> X-DOS: I got your 640K Real Mode Right Here Buddy! X-Homeland-Security: You are not supposed to read this line! You are a terrorist! User-Agent: Mutt und vi sind doch schneller als Notes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1299 Lines: 36 On Wed, Mar 31, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 08:18, Martin Schaffner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I try to boot linux-2.6.4 from OpenFirmware on my Apple iBook2 (dual > > USB). I'm using the image named "vmlinux.elf-pmac". While linux-2.4.25 > > boots fine, linux-2.6.4 doesn't without the following modifications: > > > > http://membres.lycos.fr/schaffner/howto/linux26-boot-of.txt > > > > (I found this procedure by trial and error, by mixing stuff from 2.4 > > into the build of 2.6.) > > > > 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... This is fixed. your options: update to 2.6.5-rc3 disable modversions -- USB is for mice, FireWire is for men! sUse lINUX ag, nÜRNBERG - 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/