Re: Can't boot 2.6.30 powerpc kernel under qemu.

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Mon Jun 29 2009 - 20:24:49 EST


On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 18:34 -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> Which suggested that the problem was the new CONFIG_PPC_OF_BOOT_TRAMPOLINE
> symbol wasn't set, and once I switched that on it started working again.

What defconfig are you using? It sounds like maybe something should be
'select'ing OF_BOOT_TRAMPOLINE.


> > linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is the one you want for this:
> >
> > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
>
> Cool! Is there a reason it's hidden? (Or at least not listed in either
> vger.kernel.org's list info page or in the "Maling lists" page linked from
> ozlabs.org's top level web page.) Just curious, I couldn't find it when I
> looked in the obvious (to me) places.

It's not hidden, it's just in the process of moving from ozlabs.org to
lists.ozlabs.org - and it's a bit hard to find in the process. I've
updated the ozlabs.org page to point to it in the meantime.

It's also in maintainers :D

LINUX FOR POWERPC (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)
P: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
M: benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
P: Paul Mackerras
M: paulus@xxxxxxxxx
W: http://www.penguinppc.org/
L: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxx
T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc.git
S: Supported


cheers

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