[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Tyan S1846: Device tree fixes

[roger]

On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 13:46 +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 03:41:01AM -0400, Corey Osgood wrote:
> > > 1) I get a random error when in filo/grub menu.lst after pressing "p"
> > > for password to manually edit my options while in grub.
> > > A quick typed, not exact copy of the error --> "Attempt to free
> > > non-allocated memory: 00000006".
> 
> My guess is that the RAM timings are incorrect for your board, thus you
> get random hangs(?)

Could be.  Just remember, this is the S1832 board.  


>  
> > > 2) /dev/sda2 seems to be easily recognized now.  (I'm guessing this is
> > > the device tree fix?)
> > 
> > Are you complaining? ;) Yeah, this is probably due to the device tree
> > fixes.
> 
> That, and/or the IDE init code in the southbridge.
> 
> 
> > > 3) I now get a long hang at "Loading kernel".  I then get a very very,
> > > if not sometimes permanent hang after "Jumping to Entry Point" is
> > > printed to tty.  Sometimes the kernel loads at this point, sometimes it
> > > never seems to. (82371 patch?)
> > 
> > I'm getting the same thing on the i810 (but it's progress for me!). I
> > figured it was just because filo was only doing byte reads, or is filo
> > not in charge any more at this point? Anyways, need to dig up Peter's
> > patch...
> 
> How long are you waiting at the "Loading kernel"? It _can_ take quite a
> while, don't reboot too fast here...

5-10 minutes waiting, but it could take 6-11 minutes.  You're probably
right.  One or two times, it just continued right before the 82371 or
device patch.

Really, I need this all calls for more debugging, but I just wanted to
get some logs up before I split for the week.

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Tue May 29 11:02:26 PDT 2007