On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 17:48 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > | Allocating 0x85e784 bytes for kernel ... > | platform_ops.vmlinux_alloc = 0x00000000 > | _end = 0x792000 > | The final kernel image would overwrite the device tree? > > and it reboots. > > However, nm says _end = c085f000. > > So in both cases _end is not correct in > arch/powerpc/boot/main.c:prep_kernel()? > But depending on CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING, the test for > ((unsigned long)_end < ei.memsize) gives different results, and the > kernel > boots or doesn't boot? > Well, "Allocating 0x85e784" looks right...
My experience, however, with a Canyonlands board, is that uBoot has a bug that makes it always allocate the device-tree below 8M and clash with the kernel when it gets too big. I think Stefan fixed that recently, you may need to rebuild your uboot, I'll let him tell you the details about the fix. Cheers, Ben. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
