Hello Mr. Denk As I already posted, the patch that was posted before seems to have solved the problem. Anyway, some answers follow:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > > Dear Rafael Beims, > > In message <aanlktin5xtndeu1bjuoef0uwtfepotw5bq__i8g6u...@mail.gmail.com> you > wrote: > > > > I'm working with an MPC880 board that is supposed to run linux-2.6.32. After > > some work, I could get the kernel up and running, mounting a rootfs via > > NFS. > > 2.6.32 is pretty old. Is there any specific reason for not using a > recent kernel version? > The company that I work for uses some kernel versions in favor of others... Maybe with time we can change that, but for now I need to use this version. > > The problem that I'm facing now is that when I try to run any process (may > > be an ls, cat, or whatever), the response of the process is *very* slow > > (something like 10 to 20 seconds for a ls). > > This sounds as if only the output to the (serial ?) console port was > slow - typically this happens when there is a problem with interrupt > assignment, and you receive charatcers only after each of these times > out. > > > My question to all is, did anyone see something like this already? Besides > > We have seen this many times in the past, when interrupts were not > working correctly. I recommend to check youyr device tree settings > for these. > > [It would have helped if you had included a log of your kernel's boot > messages.] > > > that, what is the status of the linux kernel support for the 8xx platform? > > It is working and actively maintained, but 8xx is a platform that is > more or less hopelessly obsoleted - nobody uses it in new designs any > more, so there is little work going on with it in recent kernel > versions (at least compared with other architectures). > > > Is it being actively tested / used today? I ask this because it seems that > > Yes, it is. This is very nice, because this way we can be more confident that everything will work as it should. > > > all the information on the internet very aged (forum discussions from 2005 > > and below mostly). > > > Is there something that I can do to try to narrow the cause of the problem? > > Check your interrupts. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > Never underestimate the power of human stupidity when it comes to > using technology they don't understand. Thank you very much for the answers! Rafael Beims rbe...@gmail.com (41) 8873-7565 "What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. And what I do, I understand." - Chinese Proverb _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
