General question : Debugging Kernel on PPC

2012-02-02 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All, I have general question regarding kernel debugging on PowerPC platform. Except printk what are other ways for kernel / kernel modules debugging on PowerPC architecture (i.e P1022DS/RDK boards). I am specifically referring to the option of connecting hardware probe and debug the k

RE: Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK

2012-01-25 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
PM To: Arshad, Farrukh Cc: Scott Wood; linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK Arshad, Farrukh wrote: > Adding more it, > > I have removed the shared memory kernel driver dependency just to narrow down > the problem area and I ha

LCD (connected over DVI) not working on P1022DS

2012-01-24 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All, I am trying to connect LCD with P1022DS via DVI port, I have also configured CONFIG_FB_FSL_DIU and using following boot parameters, but I can't see anything on the LCD not even the Linux Logo (I have configured it as well in the kernel) instead I only see on the LCD "No Signal fr

Searching TLB entry for a page frame number.

2012-01-23 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All, I have a quick question regarding TLB dump for P1022. Please excuse me for being naïve. I want to dump the TLB entry for a page number. I know my page frame number. If I read TLB0 dump using tlbre instruction, the instruction output TLB0 entries in MAS0 - MAS3 registers. After th

RE: Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK

2012-01-11 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Adding more it, I have removed the shared memory kernel driver dependency just to narrow down the problem area and I have written a small piece of code in user space. A writer & a reader application which access the shared memory and I got the same behavior as with the shared memory kernel dri

RE: OpenPIC warnings on P1022RDK AMP configuration

2012-01-10 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
>> Does each dtb have the correct CPU number, both from the command line boot >> cpu flag and in the CPU node? Yes both CPUs have the correct CPU numbers and also both DTBs are build with their respective -b flag. >> Do both device trees have pic-no-reset in the mpic node? Yes, both have pic-n

RE: OpenPIC warnings on P1022RDK AMP configuration

2012-01-10 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Change kernel configuration as per following to fix this warning. Disable Kernel Options -> Support for enabling/disabling CPUs Disable Kernel Options -> Distribute interrupts on all CPUs by default Regards, Farrukh Arshad From: Arshad, Farrukh Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 11:18

RE: Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK

2012-01-04 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
>> Was the kernel option, CONFIG_SMP, enabled for both two kernels? Yes CONFIG_SMP is enabled for both kernels. >> Maybe you should make sure if kernel have a appropriate memory attribute by >> dumping TLB entry. Thanks for the pointer. I will try this one. Regards, Farrukh Arshad _

RE: Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK

2012-01-04 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
both kernels memory initialization which is causing all these issues. Kernel sources / configuration of both cores are 100% same except (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) param and kernel version is 2.6.32.13. Any thoughts. Regards, Farrukh Arshad -Original Message- From: Arshad, Farrukh Sent: Wednesday

RE: Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK

2012-01-03 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
000 0x0C00, --> CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START = bootm_low = Base Address Shared Mem 0x1C00, 0x0400, Regards, Farrukh Arshad -Original Message- From: Scott Wood [mailto:scottw...@freescale.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:10 PM To: Arshad, Farr

RE: Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK

2012-01-03 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Adding more to it, When I write from Core 1 on the shared memory region it is visible at Core 0 and it can read what I have written from Core 1 but when I write from Core 0 on this shared memory it is not visible on Core 1. Regards, Farrukh Arshad From: Arshad, Farrukh Sent: Tuesday, January

Problem in getting shared memory access on P1022RDK

2012-01-02 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All, Please excuse me for a 'not very precise' question but I just need some clue or point to look for the trouble. I am running linux in AMP configuration on P1022RDK dual core. My memory partitioning is given below Core Base Address (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START / bootm_low) Size (bootm_si

RE: Kernel not booting when supplying boot parameter mem

2011-12-28 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
c...@windriver.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:19 AM To: Arshad, Farrukh Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Kernel not booting when supplying boot parameter mem Arshad, Farrukh wrote: > Hi Tiejun, > > Thanks for your response. Yes, I am running two kernels one on each co

RE: Kernel not booting when supplying boot parameter mem

2011-12-27 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
-Original Message- From: tiejun.chen [mailto:tiejun.c...@windriver.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:08 PM To: Arshad, Farrukh Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Kernel not booting when supplying boot parameter mem Arshad, Farrukh wrote: > Greetings All, > >

Kernel not booting when supplying boot parameter mem

2011-12-23 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All, I have a basic question. I have 512 MB memory. I want my kernel to use only last 128 MB of memory starting from address 0x1000. I have configured the kernel CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000 and in kernel boot parameter I have set mem=128M. In this scenario my kernel is not bo

OpenPIC warnings on P1022RDK AMP configuration

2011-12-22 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All I am running dual linux on P1022RDK in AMP configuration. My memory partitioning is as below - Core | Base Address |Size | --|---|--

Unable to connect via Ethernet on P1022RDK

2011-12-09 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All, I am doing a dual boot on P1022RDK with following configuration Core 0: Linux RT: Running fine, ethernet@B is working fine. Core 1: Linux: Crashing at following, ethernet@B1000 is not creating a link I have allocated ethernet1 to core 1 in its DTS file but when I boot my kerne

RE: Multi-OS on P1022RDK Failing

2011-12-08 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
- From: Arshad, Farrukh Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:35 AM To: 'Scott Wood' Cc: Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: RE: Multi-OS on P1022RDK Failing Thanks Scott. Fixing cpu 1 release address solved my problem. Also thanks for the CONFIG_LOWMEM_SIZE suggestions. Regards, Farr

RE: Multi-OS on P1022RDK Failing

2011-12-07 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Thanks Scott. Fixing cpu 1 release address solved my problem. Also thanks for the CONFIG_LOWMEM_SIZE suggestions. Regards, Farrukh Arshad -Original Message- From: Scott Wood [mailto:scottw...@freescale.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:24 AM To: Arshad, Farrukh Cc: Linuxppc

Booting Linux on one core of P1022

2011-11-29 Thread Arshad, Farrukh
Greetings All, I am working on P1022RDK (P1022 Processor). I am trying to bring up LTIB Linux only on Core1 of the processor. I have configured the "cpus" node in the device tree file as following way Cpus { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; PowerPC,P1022@1 { De