[coreboot] FILO loads image but, Linux doesnt boot

Uwe Hermann uwe at hermann-uwe.de
Thu Mar 6 01:34:58 CET 2008


On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 04:06:46PM -0800, Phani Babu Giddi wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I am running Coreboot v2 on AMD's db800 with FILO as the payload. It gets to
> a point where it intialzes the kernel but the kernel doesnt boot. Any idea
> whats going on.. I have captured the messages using the serial console. The
> last few messages are...
> 
> linux-34w5:~ # tail minicom.cap
> parse_command_line: initrd=/initrd-2.6.16.46-0.12-default
> parse_command_line: kernel command line (64 bytes): "root=/dev/hda3
> vga=0x317 resume=/dev/hda2 splash=silent showopts"
> load_linux_kernel: offset=0x2000 addr=0x100000 size=0x13158c
> Loading kernel... ok
> file_open: dev=<NULL>, path=/initrd-2.6.16.46-0.12-default
> load_initrd: start=0x1f502000 end=0x1f7aeb32
> Loading initrd... ok
> malloc_diag: alloc: 312 bytes (4 blocks), free: 16064 bytes (1 blocks)
> start_linux: eip=0x100000
> Jumping to entry point...
> 
> Is this the last message that one is suppose to see with coreboot ?

Your kernel command line seems to be

   root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317    resume=/dev/hda2 splash=silent showopts initrd=/initrd-2.6.16.46-0.12-default

which does not tell the kernel to output messages on the serial console,
thus the output stops there.

Try adding 'console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200' or similar to the kernel
commandline, and see if it helps.


Uwe.
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