Hi, Dan! On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 01:00:47PM -0400, you wrote the following:
> > Right, but before calling setup_arch, it prints the linux kernel > > banner! Here's the code: > > The kernel "prints" lots of stuff, and it all goes into a buffer, > to emerge quite late in the boot process when the (serial) > console port is initialized for real use by applications. Ooh,, I didn't know that. Thanks. > > And I don't see the banner. Did you see it when you encountered this? > > You should see a 20 character (or so) ASCII string of coded information > appear on the serial port used for GDB. The system stops at this > point, waiting to hear from GDB (as you have already discovered). Still no dice.. I started minicom on the second serial port, and it doesn't show anything when I boot the kernel. I can't find any obvious reason for that. Perhaps someone with a Sandpoint should try it out? -- Alex Shnitman | http://www.debian.org alexsh at hectic.net, alexsh at linux.org.il +----------------------- http://alexsh.hectic.net UIN 188956 PGP key on web page E1 F2 7B 6C A0 31 80 28 63 B8 02 BA 65 C7 8B BA For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
