Kenneth Johansson wrote: > > I have finally got my walnut card from IBM and compiled linux for it. > I used the version from Frank (mvista) on area51 dated 01_03_03 but changed > the configuration to remove kgdb and enable float emulation. > > Things looks quite good I now have a debian potato for ppc running on the card > but there is a few problems. > > 1. It kills the Ethernet port on a cisco catalyst 5505 switch/router. > This is something I never seen before but when I use a port that is 10Mb > linux sends out something that the switch dose not like and it simply > disable the port. I put a 3com 10Mb hub between but the same problem so it's > not electric. I was however unsuccessful in getting any useful information > from the network people on what rule was violated. It dose not happen on a > 100Mb port. I guess that it is some clock or timing that is wrong in the > Ethernet driver.
Can you get a network trace to see what packets are involved? > 2. it's not possible to run gdb Yes, ptrace is still not yet implemented for the 4xx. This means that both gdb and gdbserver do not work. I have been working on this but don't yet have a robust version in place. I hope to have this available very soon. (If anyone feels like debugging this, I can send them my current patch.) > 3. dpkg segfaults > It's quite easy to get into a state where dpkg segfaults. A reboot fixes > the problem. To get into the mess again all you have to do is start emacs. > > On the bright side alot of stuff works. I did the kernel compile test and that > worked. > > If anybody want's to run debian I could write a small howto but I'am not going > to do that if nobody ask's for it. Kenneth, Thanks for the feedback. -Frank -- Frank Rowand <frank_rowand at mvista.com> MontaVista Software, Inc ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
