On 28.11.2016 19:37, Meelis Roos wrote: >>>>>> Command line for kernel: 'root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0 >>>>>> palo_kernel=2/vmlinux' >>>>>> Selected kernel: /vmlinux from partition 2 >>>>> >>>>> I'm missing here the information of the various sections >>>>> in the vmlinux file which the boot loader usually prints >>>>> here. >>>> >>>> Well, I did not leave anything out AFAIK? >>> >>> It seems palo can't read the vmlinux file (aka get's confused with the contents >>> and doesn't print the ELF section list). >>> >>> Did you maybe used a recent binutils package? > > Old binutils, but here is my vmlinux that does not boot (slightly larger > than vmlinux-4.8.0): > > http://kodu.ut.ee/~mroos/vmlinux-4.9.0-rc6-00240-gd8e435f This kernel boots nicely for me on my c3000 machine: Main Menu: Enter command > bo pri Interact with IPL (Y, N, Q)?> y Booting... Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 0 HARD Booted. palo ipl 1.96 http://www.parisc-linux.org - Sun, 08 Oct 2016 22:40:31 +0100 Skipping extended partition 6 - beyond reach of IPL Partition Start(MB) End(MB) Id Type 1 2 33 f0 Palo 2 34 157 83 ext2 5 159 134887 83 ext2 PALO(F0) partition contains: 0/vmlinux64 17631904(0) bytes @ 0x140000 Information: No console specified on kernel command line. This is normal. PALO will choose the console currently used by firmware (serial).Current command line: 2/vmlinux root=LABEL=ROOT rootfstype=ext4 initrd=2/initrd.img HOME=/ panic_timeout=60 panic=-1 console=ttyS0 TERM=vt102 ... Current command line: 2/vmlinux-4.9.0-rc6-00240-gd8e435f root=LABEL=ROOT rootfstype=ext4 HOME=/ panic_timeout=60 panic=-1 console=ttyS0 TERM=vt102 0: 2/vmlinux-4.9.0-rc6-00240-gd8e435f 1: root=LABEL=ROOT 2: rootfstype=ext4 3: HOME=/ 4: panic_timeout=60 5: panic=-1 6: console=ttyS0 7: TERM=vt102 <#> edit the numbered field 'b' boot with this command line 'r' restore command line 'l' list dir 'x' reset and reboot machine ? b Command line for kernel: 'root=LABEL=ROOT rootfstype=ext4 HOME=/ panic_timeout=60 panic=-1 console=ttyS0 TERM=vt102 palo_kernel=2/vmlinux-4.9.0-rc6-' Selected kernel: /vmlinux-4.9.0-rc6-00240-gd8e435f from partition 2 ELF64 executable Entry 00100000 first 00100000 n 5 Segment 0 load 00100000 size 134688 mediaptr 0x1000 Segment 1 load 00121000 size 22272 mediaptr 0x22000 Segment 2 load 00200000 size 4456864 mediaptr 0x28000 Segment 3 load 00641000 size 1387492 mediaptr 0x469000 Segment 4 load 00800000 size 1084600 mediaptr 0x5bc000 Branching to kernel entry point 0x00100000. If this is the last message you see, you may need to switch your console. This is a common symptom -- search the FAQ and mailing list at parisc-linux.org Linux version 4.9.0-rc6-00240-gd8e435f (mroos@a500) (gcc version 5.4.0 (Gentoo 5.4.0 p1.0) ) #104 Sun Nov 27 16:30:20 EET 2016 unwind_init: start = 0x4075a444, end = 0x40793be4, entries = 14714 FP[0] enabled: Rev 1 Model 19 The 64-bit Kernel has started... Kernel default page size is 4 KB. Huge pages enabled with 1 MB physical and 2 MB virtual size. bootconsole [ttyB0] enabled Initialized PDC Console for debugging. Determining PDC firmware type: System Map. model 00005dc0 00000481 00000000 00000002 777c3e84 100000f0 00000008 000000b2 000000b2 vers 00000301 CPUID vers 19 rev 11 (0x0000026b) capabilities 0x7 model 9000/785/C3700 ... Helge -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html