On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 07:57, Avinash S. wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to port linux to a custom built IDT MIPS board. I have > managed to get the UART working. My bootup code loads and prints some > debugging messages initially and then actual kernel bootup occurs. > However it hangs when it reaches the first printk function. i have tried > to debug this with some difficulty but with no effect. Could some one > tell me or atleast point me to where i can get some info on how printk > works or atleast how to debug my printk to see where the actual problem > lies? > Couple quick questions: 1) I assume you want to do console over serial port. You have SERIAL_CONSOLE enabled in your .config, right? 2) Is the UART standard, for which a driver is extant? If not, you'll need to write one. 3) Are you sure it's hanging, or is it just not reporting anything else? Do you have other status indicators (i.e. LED's of some sort?) Here's the 30 second summary of what happens at bootup on a serial console. This is mostly from memory a year old or so, so don't take this as gospel: Pretty early in the boot sequence (in init/main.c) console_init() is called (in drivers/char/tty_io.c). If your serial driver is compiled in with console support, the serial port is initialized here, and added to a list of available consoles. The first(?) extant console is chosen for console output, where your printk()s will end up. Until this point, printk() calls are buffered in memory. If you have printk()s not showing up, odds are pretty good you're failing to initialize the serial console in some way. Hope that helps... -Justin
