Hi Mike, You need to set up the userland. I got it from the mips website ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/redhat7.1/. There is a good document on how to install it. You can install it on a hard disk or use an NFS mounted system and set the bootvariable root=... properly. For an NFS system I use go . nfsroot=10.10.10.1:/shiva/export/linux/mipsel Muthu. PS: There are other distributions you can try too. Checkout linux-mips website or google for it. On Mon, 5 May 2003, Michael Anburaj wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks a lot Muthu & all others who helped me. > > I used the defconfig-atlas to configure my linux build & it works great on > my board! <Probably I did not read the docs well, sorry> Thanks again, but I > still have one more hurdle to jump over to kick start this excercise with > linux. > > Messages on my console (I used 'go' on YAMON prompt to start linux): > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. > VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 02:00 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00 > > > Please advise me the simplest form of starting linux from YAMON prompt after > downloading the image(srec) on to RAM. > Also please point me to a doc. that talks about the possible parameters when > starting Linux. > > Thanks everyone & Cheers, > -Mike. > > > > >From: Muthukumar Ratty <muthu@iqmail.net> > >To: Michael Anburaj <michaelanburaj@hotmail.com> > >Subject: Re: Linux for MIPS Atlas 4Kc board > >Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 22:49:40 -0700 (PDT) > > > >On Sun, 4 May 2003, Michael Anburaj wrote: > > > > > Hi Muthu, > > > > > > So, I guess then I would have to do, > > > > > > make menuconfig & choose little endian after "cp arch/mips/default-atlas > > > .config". > > > >small typo, its defconfig-atlas :) > > > >Yes, if you want to run little-endian. But I would suggest you try the big > >endian first (since I guess you have tools for that already). > > > > > > >Am I right? If so, Do I need mipsel-linux??? Because, as I > > > >If you decide to go with little-endian then you need mipsel-linux-*. You > >can either get it from linux-mips or build your own. > > > > > understand mips-linux tool-chain if for big endian. > > > > > > Did you run the final image on top of YAMON? > > > > > > >Yes. I used YAMON to net load the image. But I guess it doesnt matter > >(redboot/yamon/any). Actually I tried RedBoot before for linux-2.4.3 and > >it worked like a champ. > > > >Muthu > > > > > > > Please help me out & thanks, > > > -Mike. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Muthukumar Ratty <muthu@iqmail.net> > > > >To: Michael Anburaj <michaelanburaj@hotmail.com> > > > >CC: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> > > > >Subject: Re: Linux for MIPS Atlas 4Kc board > > > >Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 19:21:49 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Mike, > > > > > > > >I dont know what version you are trying but the one at linux_2_4 branch > > > >(linux2.4.21-pre4) seems to work. You can get it with > > > > > > > >cvs -d :pserver:cvs@ftp.linux-mips.org:/home/cvs co -r linux_2_4 linux > > > > > > > >to configure, you can use the default config. from head do .. > > > > > > > >cp arch/mips/default-atlas .config > > > > > > > >I tried little endian. If you want that you need to select it in the > > > >config. > > > > > > > >Muthu > > > > > > > > > > > >On Sun, 4 May 2003, Michael Anburaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Finally, I could compile vmlinux. I thought of booting this RAM > >image > > > >(or > > > > > its SREC equivalent) using the onboard YAMON (in BIG endian mode - I > >am > > > > > having trouble building Redboot in BIG endian mode <issue ported at > >ecos > > > > > forum>, so for now thought of using YAMON). After downloding the > > > > > vmlinux.srec over the serial port (Starting at 0x80100000), I issued > >the > > > >go > > > > > command to run the image. I get the following message: > > > > > > > > > > YAMON> go > > > > > > > > > > LINUX started... > > > > > > > > > > * Exception (user) : Reserved instruction * > > > > > BadVAddr = 0x00000000 Cause = 0x00808028 > > > > > Compare = 0x00061a80 Config = 0x80038083 > > > > > Config1 = 0x1e9b4d8a Context = 0x63800000 > > > > > Count = 0xb9188fd8 DEPC = 0x21424255 > > > > > Debug = 0x0400dc0b EPC = 0x80122258 > > > > > EntryHi = 0x00000068 EntryLo0 = 0x028ff72e > > > > > EntryLo1 = 0x035a241f ErrorEPC = 0x8003add0 > > > > > Index = 0x0000000b PRId = 0x00018001 > > > > > PageMask = 0x01b90000 Random = 0x0000000d > > > > > Status = 0x00000402 WatchHi = 0x00000000 > > > > > WatchLo = 0x00000000 Wired = 0x00000000 > > > > > Hi = 0x00000000 Lo = 0x04000000 > > > > > > > > > > $ 0(zr):0x00000000 $ 8(t0):0x00000000 $16(s0):0x802d810a > > > > > $24(t8):0xffffffff > > > > > $ 1(at):0x80280000 $ 9(t1):0x00000000 $17(s1):0x802d810c > > > > > $25(t9):0x802c1e94 > > > > > $ 2(v0):0x0000000a $10(t2):0x8024f401 $18(s2):0x00000400 > > > > > $26(k0):0x00000000 > > > > > $ 3(v1):0x00000000 $11(t3):0x00000000 $19(s3):0x00000001 > > > > > $27(k1):0x00000000 > > > > > $ 4(a0):0x00000000 $12(t4):0x00000000 $20(s4):0x0000001a > > > > > $28(gp):0x802c0000 > > > > > $ 5(a1):0x80280000 $13(t5):0x00000000 $21(s5):0x0000000a > > > > > $29(sp):0x802c1f58 > > > > > $ 6(a2):0x8024385a $14(t6):0x802d8109 $22(s6):0x0000003e > > > > > $30(s8):0x800b1080 > > > > > $ 7(a3):0x00000000 $15(t7):0xfffffffe $23(s7):0x0000003c > > > > > $31(ra):0x80122230 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The linux image started fine, but caused an exception after a while. > >Is > > > >this > > > > > because Linux is not compatible with YAMON? If so, what are the > >possible > > > > > monitor programs that can go with Linux? Please point me to the > > > >documents in > > > > > this regard (documents on running Linux executable on Atlas 4Kc > >board). > > > > > > > > > > Or will Linux work with any ROM monitor? If so, please let me know > >the > > > > > reason for the exception. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > > -Mike. > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? 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