Hi!
Did you try to use PHYS_OFFSET > 0 ? __pa() ist still (as of
d3fbd83ff545e49e2a0a5ca0f00dda4eedaf8be7) defined as (casts omitted):
#define __pa(x) (x - (x < CKSEG0 ? PAGE_OFFSET:CKSEG0) + PHYS_OFFSET)
This gives __pa(CKSEG0) == PHYS_OFFSET, which will never work for
PHYS_OFFSET > 0. A quick fix (assuming this was the cause for failure)
could be:
========================================================================
--- d3fbd83ff545e49e2a0a5ca0f00dda4eedaf8be7/include/asm-mips/page.h Sat Mar 10 08:43:17 2007
+++ quickfix/include/asm-mips/page.h Sun Mar 18 10:24:34 2007
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ typedef struct { unsigned long pgprot; }
* __pa()/__va() should be used only during mem init.
*/
#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && !defined(CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64)
-#define __pa_page_offset(x) ((unsigned long)(x) < CKSEG0 ? PAGE_OFFSET : CKSEG0)
+#define __pa_page_offset(x) ((unsigned long)(x) < CKSEG0 ? PAGE_OFFSET : CKSEG0+PHYS_OFFSET)
#else
#define __pa_page_offset(x) PAGE_OFFSET
#endif
Signed-off-by: peter fuerst <post@xxxxxxxx>
========================================================================
Of course, "#define PAGE_OFFSET (CAC_BASE + PHYS_OFFSET)" is also needed.
kind regards
peter
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Kumba wrote:
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:53:23 -0400
> From: Kumba <kumba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: peter fuerst <post@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: IP32 prom crashes due to __pa() funkiness
>
> Franck Bui-Huu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > Well, it means that you previously used CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64=y (this
> > implied that PAGE_OFFSET is in XKPHYS) whereas your kernel has CKSEG
> > load address (symbols need PAGE_OFFSET in CKSEG for address
> > translation).
> >
> > So the question is why can't you use CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64=n (and
> > reagarding the current definition of CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64).
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > It makes me think that I posted a patch for that a couple of weeks ago:
> >
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mips&m=117154480225936&w=2
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mips&m=117154480126802&w=2
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mips&m=117154587014827&w=2
> >
> > Basically this patch removes CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64 and makes Kbuild to use
> > '-msym32' switch if you really need it. Kbuild makes its choice according
> > the load address of your kernel image.
> >
> > Could you give it a try ? This patch was based on 2.6.20 but it should
> > apply fine on a 2.6.21-rc[12].
>
> Tested, and it still failed.
>
> And I didn't always use CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64. In fact, for the longest time (up
> until 2.6.17) I built IP32 and 64bit IP22 kernels without CONFIG_BUILD_eLF64,
> passing -mabi=o64 (a.k.a., the binutils hack). This let me use the plain
> 'vmlinux' target w/o the need for an objcopy to boot these systems. After
> 2.6.17, the nature of o64 was mostly neutered, so I switched to using
> CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64 and the 'vmlinux.32' target, as this is apparently the way
> Debian builds their IP32 kernels (and was the way geoman/spbecker said I
> should've been using all along).
>
> So with the changes brought in by __pa(), I suppose a new, RightWay(TM) to build
> IP32 (and conversely, 64bit IP22) kernels needs to be found. These two systems
> are particularly wacky, hence why they need a bit more special care than more
> traditional, proper, 64bit systems like Origin and Octane.
>
> Also, Peter raises a good point in this case. It sounds like a re-thinking of
> how all this address stuff is handled will fix not only special cases like
> IP32/IP22, but the really weird systems, like IP28, as well. Which would be a
> big plus in my opinion.
>
>
> --Kumba
>
> --
> Gentoo/MIPS Team Lead
>
> "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands
> do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond
>
>
