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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello folks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In a current work project, I have inherited a compactPCI
board that has an mpc7447/7448 powerpc processor as well as a Marvell system
controller, model mv64462 (stripped down mv64460). The board has a somewhat
working U-boot 1.1.2 loader (using db64460 platform) and a Gentoo Linux port (kernel
version 2.6.9 built using arch/ppc) running on it from long ago and a company
far far away. It looks like the company contracted with Timesys to pull
together the initial software. To prepare for an upcoming deployment, I would
like to bring the OS up-to-date on this board with a newer kernel (targeting
2.6.24r3), as well as migrate U-boot to 1.3.3 and fix some bugs along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My Linux kernel work is going very well, but with U-boot I’m
stuck. I have what I believe ‘may’ be the working U-boot 1.1.2
source code, and I have migrated all of the board’s customizations from
various files into the 1.3.3 stream; however, I can get –no- console
output on the serial port. I don’t have access to a remote debugger, so I’m
working in the dark and have no idea how far, if at all, the initialization is
progressing. Does anyone know of any tips to help me along? Any changes
in mpsc device initialization from 1.1.2 to 1.3.3 that could help me? Any
clues?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Stephen</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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