[U-Boot] Booting Linux kernel on x86_64

Ryan Wilkins ryan at elevated-networks.com
Mon Aug 12 16:48:16 UTC 2019



> On Aug 10, 2019, at 8:42 AM, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You may try to enable 'earlyprintk=efi' (newer kernels have different
> approach, i.e. 'earlycon=efifb') and also add 'keep_bootcon' to see if
> the problem is at the beginning or ending stages of boot process.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko


Andy,

This worked for me and I was able to see that the kernel was booting but was unable to mount the rootfs.  It also told me that my framebuffer isn’t being initialized properly so I wasn’t seeing screen output.

Thanks much for the suggestions!

Ryan Wilkins


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