Re: [Wg-test-framework] laxton (softiron) boot failure with Debian linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-arm64

[Steve Capper <Steve.Capper@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julien Grall [mailto:julien.grall@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 December 2016 17:51
> To: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: wg-test-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Steve McIntyre
> <steve.mcintyre@xxxxxxx>; Steve Capper <Steve.Capper@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: laxton (softiron) boot failure with Debian linux-image-
> 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-arm64
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> On 16/12/2016 19:46, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > You helped me out a month or two ago with the two Softiron arm64 boxes
> > in the Xen Project Colo.  I'm afraid I still can't get them working.
> >
> > I have sorted out (I think) most of the booting problems.  Because you
> > advised a newer kernel was required, I have arranged to try the
> > version from Debian jessie-backports.  Currently that's
> >   linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-arm64_4.7.8-1~bpo8+1_arm64.deb
> >
> > The bootloader seems to transfer control to the kernel OK, but I see
> > nothing after this:
> >
> > EFI stub: Booting Linux Kernel...
> > EFI stub: EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL unavailable, no randomness supplied EFI
> > stub: Using DTB from configuration table EFI stub: Exiting boot
> > services and installing virtual address map...
> >
> > My kernel command line is like this:
> >
> >   linux /osstest/debian-installer/arm64/2016-12-16-
> jessie/linux.backports vga=normal auto=true preseed hw-
> detect/load_firmware=false DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text
> hostname=laxton0 url=osstest.test-
> lab.xenproject.org/~iwj/osstest/laxton0_preseed netcfg/dhcp_timeout=150
> netcfg/choose_interface=auto domain=test-lab.xenproject.org
> console=ttyS0,115200n8 -- console=ttyS0,115200n8
> >
> > The initrd is a jessie version of debian-installer, modified by the
> > osstest `mg-debian-installer-update' script, principally to
> > incorporate the kernel modules and DTBS from the backports kernel
> > package.  (That part of the script was written by Ian Campbell.)
> >
> > I also tried the kernel from Debian stretch.  It did the same thing.
> > (I don't really want to make osstest depend on a stretch kernel,
> > because they update frequently and the updates break things.  But I
> > think probably stretch should be fixed and anyway to get the kernel
> > into backports it would have to be in stretch first.)
> >
> > Can you offer any helpful advice, or direct me to the right place ?
>
> My knowledge with Debian and softiron are limited. I have CCed a couple
> of people which might be able to help you here.

Hi Ian,
Sorry for the late reply, I have been off for Christmas.

The only thing I can see is the console entry looks different to what I have.
I don't have a "console" on the kernel command line and it comes from dtb.
FWIW, I have ttyAMA0 as the console.

I'm not running Debian though.

Cheers,
--
Steve
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