[Buildroot] 2011.02, BeagleBoard-xM, linux-2.6.37 does not boot

[Bob Liu]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Torsten Mohr <tmohr at s.netic.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i configured and compiled buildroot-2011.02, which comes with 2.6.37 as the
> default kernel setting.  I chose this one and "omap2plus" as the defconfig
> name.
>
> u-boot.bin boots fine, but the kernel does not show any output.  All i see is:
>
> reading uImage
>
> 2929528 bytes read
> Booting from mmc ...
> ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 82000000 ...
>   Image Name:   Linux-2.6.37
>   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
>   Data Size:    2929464 Bytes = 2.8 MiB
>   Load Address: 80008000
>   Entry Point:  80008000
>   Verifying Checksum ... OK
>   Loading Kernel Image ... OK
> OK
>
> Starting kernel ...
>
> Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
>
> There's nothing more after this.  I also tried "omap3" as defconfig (and
> copied that 0map3_defconfig from a previous kernel, same result).
>
> Not sure if i missed something, some questions came up:
>
> - does buildroot use the correct kernel for BeagleBoard-xM?
> - do i need to apply patches?
> - what configuration file do i need to chose?
> - does u-boot need special options to boot that kernel?
>
> It would be great if anybody had some hints for me.
>
>

Maybe you need setenv console=/dev/ttyO2

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Regards,
--Bob