The 'a' comes from the low-level startup code in the kernel. The
problem is that hpcboot doesn't call the kernel with the proper
conventions (r0=0, r1=arch #). See my message from last week on a
simple workaround.
-ch
mailto:ch_at_murgatroid.com
mailto:ch_at_hpl.hp.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jornada-admin_at_handhelds.org
> [mailto:jornada-admin_at_handhelds.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> David Pearce
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:28 PM
> To: jornada_at_handhelds.org
> Subject: [jornada] 720 installation
>
>
> Has anyone seen this error installing Linux on their 720? I'm using
> hpcboot.exe and 2.4.17-rmk5-hh9 courtesy of this[1] page.
>
> [1]http://www.phed.org/~meddington/jornada720.html
>
> I copy vmlinux.gz to My Documents and run hpcboot.exe. When I boot, I
> get Tux on screen and the following on my serial console:
>
> --------HPCBOOT--------
> FileManager: FAT
> [0] 0xc0000000 size 0x08000000
> [1] 0xc8000000 size 0x08000000
> [2] 0xd0000000 size 0x08000000
> [3] 0xd8000000 size 0x08000000
> GetVersionEx
> Windows CE 3.0
> GetSystemInfo:
> wProcessorArchitecture 0x5
> dwPageSize 0x1000
> dwAllocationGranularity 0x00010000
> dwProcessorType 0xa11
> wProcessorLevel 0x4
> wProcessorRevision 0x8
> Display: 640x240 16bpp
> Reg0 :6901b118
> Reg1 :c002327f
> Reg2 :c002327f
> Reg3 :00000001
> Reg5 :c0023007
> Reg6 :000e0020
> Reg13:12000000
> Reg14:9ebdafbf
> CPSR :600000df
> open file "\My Documents\vmlinux.gz"(788023 byte).
> Loader: ELF
> file size: +0xb6a7c+[(symbol block: header 472 string 959 symbol 1584
> byte) = 0x
> bc8] = 0xb7bc8 byte
> address translation table 192 pages.(1536 byte)
> allocated 192 page. mapped 192 page.
> 2nd bootloader vaddr=0x001af000 paddr=0xc1d73000
> 2nd bootloader copy done.
> [0] vaddr 0xc0008000 file size 0xb6a7c mem size 0xbeeb4
> ->load 0xc0008000+0x000beeb4=0xc00c6eb4 ofs=0x00008000+0xb6a7c
> [zero clear] ->0xc00bea7c+0x00008438=0xc00c6eb4
> ->load 0xc00c6eb4+0x000001d8=0xc00c708c
> ->load 0xc00c708c+0x000003bf=0xc00c744b ofs=0x000c0278+0x3bf
> ->load 0xc00c744c+0x00000630=0xc00c7a7c ofs=0x000bfc48+0x630
> load link 187 zero clear link 1.
> kernel entry address: 0xc0008000
> framebuffer: 640x240 type=5 linebytes=0 addr=0x00000000
> console = 2
> Uncompressing
> Linux...................................................... done,
> booting the kernel.
>
> (A couple of screens of a single unprintable character follow.
> Hyperterminal displays it as an alpha. Notepad thinks it is
> an 'a' with a diacritical mark above it.)
>
> Nothing I do after this point makes the slightest impression on the
> system, except resetting. I'm telling hpcboot "HP Jornada 720" and
> Serial Console (115200).
>
> Any suggestions on what could be happening or what to try next?
>
> Sincerely,
> Jonathan Pearce
>
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