Re: [gentoo-powerpc] IBM IntelliStation POWER 9114 Model 275 -- (DEFAULT CATCH!) can't load kernel.

[Brendan Horan <brendanhoran@basstech.net>]

OK I have solved this. (kinda)

I download the Debain yaboot package.
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/yaboot

I copied "/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot" from the extracted deb file and wrote that to disk with :
"dd if=/tmp/yaboot of=/dev/sda1"

Now yaboot loads my kernel, without throwing a "DEFAULT CATCH".
It would seem the yaboot-static package is broken for my machine type.


Now to find out why the kernel crashes on boot...

Thanks

----- On 23 Jan, 2016, at 10:29 AM, brendanhoran brendanhoran@basstech.net wrote:

> Just to add more detail.
> 
> I have tried a few different kernel versions 3.x and 4.x.
> Two different versions of GCC as well.
> 
> Really not sure why this is happening yet.
> 
> ----- On 17 Jan, 2016, at 5:46 PM, brendanhoran brendanhoran@basstech.net wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Not sure if this something I have done wrong or a new issue.
>> I can't seem to get a kernel to boot on my IBM power 275 machine.
>> Yaboot loads OK.
>> 
>> Here is what happens (any tips/hints/pointers) :
>> 
>> Elapsed time since release of system processors: 3 mins 15 secs
>> 
>> Config file read, 4096 bytes
>> 
>> Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.17
>> Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
>> boot:
>> * linux
>> boot:
>> Please wait, loading kernel...
>> DEFAULT CATCH!, handler-entered=fff00700
>> Open Firmware exception handler entered from non-OF code
>> 
>> Client's Fix Pt Regs:
>> 00 0291f89000001000 000000000291f850 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
>> 04 0000000000000003 0000000000000001 000000000292c900 0000000000080000
>> 08 000000000291f7f0 0000000000130000 000000000291f7d8 0000000000000000
>> 0c 000000000011ace5 0000000000000000 000000000291fa88 0000000000000000
>> 10 0000000010015e48 0000000010015e48 000000000011aac4 000000000011acc4
>> 14 000000000011ac0a 000000000011abfe 0000000000000400 0000000000000000
>> 18 0000000000000000 000000001000f134 0000000000100000 0000000979a00008
>> 1c 0292c90000000006 0000010410016304 0000040000080000 0013155000100000
>> Special Regs:
>>    %IV: 00000700     %CR: 8402a084    %XER: 20000000  %DSISR: 00000000
>>  %SRR0: 0000000000001000   %SRR1: 1000000000083002
>>    %LR: 0291f89000001000    %CTR: 0000000000c3c578
>>   %DAR: 0000000000000000
>> PID = 0
>> 
>> ok
> > 0 >