Is the MIPS kernel buildable from HEAD?

[Juli Mallett]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 15:02, M. Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
> In message: <AANLkTinhMdBVKEr2dNETKF=aBAu+1yTCq_2dk97LGVng at mail.gmail.com>
>            Juli Mallett <jmallett at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : Hi Patrick,
> :
> : Those aren't errors per se; if nothing is happening after that,
> : something else is wrong.  If you aren't using a recent U-Boot, I
> : suggest installing a recent U-Boot.  If you are using a recent U-Boot
> : and know how to recompile it, I can send you patches that might help.
> : There is an unused data structure, linux_app_boot_info_t, which
> : clobbers some of the memory used for launching multiple processors in
> : U-Boot 1.9.0.  I have patches to remove it if you would like to give
> : that a try.
>
> I've also noticed that each of the boards have a different load
> address.  Maybe 200000000 isn't right for your hardware?

If it were wrong you'd be (very unlikely) to see it recognized as an ELF file.

I don't understand you silly people who use addresses by hand instead
of 0 which uses $(loadaddr) (only with Octeon U-Boot, though) which is
usually correct for the board, anyway :)