Hi Detlev,
Well U-Boot called the entry function of the Linux kernel, so we are inside Linux territory. The fact that you do not see any output on your terminal is not enough top infer that Linux does _nothing_. For all you see, it may well boot into a fully functioning system without using a console on your serial port...
Got it, thanks for helping me understand this better.
I did a post-mortem analysis of the kernel as you earlier suggested:
<6>Using Embedded Planet EP88xC machine description. <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Error: Failed to allocate 0x1 ................0x800000.. <0>. <4>Call Trace:. <4>................69e0] show_stack...............................21f00] [c001bcb4] panic+0x8c/0x1................ [c01fac70] lmb_alloc+0x0/0xc. <4>[c0221f70] [c01................_page+0x60/0x74. <4>[c0221f80] [c01a4484] pte_alloc_one_kernel+0x
Looks like it IS time to change the mailing list to linuxppc-dev :)
Mikhail Zaturenskiy