Re: [PATCH 00/14] MIPS: Add Loongson-3 based machines support.

[LIU Qi <liuqi82@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 04:09:47PM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
 > This patchset is for git repository git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/
 > ralf/linux. Loongson-3 is a multi-core MIPS family CPU, it is MIPS64R2
 > compatible and has the same IMP field (0x6300) as Loongson-2. These
 > patches make Linux kernel support Loongson-3 CPU and Loongson-3 based
 > computers (including Laptop, Mini-ITX, All-In-One PC, etc.)
 > 
 > Huacai Chen(14):
 >  MIPS: Loongson: Add basic Loongson 3 CPU support.
 >  MIPS: Loongson 3: Add Lemote-3A machtypes definition.
 >  MIPS: Loongson: Make Loongson 3 to use BCD format for RTC.
 >  MIPS: Loongson: Add UEFI-like firmware interface support.
 >  MIPS: Loongson 3: Add HT-linked PCI support.
 >  MIPS: Loongson 3: Add IRQ init and dispatch support.
 >  MIPS: Loongson 3: Add serial port support.
 >  MIPS: Loongson: Add swiotlb to support big memory (>4GB).
 >  ata: Use 32bit DMA in AHCI for Loongson 3.
 >  drm/radeon: Make radeon card usable for Loongson.
 >  ALSA: Make hda sound card usable for Loongson.
 >  MIPS: Loongson 3: Add Loongson-3 SMP support.
 >  MIPS: Loongson 3: Add CPU Hotplug support.
 >  MIPS: Loongson: Add a Loongson 3 default config file.
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
 > Signed-off-by: Hongliang Tao <taohl@lemote.com>
 > Signed-off-by: Hua Yan <yanh@lemote.com>

The compiled kernel with your patches just doesn't boot. I tested with
the Loongson3 laptop and mini-itx. Do they need the newer PMON version
with UEFI-like interface support to boot the system?

LIU Qi