Can’t Boot to a Login, the Linux Kernel Appears to Hang at: bootconsole [earlycon0] disabled

This post provides a quick solution to a problem you may see booting the Linux kernel built using PetaLinux Tools 2018.2 on the Zynq-7000 of the ZC706.

Symptom

After running:

petalinux-boot –jtag –kernel –hw_server-url TCP:localhost:3121

The kernel log stops at bootconsole [earlycon0] disabled

Example:

Solution

You need to program your FPGA. Using this command to boot:

petalinux-boot –jtag –fpga –kernel –hw_server-url TCP:localhost:3121

Reference

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