U-Boot updated. new kernels >=3.2 ?

[pepedog]

I think moonman spelt it out here
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3355
Updated my u-boot just fine with that method

[ruidc]

good link thx, will that work on a sheevaplug? i'm a coward, replabrobin i presume you're also using a sheevaplug, can you report back if you succeed or fail?

[replabrobin]

OK I used the latest debian u-boot.kwb from [url][/url] and am getting problems trying to boot from my SD card. This worked fine with the old pingto0 uboot.

I noticed a couple of changes in the way things worked. In the old mmcinit was parsed correctly as mmc init; now the space is required. The nand boot on my sheeva does work, but that is my rescue 2.6.36 kernel from more than a year ago.

I would like to get the SD boot to work. Here's what I am seeing

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Marvell>> mmc init
SDHC found. Card desciption is:
Manufacturer:       0x02, OEM "TM"
Product name:       "SD08G", revision 3.8
Serial number:      3221812274
Manufacturing date: 9/2008
CRC:                0x00, b0 = 0
mmc1 is available
Marvell>> ext2load mmc 0:1 0x800000 uImage
Loading file "uImage" from mmc device 0:1 (xxa1)
2856016 bytes read
Marvell>> bootm 0x00800000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00800000 ...
   Image Name:   Linux-3.1.10-13-ARCH
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    2855952 Bytes = 2.7 MiB
   Load Address: 00008000
   Entry Point:  00008000
   Verifying Checksum ... Bad Data CRC
ERROR: can't get kernel image!
Marvell>> version

U-Boot 2012.04.01 (Jun 01 2012 - 02:27:06)
Marvell-Sheevaplug - eSATA - SD/MMC
gcc (Debian 4.6.3-5) 4.6.3
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.22
Marvell>>

Of course it may be that I need to change the way that arguments are passed to the bootm command, but where is that documented. My bootargs looks like

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bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=5

my envirnment looks like

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Marvell>> printenv
CASset=min
MALLOC_len=1
arcNumber=2097
autoload=no
baudrate=115200
bootargs_console=console=ttyS0,115200
bootargs_end=:::DB88FXX81:eth0:none
bootargs_root=ubi.mtd=1 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs
bootargs_root_mmc=root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=5
bootargs_root_nand=ubi.mtd=1 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs
bootcmd=run bootcmd_mmc; run bootcmd_nand
bootcmd_mmc=setenv bootargs $(bootargs_console) $(bootargs_root_mmc);mmc init;ext2load mmc 0:1 0x800000 uImage;bootm 0x00800000
bootcmd_nand=setenv bootargs $(bootargs_console) $(mtdpartitions) $(bootargs_root_nand); nand read.e 0x00800000 0x00100000 0x00400000; bootm 0x00800000
bootdelay=3
console=console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=nand_mtd:0xc0000@0(uboot)ro,0x1ff00000@0x100000(root)
disL2Cache=no
disL2Prefetch=yes
disaMvPnp=no
enaAutoRecovery=yes
enaCpuStream=no
enaDCPref=yes
enaICPref=yes
enaMonExt=no
enaWrAllo=no
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY
ethmtu=1500
ethprime=egiga0
filesize=2B9450
image_name=uImage
ipaddr=192.168.0.9
loadaddr=0x02000000
loads_echo=0
mainlineLinux=yes
mtdpartitions=mtdparts=orion_nand:0x400000@0x100000(uImage),0x1fb00000@0x500000(rootfs)
mvNetConfig=mv_net_config=(00:11:88:0f:62:81,0:1:2:3),mtu=1500
mvPhoneConfig=mv_phone_config=dev0:fxs,dev1:fxs
nandEcc=1bit
netbsd_en=no
netmask=255.255.255.0
netretry=no
pcieTune=no
pexMode=RC
rcvrip=169.254.100.100
rootpath=/mnt/ARM_FS/
sata_dma_mode=yes
serverip=192.168.0.3
setL2CacheWT=yes
standalone=fsload 0x2000000 $(image_name);setenv bootargs $(console) root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw ip=$(ipaddr):$(serverip)$(bootargs_end) $(mvPhoneConfig); bootm 0x2000000;
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
usb0Mode=host
vxworks_en=no
yuk_ethaddr=00:00:00:EE:51:81

Environment size: 1805/131068 bytes

[replabrobin]

forgot to paste in the debian uboot url http://people.debian.org/~tbm/u-boot/2012.04.01-2/sheevaplug/

[replabrobin]

If I go back to the old pingtoo uboot then stuff works fine

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USB 0: host mode
PEX 0: interface detected no Link.
Net:   egiga0 [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
SDHC found. Card desciption is:
Manufacturer:       0x02, OEM "TM"
Product name:       "SD08G", revision 3.8
Serial number:      3221812274
Manufacturing date: 9/2008
CRC:                0x00, b0 = 0

2856016 bytes read
## Booting image at 00800000 ...
   Image Name:   Linux-3.1.10-13-ARCH
   Created:      2012-08-20  15:46:58 UTC
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    2855952 Bytes =  2.7 MB
   Load Address: 00008000
   Entry Point:  00008000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.

I don't want to try the http://forum.doozan.com uboot; that all seems pogo plug oriented.

[replabrobin]

I tried compiling uboot from source and that seems fairly easy, but the default sheeva config doesn't have the CONFIG_CMD_MMC defines set up so although I can get a working u-boot it doesn't have the mmc subsystem commands. It seems that all the work of the plugcomputer forum members was just dropped somewhere along the way. Looking at those old patches makes my head spin and I have no real idea of which MMC related configs should be set up. Any info welcome.

[replabrobin]

I looked at the patches that were in http://people.debian.org/~tbm/u-boot/2011.12-3/ and it lookes like the l2 cache fix is in there. So the SDHC card boot issue in the latest 2012.04.01-2 debian uboot may not be a problem as the 2011.12-3 u-boot.kwb works well in my sheevaplug.

[replabrobin]

OK all's well after ubgrading uboot to http://people.debian.org/~tbm/u-boot/2011.12-3/sheevaplug/u-boot.kwb and upgrading to linux-kirkwood linux-headers-kirkwood after a reboot I see this

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robin@delilah ~:
$ uname -a
Linux delilah 3.5.2-1-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Sat Aug 18 02:51:21 UTC 2012 armv5tel GNU/Linux


so I think sheevaplug users can definitely use that u-boot. Thanks to all at archlinuxarm, plugcomputer & debian for making this stuff happen.

[ruidc]

great stuff, i've upgraded but see it's blown away my settings and old settings don't seem to work.
although it boots from nand, doing the following, it just hangs at the end:

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Marvell>> setenv root /dev/mmcblk0p2
Marvell>> mmc init
SDHC found. Card desciption is:
Manufacturer:       0x03, OEM "SD"
Product name:       "SD04G", revision 8.0
Serial number:      153531738
Manufacturing date: 8/2010
CRC:                0x00, b0 = 0
mmc1 is available
Marvell>> ext2load mmc 0:1 0x800000 /uImage;
Loading file "/uImage" from mmc device 0:1 (xxa1)
2856016 bytes read
Marvell>> bootm 0x00800000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00800000 ...
   Image Name:   Linux-3.1.10-13-ARCH
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    2855952 Bytes = 2.7 MiB
   Load Address: 00008000
   Entry Point:  00008000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.



can you print your environment?


mine (stock after writing from the kwb linked to):

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U-Boot 2011.12 (Mar 11 2012 - 18:59:46)
Marvell-Sheevaplug - eSATA - SD/MMC

SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
DRAM:  512 MiB
WARNING: Caches not enabled
NAND:  512 MiB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   egiga0
88E1116 Initialized on egiga0
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
Marvell>> printenv
baudrate=115200
bootcmd=${x_bootcmd_kernel}; setenv bootargs ${x_bootargs} ${x_bootargs_root}; ${x_bootcmd_usb}; ${x_bootcmd_sata}; bootm 0x6400000;
bootdelay=3
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=00:50:43:01:c1:e6
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
x_bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=orion_nand:512k(uboot),4m@1m(kernel),507m@5m(rootfs) rw
x_bootargs_root=ubi.mtd=2 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs
x_bootcmd_kernel=nand read 0x6400000 0x100000 0x400000
x_bootcmd_sata=ide reset;
x_bootcmd_usb=usb start;

Environment size: 532/131068 bytes



[ruidc]

I got it working by mashing your environment from before with mine. Thanks for your detailed posts.