NSA 320

[WarheadsSE]

Assuming you have the pins connected correctly (remember that TX & RX are crossed between computer and port!), it should fire right up if you have the right COM port selected.

[Tonkiplis2]

I tried with the two different possibilities (only Rx, Tx and GND; Tx, Rx and GND + also directly alimented through the TTL to usb connector), but nothing appears in the window. I cannot even send any command to the card (i mean write text in the console). Do I need to have a HDD in the left slot when performing those steps?

I will take a multimeter from my work in order to check the female of the serial connector.


I am a it lost....

[Tonkiplis2]

By the way, I am using this profilic usb to serial driver http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41 which also provides a check for the COM port, so I don't think that the COM port is the problem.

It tells me that the chip is a PL-2303 XA/HXA chip. Thus I think the connection works. How long do I need to wait in order to see something in the console window? I am also pretty sure of my serial connection settings (baud rate, parity, ...).

It seems that I have the same problem as CoockieM but I don't know whether and how he found a fix


Hope for the best, expect the worst =)

[WarheadsSE]

1) I hope the variant you got is 3.3v
2) jumper/cross the tx/rx pins of your serial adapter, and see what happens when you press keys.

[Tonkiplis2]

Indeed, its a 3.3V and when I connect to it, the only thing I see is :

[SERIAL/DIRECT] CONNECTED TO PORT \\.\COM2 (115200-8N1)

... however, I am able to send binary/text file to the NSA... but not able to execute any command....

[Tonkiplis2]

Ok, I found out

I forgot to put the hard disk in with a hard disk in the left slot (HDD1) it's working a bit better

[WarheadsSE]

1) Odd, it should work even without that. There is nothing in the uboot/firmware that is reliant.
2) ehm, what are you using as the terminal?

[Tonkiplis2]

The booting process:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', ' | \/ | __ _ _ ____ _____| | |
| |\/| |/ _` | '__\ \ / / _ \ | |
| | | | (_| | | \ V / __/ | |
|_| |_|\__,_|_| \_/ \___|_|_|
_ _ ____ _
| | | | | __ ) ___ ___ | |_
| | | |___| _ \ / _ \ / _ \| __|
| |_| |___| |_) | (_) | (_) | |_
\___/ |____/ \___/ \___/ \__|
** MARVELL BOARD: RD-88F6281A LE

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Mar 23 2011 - 16:09:39) Marvell version: 3.4.19

U-Boot code: 00600000 -> 0067FFF0 BSS: -> 006CFEE0

Soc: 88F6281 A1 (DDR2)
CPU running @ 1200Mhz L2 running @ 400Mhz
SysClock = 400Mhz , TClock = 200Mhz

DRAM CAS Latency = 5 tRP = 5 tRAS = 18 tRCD=6
DRAM CS[0] base 0x00000000 size 256MB
DRAM CS[1] base 0x10000000 size 256MB
DRAM Total size 512MB 16bit width
Addresses 10M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
Mem malloc Initialization (10M - 7M): Done
NAND:128 MB
Flash: 0 kB

CPU : Marvell Feroceon (Rev 1)
//--- stateButtonBit = 3, recovery ---//
Kernel address is 0xc80000.

Streaming disabled
Write allocate disabled

Module 0 is RGMII
Module 1 is TDM

USB 0: host mode
PEX 0: interface detected no Link.
Net: egiga0, egiga1 [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0

Reset IDE:
Marvell Serial ATA Adapter
Integrated Sata device found
[0 0 0]: Enable DMA mode (6)
Device 0 @ 0 0:
Model: WDC WD10EARX-00N0YB0 Firm: 51.0AB51 Ser#: WD-WMC 0S0393795
Type: Hard Disk
Supports 48-bit addressing
Capacity: 953869.7 MB = 931.5 GB (1953525168 x 512)


** Unable to read "/uImage" from ide 0:1 **
## Booting image at 02000000 ...
Bad Magic Number
NSA320>>
NSA320>>
')

[WarheadsSE]

Check the partitioning and formatting on the disk.

[Tonkiplis2]

Reach that point, then nothing seems to happen:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'NSA320>> reset
þ
__ __ _ _
| \/ | __ _ _ ____ _____| | |
| |\/| |/ _` | '__\ \ / / _ \ | |
| | | | (_| | | \ V / __/ | |
|_| |_|\__,_|_| \_/ \___|_|_|
_ _ ____ _
| | | | | __ ) ___ ___ | |_
| | | |___| _ \ / _ \ / _ \| __|
| |_| |___| |_) | (_) | (_) | |_
\___/ |____/ \___/ \___/ \__|
** MARVELL BOARD: RD-88F6281A LE

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Mar 23 2011 - 16:09:39) Marvell version: 3.4.19

U-Boot code: 00600000 -> 0067FFF0 BSS: -> 006CFEE0

Soc: 88F6281 A1 (DDR2)
CPU running @ 1200Mhz L2 running @ 400Mhz
SysClock = 400Mhz , TClock = 200Mhz

DRAM CAS Latency = 5 tRP = 5 tRAS = 18 tRCD=6
DRAM CS[0] base 0x00000000 size 256MB
DRAM CS[1] base 0x10000000 size 256MB
DRAM Total size 512MB 16bit width
Addresses 10M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
Mem malloc Initialization (10M - 7M): Done
NAND:128 MB
Flash: 0 kB

CPU : Marvell Feroceon (Rev 1)
//--- stateButtonBit = 3, recovery ---//
Kernel address is 0xc80000.

Streaming disabled
Write allocate disabled

Module 0 is RGMII
Module 1 is TDM

USB 0: host mode
PEX 0: interface detected no Link.
Net: egiga0, egiga1 [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0

NAND read: device 0 offset 0xc80000, size 0xa00000

Reading data from 0x167f800 -- 100% complete.
10485760 bytes read: OK
## Booting image at 02000000 ...
Image Name: Linux-2.6.31.8
Created: 2012-03-02 7:31:47 UTC
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 5909960 Bytes = 5.6 MB
Load Address: 00008000
Entry Point: 00008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... done, booting the kernel.
')


The kernel seems to partly boot?