**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Jan 07 02:59:56 2010 Jan 07 03:53:25 http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Marvell-Plug-Computer-30-and-Armada-300-and-610/?kc=rss Jan 07 03:57:59 Marvell did not offer pricing or availability information on the Plug Computer 3.0 or the Armada 300 SoC. However, it did say that Plug Computer 3.0 development kits will be available through Plug Computer vendors such as Globalscale Technologies Inc, Ionics EMS, and Universal Scientific Industries Co. Jan 07 10:59:46 hi, wrt this: http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/kirkwood/plug_computer_3_0/release/1360/ Jan 07 10:59:52 is there any eta on availability Jan 07 11:00:01 is this the DovePlug ? Jan 07 11:01:50 the dove plug isn't it a sheeva+esata? Jan 07 11:03:32 ah no, that is cloudplug, the one with usb+esata Jan 07 11:04:44 no dove is a different cpu not exactly sure what the type number is, but one of the armada bunch that was announced a while ago Jan 07 11:04:54 if I recall correctly it also had gfx Jan 07 11:09:57 crap, marvell.com decided to break in chromium Jan 07 11:10:11 http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Marvell-Plug-Computer-30-and-Armada-300-and-610/?kc=rss Jan 07 11:41:54 effem: not armada 300 I think? Jan 07 12:05:22 ShadowJK: i think the pogo is the 610 that is also mentioned in the release Jan 07 12:10:58 eFfeM: hi Jan 07 12:13:52 hi dev Jan 07 12:15:17 eFfeM: will be in Brussels too, we have submitted two talk proposals - one Coherence Cross-Desktop and one re Mirabeau in the XMPP dev room Jan 07 12:16:08 great, will try to attend Jan 07 12:18:51 iwmmx though :/ Jan 07 12:18:57 when everybody is writing neon :\ Jan 07 12:25:47 I hope the new plug comes with debug port like sheeva :) Jan 07 12:39:11 hm, interesting. I wonder if it's possible to use that plug in wireless AP mode Jan 07 12:39:40 if so, I'd have a product to demo at the next SDC :) Jan 07 12:40:01 pity that I don't run a company selling hardware :) Jan 07 15:54:48 hey everyone. I have a stupid reason. how do I copy the flash from one plug to another identical plug? I tried dd and nanddump/nandwrite but neither worked Jan 07 15:55:25 stupid question even Jan 07 15:58:52 how dd faild in deed? Jan 07 15:59:21 dd: writing '/dev/mtdblock1': No space left on device Jan 07 16:00:03 hm, could you get manual for dd first? you need if of options Jan 07 16:00:20 in both cases it seems as if it is unsquashed on read and squashed on write Jan 07 16:00:20 then copy it to hdd or else Jan 07 16:00:54 I dd'd it to the NFS server and then tried to burn it from there Jan 07 16:01:01 well, actually Jan 07 16:01:03 ia USB key Jan 07 16:01:17 heh, you do not need to burn it, dd will sufice Jan 07 16:01:32 the file system is the same? Jan 07 16:01:41 and bs set? Jan 07 16:01:46 I got two plugs Jan 07 16:01:49 screwed one up Jan 07 16:01:51 trying to restore it Jan 07 16:02:09 recall the topic about day or so ago Jan 07 16:02:21 yeah dd was suggested yesterday Jan 07 16:02:40 once once I dd'd it (and got above error) I tried mounting it and was flooded with errors Jan 07 16:03:02 maybe if you post exact steps first. you all all the channel could find the issue Jan 07 16:03:37 if I recall, you have different ystems on those 2 plugs Jan 07 16:03:46 no identical Jan 07 16:03:49 just one is factory Jan 07 16:03:53 and one I have been trying to flash Jan 07 16:04:06 u-boot could complain if you change it. maybe new set of flags? Jan 07 16:04:24 or new u-boot first? Jan 07 16:04:27 using the u-boot from the CD Jan 07 16:04:41 there is new one on the net, I think Jan 07 16:04:55 yeah, work wants these OEM supported Jan 07 16:04:56 take a look at plugcomputer forums Jan 07 16:05:02 so trying to stick with instructions from Global Jan 07 16:05:10 ah, work would not know if you put whatever Jan 07 16:05:34 http://pastebin.com/d71a5a304 Jan 07 16:05:46 well, we are working with Global and they told us to follow their instructions lol Jan 07 16:06:02 hm, there is a forum for "I made a brick" and spme software Jan 07 16:06:13 I am able to boot it from NFS just fine Jan 07 16:06:18 just not from flash Jan 07 16:06:52 so I though, hey I have a spare why don't I just copy it? Jan 07 16:06:53 but no love Jan 07 16:08:08 I need a time to understand your paste Jan 07 16:08:33 looks like you write to sd card Jan 07 16:08:44 basically dd'd it from plug1 to usb; copied that to nfs server; then booted plug2 to nfs to write it Jan 07 16:08:49 can't get the usb to work with plug2 Jan 07 16:09:22 nfscould fail if no soft option in fstab Jan 07 16:09:34 ...? Jan 07 16:09:49 flags, just like defaults and noatune and... Jan 07 16:10:03 got it configured per the Global instructions for the tftp/nfs boot Jan 07 16:10:04 it waits and waits and... Jan 07 16:10:11 that's all the ubuntu box is for actually Jan 07 16:10:26 that's how I have done all the burning so far Jan 07 16:10:37 what if you remove all additional tunes and try to be so close to vanilla as possible Jan 07 16:10:56 then you could brerak the puzzle Jan 07 16:11:17 it is just set to rw,sync,no_root_squash Jan 07 16:11:19 remove nfs and simply use usb stick to copy to Jan 07 16:11:22 or am I misunderstanding Jan 07 16:11:31 the USB stick is not working on plug2 Jan 07 16:11:41 what prevents it from it? Jan 07 16:11:47 it connects to it but won't mount it Jan 07 16:11:51 and sometimes disconnects the jtag Jan 07 16:11:57 vfat? Jan 07 16:12:05 yeah cuz ext2 didn't work Jan 07 16:12:11 huh! Jan 07 16:12:30 ext2 complained about the partitions Jan 07 16:12:40 I would say "impossible" first. but let's see Jan 07 16:12:41 redid it as fat16 and it said it was OK Jan 07 16:12:53 hm Jan 07 16:13:03 I use on bsd like this: Jan 07 16:13:16 mount_msdosfs -l /dev/whatever /whereever Jan 07 16:13:27 yeah I do miss my freebsd ;) Jan 07 16:13:40 mount -t vfat -l ... Jan 07 16:13:44 the same mount command that fails on plug2 works on plug1 Jan 07 16:13:48 l means longnames etc Jan 07 16:13:58 t oprvent it to be 8.3 Jan 07 16:14:17 if the drive is empty, it will use 8.3 Jan 07 16:14:32 if it has long names, fat32 will show the names, i think Jan 07 16:14:56 hmmm Jan 07 16:15:00 k, you partitioned the drive Jan 07 16:15:08 with gparted Jan 07 16:15:08 then you made the file system Jan 07 16:15:20 hm, why not simply fdisk? Jan 07 16:15:37 I was having issues with the device from inside virtualbox at the time Jan 07 16:15:40 I got that fixed now Jan 07 16:15:41 I'm not familiar with anything else, except cfdisk on nokia tablet Jan 07 16:15:51 but for some reason gparted worked when the command line was failing Jan 07 16:16:02 gparted is more like partition magic Jan 07 16:16:10 could you open command line now? Jan 07 16:16:26 first d to delete all partitions Jan 07 16:16:27 yeah, I have been mounting it to copy the dd'd files to the NFS server Jan 07 16:17:07 but that drive cannot copy to broken plug? Jan 07 16:17:07 currently one of the plugs works with it fine and the other doesn't Jan 07 16:17:11 so I doubt it is the usb stick Jan 07 16:17:24 could you connect to that plug? Jan 07 16:17:30 exactly the usb stick works on the non-broken plug Jan 07 16:17:30 ssh Jan 07 16:17:42 connect to broken now Jan 07 16:18:06 I have the jtag up on the broken one Jan 07 16:18:11 and it can boot from nfs Jan 07 16:18:15 but other than that... Jan 07 16:18:16 serial console? Jan 07 16:18:20 yeah via usb Jan 07 16:18:41 what is in fstab? Jan 07 16:19:00 df also Jan 07 16:19:17 damn connection just died - hold on Jan 07 16:19:20 although Jan 07 16:19:32 they are going to show the filesystems on the remote nfs server Jan 07 16:19:37 since they are not booting off flash Jan 07 16:20:06 I assume would be easier to troubleshoot if you disconnect everything else Jan 07 16:20:38 ...? Jan 07 16:20:48 the jtag is the only console access Jan 07 16:20:55 the only other thing plugged in is the nci Jan 07 16:20:59 er nic Jan 07 16:21:14 # Jan 07 16:21:14 Input file does not fit into device: Success Jan 07 16:21:14 # Jan 07 16:21:15 Data was only partially written due to error Jan 07 16:21:44 the provided file seems to be bigger than available memory Jan 07 16:21:49 yeah, and looking at that it appears to be because nanddump and dd both create a non-squashed file Jan 07 16:22:06 maybe it simply did not remove old file Jan 07 16:22:13 did flash_eraseall Jan 07 16:22:14 like on cisco devices Jan 07 16:22:49 maybe it should be powered down first like on stupid devices Jan 07 16:22:53 -rwx------ 1 root root 548241408 2010-01-07 07:42 mtd2 Jan 07 16:23:04 to big Jan 07 16:23:12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142475264 2009-03-19 03:23 ubuntu-9.0.5.Release.jffs2 Jan 07 16:23:15 yeah Jan 07 16:23:17 not squashed Jan 07 16:23:30 for some reason nanddump is writing the non-squashed version to file Jan 07 16:23:40 I can't seem to get nanddump and nandwrite to work together Jan 07 16:23:43 or dd at both ends Jan 07 16:23:50 both read it off unsquashed Jan 07 16:23:50 hm Jan 07 16:24:40 maybe I need to run mksquashfs or something? Jan 07 16:25:35 http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/SheevaPlug_Installer Jan 07 16:25:48 there are some notes for newer versions of the plug Jan 07 16:26:24 yeah I am not using the new installer because of lack of OEM support Jan 07 16:27:13 could you duplicate this tutorial non the broken lug? Jan 07 16:27:20 plug Jan 07 16:27:40 different kernel, different uboot, etc Jan 07 16:28:27 the vanilla one seems to be on the link Jan 07 16:29:07 your error mentions different source Jan 07 16:29:18 sorry I'm not seeing the vanilla one you mention Jan 07 16:29:32 also: Jan 07 16:29:35 http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=717.165 Jan 07 16:29:54 ther eis a link on the page Jan 07 16:30:40 flags for nand erase etc seem necessary Jan 07 16:30:59 I'm using the ones in the docs from Global that came with these images Jan 07 16:31:09 as opposed to those that go with the installer and newer kernel/uimage/etc Jan 07 16:31:14 http://www.plugcomputer.org/index.php/us/resources/downloads?func=select&id=5 Jan 07 16:31:29 I can't use that Jan 07 16:31:36 have to use the OEM-supported Jan 07 16:32:08 those flags (mainlineLinux and arcNumber) don't apply to the older kernel from what I understand Jan 07 16:32:26 if=./mtd2 Jan 07 16:32:45 typo? Jan 07 16:33:16 -sh-3.2# cat /proc/mtd Jan 07 16:33:18 dev: size erasesize name Jan 07 16:33:19 mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "u-boot" Jan 07 16:33:21 mtd1: 00200000 00020000 "uImage" Jan 07 16:33:23 mtd2: 1fd00000 00020000 "root" Jan 07 16:34:07 there is a dot Jan 07 16:34:08 the factory one boots up without mtd0 mounted Jan 07 16:34:18 ./mtd2 = filename Jan 07 16:34:24 on the NFS server Jan 07 16:34:27 aha Jan 07 16:35:02 could you disconnect all first and try out again? Jan 07 16:35:15 from sd card Jan 07 16:36:26 disconnect what? Jan 07 16:36:31 usb Jan 07 16:36:35 the jtag? Jan 07 16:36:40 then there is no console or ssh Jan 07 16:36:44 can't even see what is happening Jan 07 16:36:46 no ssh? Jan 07 16:36:54 not until I get it to boot successfully Jan 07 16:37:15 how it connects to nfs? Jan 07 16:37:39 tftp Jan 07 16:37:45 I should reread your posts Jan 07 16:37:54 have to enter commands during bios level Jan 07 16:38:15 you probably changed u-boot flags Jan 07 16:38:23 t omatch new os Jan 07 16:38:32 I just followed the instructions that came with the plug Jan 07 16:38:47 those little beast has no bios, just u-boot Jan 07 16:38:49 with the images shipped with the plug Jan 07 16:38:53 right Jan 07 16:39:02 the uboot set's for tftp Jan 07 16:39:03 hm, I need to read docs first Jan 07 16:39:24 maybe you have to change flags to factory defaults Jan 07 16:39:45 for sure you do Jan 07 16:39:52 I did resetenv quite a few times Jan 07 16:40:13 if it looks for tftp first, you cannot take an attention Jan 07 16:40:36 the instructions tell you to have it do tftp/nfs to flash it then have it do flash from then on Jan 07 16:40:41 the line should be closed and process killed Jan 07 16:40:44 whenever I have it boot from flash, it kernel panics Jan 07 16:40:55 so I was trying to restore it based on the image from the unaltered plug Jan 07 16:41:38 I will think a bit, prior continuing to puzzle you more Jan 07 16:41:50 =) Jan 07 16:41:54 let it sleep a day or two Jan 07 16:41:59 yeah I have been working on this for a week Jan 07 16:42:12 work wants me to just say screw the plug Jan 07 16:42:15 but I want to get it working Jan 07 16:42:17 after reading and discontinuing lines, maybe you could reflash it from sd card Jan 07 16:42:40 I'll have to see about getting an SD to try that with Jan 07 16:42:51 simple sd, not sdhc Jan 07 16:43:09 vanilla 9.04 does not support sdhc Jan 07 16:43:25 as i know Jan 07 16:43:31 the image the instructions have me loading is 9.05 Jan 07 16:43:47 will you post progress tomorrow? Jan 07 16:43:54 heh if there is any Jan 07 16:43:58 and go back to 9.04, since it is default Jan 07 16:44:13 well, I am trying to just create a fresh factory image to burn Jan 07 16:44:18 it just doesn't seem to like me Jan 07 16:44:32 hehe, you have to know each other better :) Jan 07 16:44:47 I think it is jealous that I have a spare ;) Jan 07 16:45:42 k, see (read) you tomorrow, with new ideas **** ENDING LOGGING AT Fri Jan 08 02:59:57 2010