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Dec 20 20:06:25 <LordVorp> well i've only been in here to complain so far, so, to fix that: I successfully got a new u-boot and custom kernel to run on my guruplug! woo-hoo!
Dec 20 20:07:26 <kerio> woot
Dec 20 20:08:54 <LordVorp> and it was 2.6.36.2 as well... turns out that the patches at http://sheeva.with-linux.com/sheeva/2.6.36.2/source will take a vanilla kernel and make it "sane" for plug builds
Dec 20 20:10:10 <LordVorp> my personal hackit goals with the guruplug are to A) get my displaylink card to give me an FB console and/or X, and to get my TI_3410 adapter to talk to it.  so far I've actually gotten a green-screen with my displaylink so i'm 80% there now.
Dec 20 20:10:24 <LordVorp> (hmm. should had a 'B' in there, nm :)
Dec 20 20:12:02 <kerio> i thought displaylink was usb
Dec 20 20:12:10 <kerio> couldn't you compile a module
Dec 20 20:23:05 <LordVorp> well i needed a working baseline kernel to compile the module against, and the stock kernel was unavailable as source anywhere I looked.
Dec 20 20:23:40 <LordVorp> so the simple hurdle of "my own custom kernel" moved me into "can load any standard module" territory
Dec 20 20:24:13 <LordVorp> so for that topic, i'm waaaay past the "hard part"
Dec 20 20:24:24 <LordVorp> i just need to teach myself about FB's & FB consoles.
Dec 20 20:24:59 <LordVorp> (and you're right DL is USB, I meant "adapter" and shorthand came out "card" :)
Dec 20 20:25:06 <kerio> i wouldn't use it as the framebuffer, i'd just run X
Dec 20 20:25:14 <kerio> i'd still stick to the serial console
Dec 20 20:25:17 <kerio> which is guaranteed to work
Dec 20 20:28:12 <LordVorp> well since I have the jtag board now, I can fix it if I break it, and I don't have to FLASH those changes until it's perfect.  not being used to non-PC machines, i still have things to learn, like: can I run both serial and FB console?
Dec 20 20:28:22 <LordVorp> in fact this is the first fully 'serial console' device i've used
Dec 20 20:29:25 <LordVorp> now on the immediate list of what to figure out next are how to boot to an NFS root, and how (or if) i can use openocd to issue a reset command to the plug so I can reboot it w/o having to unplug it, if it crashes
Dec 20 21:00:56 <LordVorp> any tips on where to find docs that can let me say, for example: openocd -f guruplug.cfg -c reset_unit (or equiv) -c exit
Dec 20 21:00:57 <LordVorp> ?
Dec 20 21:07:31 <Ryvius> i've finally found a buyer of my guruplug!
Dec 20 21:07:35 <Ryvius> so long, #openplug
Dec 20 21:07:38 <LordVorp> buyer?
Dec 20 21:07:40 <LordVorp> hahaha
Dec 20 21:08:45 <Ryvius> of course, i'm open for negatiations if someone is willing to outbid him
Dec 20 21:08:59 <LordVorp> what's the offer?
Dec 20 21:09:10 <LordVorp> (and why are you selling?)
Dec 20 21:37:51 <Ryvius> his offer is
Dec 20 21:38:02 <Ryvius> 105 USD
Dec 20 21:38:15 <Ryvius> and i'm selling it because i didn't need it
Dec 20 21:40:29 <Tootoot222> LordVorp: it resets the board when openocd finishes with it; just give "exit" as your command it it should reset
Dec 20 21:40:52 <Tootoot222> nfs root is easy, just pass a few options to the kernel through uboot
Dec 20 21:41:31 <Tootoot222> LordVorp: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/NFS-Root.html#ss4.4
Dec 21 00:28:27 <LordVorp> (much later) Toottoot22: thanks!
Dec 21 00:32:45 <Tootoot222> lol
Dec 21 00:32:48 <Tootoot222> you're welcome
Dec 21 00:33:07 <Ryvius> so, LordVorp, you can still make it, you can still outbid him
Dec 21 00:33:22 <Tootoot222> Ryvius: is it guruplug plus or standard?
Dec 21 00:33:31 <Ryvius> standard
Dec 21 00:34:09 <kevix> the standard has 1 (vs 2) eth, no microSD and no esata port
Dec 21 00:34:26 <Ryvius> and it wont melt, unlike the plus
Dec 21 00:34:31 <kevix> heh
Dec 21 00:38:51 <Tootoot222> Ryvius: are you selling the jtag board with it?
Dec 21 00:40:40 <kevix> coudn't hey make the jtag cables more flexible? I
Dec 21 00:40:54 <kevix> I cant wait till they snap :)
Dec 21 00:59:07 <Ryvius> Tootoot222: no
Dec 21 00:59:29 <Tootoot222> Ryvius: why would he pay more than he can buy it from globalscale then?
Dec 21 00:59:40 <Ryvius> how should i know
Dec 21 00:59:46 <Ryvius> i mean, who?
Dec 21 00:59:50 <Tootoot222> is the warentee still valid?
Dec 21 00:59:53 <Tootoot222> anybody
Dec 21 01:00:13 <Ryvius> i guess, and because then he doesn't have to pay for shipping and taxes
Dec 21 01:02:34 <Ryvius> how long is the waranty?
Dec 21 01:03:24 <Tootoot222> 30 days in the us, 60 in the eu iirc
Dec 21 01:03:45 <Tootoot222> is it the us, uk, or eu plug?
Dec 21 01:03:50 <Ryvius> eu
Dec 21 01:09:49 <kevix> if you need the warranty, you'll have to send it back to china, no?
Dec 21 01:21:30 <LordVorp> Tootoot222: hmm well giving -c exit on the openocd commandline does nothing "visible" on the plug, and doesn't reset it back to u-boot
Dec 21 01:23:35 <kevix> its possible to access the firmware once you go to the serial console?
Dec 21 01:24:13 <Tootoot222> LordVorp: try execute sheevaplug_init and then exit
Dec 21 01:24:51 <Tootoot222> kevix: there really is no "firmware"; the firmware is just u-boot and whatever eles you stored on the nand
Dec 21 01:25:00 <LordVorp> ah. same as before: invalid name halt_0.  this corresponds to 'halt 0' in the guruplug.cfg file. <sigh>
Dec 21 01:25:15 <LordVorp> inside the function guruplug_init
Dec 21 01:25:52 <LordVorp> and using the openocd that comes with ubuntu sez: unknown command: halt 0
Dec 21 01:25:55 <LordVorp> grrr
Dec 21 02:34:21 <mdm2k> Tootoot222: well, there's something or other built into the hardware that understands kwb headers and loads u-boot from flash - you'd probably call that firmware, but it's invisible on the guruplug
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