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Apr 19 08:35:34 <kerio> how complicated can a bootloader for embedded hardware be? :|
Apr 19 11:04:05 <DonAlex> Afternoon peeps..
Apr 19 11:05:36 <DonAlex> Starting to get a little narked off at this Sheeva plug.. I have followed the instructions here http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/Installing_Debian_To_Flash religiously..  all went smooth.. until it comes to rebooting into the nand flash. For some reason even when I change the bootargs and save them they are not used?
Apr 19 11:06:06 <DonAlex> and resetting seem to bring up the default bootargs.. tftp boot etc.
Apr 19 11:09:06 <DonAlex> I mean what is wrong with this? http://pastebin.ca/2048198
Apr 19 11:23:14 <ShadowJK> bootcmd is still tftp?
Apr 19 11:26:43 <DonAlex> ShadowJK:  Fixed that now.. now I am getting this http://pastebin.ca/2048201
Apr 19 11:27:08 <DonAlex> I think I will have to boot off the USB to investigate no?
Apr 19 11:30:29 <DonAlex> I mean I know the ubifs was created and named is that how it find the partition just by the label?
Apr 19 11:32:33 <DonAlex> ShadowJK: hmm could be just that it is an older kernel I spose?
Apr 19 11:32:54 <DonAlex> just noticed it was 2.6.22 seems wrong think.
Apr 19 11:39:53 <DonAlex> ok something funky is going on..
Apr 19 11:41:05 <DonAlex> have a 2.6.38-2-kirkwood kernel on the usb stick..  but when I try to boot it I get this http://pastebin.ca/2048207
Apr 19 11:45:03 <DonAlex> Shouldn't this be supported? http://sheeva.with-linux.com/sheeva/2.6.38/2.6.38.3/
Apr 19 11:59:13 <ShadowJK> I wonder if there are other bootargs needed for ubi
Apr 19 12:00:31 <DonAlex> perhaps so.. but right now I am even struggling to boot again off the usb stick.. even though it did previously
Apr 19 12:00:51 <DonAlex> I think I will restart from the beginning.. might be quicker
Apr 19 12:00:59 <elFidel> good luck
Apr 19 12:03:50 <DonAlex> Well practice makes perfect eh?
Apr 19 12:17:38 <Tootoot222> DonAlex: did you get it working?
Apr 19 12:18:05 <DonAlex> Reinstalling from scratch now..
Apr 19 12:18:35 <DonAlex> Will double check the ubifs name when I can boot into the ubs stick again
Apr 19 12:20:12 <Tootoot222> DonAlex: your last problem you posted there was due to a bad arcNumber
Apr 19 12:21:02 <Tootoot222> setenv mainlineLinux yes; setenv arcNumber 2097; saveenv; reset
Apr 19 12:21:09 <Tootoot222> then make whatever changes you want to uboot
Apr 19 12:23:22 <DonAlex> Hmm I thought I set that..
Apr 19 12:23:27 <DonAlex> I am sure I did..
Apr 19 12:23:59 <DonAlex> Well give me 10 mins and I can verify..
Apr 19 12:24:08 <DonAlex> installing base packages now.
Apr 19 13:05:49 <DonAlex> Ok so logged in now downloaded mtd-tools and am formatting flash as per http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/Installing_Debian_To_Flash
Apr 19 13:06:47 <DonAlex> So far so good.. http://pastebin.ca/2048232
Apr 19 13:08:17 <DonAlex> all seems ok to me http://pastebin.ca/2048233
Apr 19 13:18:18 <DonAlex> ok so now comes the crux of it.
Apr 19 13:18:42 <DonAlex> what is wrong with this command ? setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS0,115200 ubi.mtd=2 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs'
Apr 19 13:39:35 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: ok.. now I am sure it is to do with boot args or bootcmds or something..  Can you help? My money is on this bootcmd Hmmm   http://pastebin.ca/2048248
Apr 19 13:41:38 <DonAlex> See I don't see any reference to bootargs_ubi in the cmd string
Apr 19 13:45:37 <DonAlex> Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Apr 19 13:45:41 <DonAlex> typo.. no..
Apr 19 13:45:46 <DonAlex> e=......
Apr 19 13:46:10 <DonAlex> stupid.. must have miss the variable name
Apr 19 13:48:28 <DonAlex> Hmm maybe not then.. seems part of the default options
Apr 19 13:59:17 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: ok now the kernel is just hanging? http://pastebin.ca/2048257
Apr 19 13:59:57 <DonAlex> ahh wait.. why is that the old kernel?
Apr 19 13:59:59 <DonAlex> hmmm
Apr 19 14:00:00 <DonAlex> one mo
Apr 19 14:12:43 <DonAlex> hmm ok.. so far so good I tftpd the kernel uimage to the same address and it booted.
Apr 19 14:23:44 <DonAlex> Whoa.. This does not look good? http://pastebin.ca/2048270
Apr 19 14:31:03 <DonAlex> well it boots..
Apr 19 14:31:16 <DonAlex> but why do I get this each time ? http://pastebin.ca/2048274
Apr 19 14:53:59 <tinker-f595> DonAlex: Have you read http://plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/Getting_the_Plug_Computer_Running_with_an_Operating_System and the links from the that page?
Apr 19 14:54:45 * tinker-f595 away
Apr 19 14:55:20 <DonAlex> tinker-f595: Well it is all booting fine now.. seems there was an old kernel image saved to the nand.. once I booted the right uimage and rand the update script boots fine execpt for that strange udev messages
Apr 19 17:23:07 <Tootoot222> DonAlex: you still getting those uboot messages?
Apr 19 17:23:36 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: Nope Uboot is fine now.. still getting these udev messages though..
Apr 19 17:23:41 <DonAlex> irritating.. but not critical
Apr 19 17:24:09 <Tootoot222> erm, yea, meant udev
Apr 19 17:24:17 <Tootoot222> do those files exist in /dev?
Apr 19 17:24:30 <DonAlex> hmm good point. supposed ot be dynamic innit.
Apr 19 17:24:59 <DonAlex> Yep all seem the .. root.disk
Apr 19 17:25:50 <Tootoot222> it is only partially dynamic
Apr 19 17:26:00 <Tootoot222> it expects a specific base set of files to be present on disk at boot time
Apr 19 17:26:14 <Tootoot222> if certain ones are missing the system will refuse to boo
Apr 19 17:26:15 <Tootoot222> t
Apr 19 17:28:49 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: Well here is the entire boot. http://pastebin.ca/2048335 .. I think .udev.. should be virtual I am not sure..
Apr 19 17:28:58 <DonAlex> or was it .udev is the static config..
Apr 19 17:31:20 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: hmm interestingly enough.. .udev does not exist on the booted system.
Apr 19 17:31:31 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: but it is here on my laptop so...?
Apr 19 17:33:08 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: you know what. I bet I know what it is .. I bed the initrd script is supposed to handle that.. but because it is nand it is not running initd is it?
Apr 19 17:33:42 <Tootoot222> DonAlex: i think the files just didn't get created
Apr 19 17:34:22 <Tootoot222> although they're not regular files... they're device nodes
Apr 19 17:34:31 <Tootoot222> so you have to use mknod with the right params to recreate them
Apr 19 17:34:35 <Tootoot222> or copy them from another system
Apr 19 17:34:46 <Tootoot222> DonAlex: do you have the sheevaplug_installer package?
Apr 19 17:35:05 <Tootoot222> you can extract the installer/rootfs.tar.gz (as root) somewhere and tar up /dev
Apr 19 17:35:11 <Tootoot222> extract onto your plug, should fix your problem
Apr 19 17:35:32 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: Sounds like a plan..
Apr 19 17:58:38 <DonAlex> Tootoot222: ok heading home now.. will work at it from there.. Cheers for your help. chat later maybe..
Apr 19 20:32:34 <kusznir> fyi: my tech here has posted a very through posting about flashing dreamplugs (including getting them to boot from USB media and the like) on the newit forums.
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