Not as far as I know -- and the only difference from a software point
of view between the orig and F is actually on the waysmall buddy not
the gumstix board itself -- on the original waysmall buddy, different
GPIO lines were used for the USB signaling.
C
On Dec 20, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Benny Simonsen wrote:
> Craig
>
> It's the same story with r48 from SF so I guess the original stix I
> have has
> some kind of problem (other users were able to use the new bootloader).
> Just to be curious are there different HW versions of the original
> stix?
>
>
> /Benny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Hughes" <craig@...>
> To: <gumstix-users@...>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] u-boot on the original gumstix
>
>
>> Benny,
>>
>> part of the reason for moving from 1.0.0 to 1.1.1 was that the *only*
>> place that could compile the original 1.0.0 code which was being
>> burned
>> on those original stix was Gordon's laptop (which just died two weeks
>> ago actually). When I moved us over to a "real" build system, it was
>> much easier to get 1.1.1 working than trying to reproduce the system
>> Gordon had under cygwin on his machine. At the time, I was testing
>> releases against both the original and the F gumstix, and it was
>> working -- though I have to admit I haven't tested a -orig for a while
>> now, and something may have broken.
>>
>> Could you try -r48, which is on sf.net and see if that works -- I
>> think
>> that was the first release we did for the new u-boot, and was tested
>> on
>> an original stix.
>>
>> C
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2004, at 3:20 AM, Benny Simonsen wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Philip
>>>
>>> Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately the result were the
>>> same.
>>> No problems to start the new bootloader from RAM, but it refuse to
>>> start
>>> from flash so I guess it must have something to do with the low level
>>> init
>>> which will be done only during boot from flash.
>>> Anyone who has the old gumstix related source for U-Boot 1.0.0 (Mar
>>> 29
>>> 2004 - 20:43:43)?
>>>
>>>
>>> /Benny
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Philip White" <phil@...>
>>> To: <gumstix-users@...>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:36 AM
>>> Subject: RE: [Gumstix-users] u-boot on the original gumstix
>>>
>>>
>>>> Benny,
>>>>
>>>> This is how I managed it (copied from original post):
>>>>
>>>> *** Updating original gumstix u-boot when flashing in v1.0.0 is
>>>> buggy.
>>> (THE
>>>> TWO UBOOT MONTY!) ***
>>>> NOTE: I have found this works for me, and was desperate enough to
>>>> risk bricking my gumstix, but maybe I was lucky.
>>>> USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
>>>>
>>>> 1. Get a root_fs and uboot image suitable for the gumstix in
>>>> question
>>> (E.g.
>>>> from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gumstix or via using the
>>>> buildroot to
>>>> make your own) - I found both worked ok for me. Copy them to you
>>>> mmc
>>> card,
>>>> or have them handy on your PC that is used to connect to the stix
>>>> via
>>>> a
>>>> serial connection ready to transfer.
>>>> 2. Boot up the gumstix, and interrupt the u-boot autoboot by
>>>> pressing
>>>> a
>>> key.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Load the u-boot image:
>>>>
>>>> EITHER serially from PC:
>>>>
>>>> GUM> loadb A2000000
>>>>
>>>> Then start the transfer via Kermit from your PC of uboot.bin
>>>>
>>>> OR via mmc (note the mmcinit needs to be done twice for some reason)
>>>>
>>>> GUM> mmcinit
>>>> GUM> mmcinit
>>>> GUM> fatload mmc 1 a2000000 uboot.bin
>>>>
>>>> 4. Launch the new 1.1.1 (or later) uboot from ram.
>>>>
>>>> GUM> go a2000000
>>>>
>>>> 5. Interrupt the uboot autoboot, as before. Then load a fresh copy
>>>> into
>>> ram
>>>> - this will then get copied to flash.
>>>> NOTE: we load it into 0xA3000000 not A2000000
>>>>
>>>> EITHER (for serial loaders)
>>>> GUM> loadb A3000000
>>>>
>>>> OR (for mmc loaders)
>>>> GUM> mmcinit
>>>> GUM> mmcinit
>>>> GUM> fatload mmc 1 a3000000 uboot.bin
>>>>
>>>> 6. Unprotect and erase the uboot area of flash - BE CAREFUL
>>>>
>>>> GUM> prot off 1:0-1
>>>> GUM> era 1:0-1
>>>>
>>>> 7. Copy the uboot into flash, and then reprotect the flash
>>>>
>>>> GUM> cp.b a3000000 0 ${filesize}
>>>> GUM> prot on 1:0-1
>>>>
>>>> 8. Set the right uboot settings (note this is one long command - no
>>>> word
>>>> wraps)
>>>>
>>>> GUM> set bootcmd fsload a2000000 boot/uImage\;bootm a2000000 set
>>>> bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=1f02 rootfstype=jffs2 noinitrd
>>>> reboot=cold,hard save
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 9. Save the new u-boot environment to flash
>>>>
>>>> GUM> saveenv
>>>>
>>>> Now you can powercycle the gumstix, and all being well you'll have a
>>>> u pto
>>>> date uboot that can load the current rootfs images correctly.
>>>>
>>>> *** Loading root fs to flash can now be done as described on the
>>>> wiki
>>>> E.g.
>>>> http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=U-Boot or
>>>> http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Tutorial
>>>>
>>>> DONE
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: gumstix-users-admin@...
>>>> [mailto:gumstix-users-admin@...] On Behalf Of
>>>> Benny
>>>> Simonsen
>>>> Sent: 19 December 2004 18:13
>>>> To: gumstix-users@...
>>>> Subject: [Gumstix-users] u-boot on the original gumstix
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I have been away from the Gumstix for some time, but did find the
>>>> original
>>>> stix buried below a lot of dust.
>>>> I did try to install the u-boot which were build from Rev. 293
>>>> without
>>>> success (dead stix). After that I did try to install the version
>>>> from
>>>> sourceforge (r152) with the same result.
>>>> Downgrading to U-Boot 1.0.0 (Mar 29 2004 - 20:43:43) "solved" the
>>>> problem,
>>>> but I don't have the source for that one so can't see what has
>>>> changed in
>>>> the initial setup.
>>>>
>>>> Ok why upgrade the bootloader? My problem with the original stix has
>>> always
>>>> been unreliable startup and I did hope that a new bootloader might
>>>> help on
>>>> that problem.
>>>>
>>>> Question: Has anyone had success with installing a "new" bootloader
>>>> on the
>>>> original stix? Anyone who can explain why the new bootloader can't
>>>> be
>>>> used
>>>> on the original stix?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /Benny
>>>>
>>>>
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