Re: [Gumstix-users] another verdex + net-microsd question

[Andrey Y. <yur...@gm...>]

Ah yes, it looks like r1559 now has the smc fixup as found on
http://docswiki.gumstix.com/Net-wifi-microusd this may work.  Last
time I think I used the one straight out of SVN, not realizing that
the one on the Wiki has a difference.  Sorry about that.

> On Nov 10, 2007 12:23 PM, Dave Hylands <dhy...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hi Andrey,
> >
> > On Nov 10, 2007 11:19 AM, Andrey Yurovsky <yur...@gm...> wrote:
> > > On Nov 10, 2007 12:00 AM, Dave Hylands <dhy...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > Yeah - in u-boot you can do exactly one network operation. The 2nd one
> > > > will hang. So if you do a ping, then the TFTP will hang. You need to
> > > > just perform the TFTP. This is some type of bug in the uboot network
> > > > driver.
> > >
> > > Wow.  Can I help fix this?  Is there a developer mailing list I should
> > > join?   Perhaps there should be a note about this on the Wiki, I
> > > normally do a ping before anything else in u-boot just to make sure
> > > things are connected.
> >
> > By all means. There is a u-boot developer list, but I'm not sure how
> > much help they'll be, especially since we're using a "modified"
> > version of u-boot and not the one they distribute.
> >
> > You can (and should) test u-boot without having to burn it to flash. I
> > normally load it to a2000000 and then just do go a2000000. That way if
> > it screws up, you always have the bruned in flash u-boot to fall back
> > onto.
> >
> > > > Under linux, you need to ensure that the DMA channel shows as ff from
> > > > the ifconfig output.
> > >
> > > Ah!  Mine shows as '8' so I guess this 'disable DMA' patch didn't
> > > actually take affect.  I must have messed up my build, so I'll go
> > > ahead and try this again.  Thanks!
> >
> > I'm not sure the svn repository has the patch checked in. I have a
> > version on this page:
> > <http://docswiki.gumstix.com/Net-wifi-microusd>
> >
> > If you already had a version of the kernel built, then you'll need to
> > remove all of the kernel sources (buildroot_arm_nofpu/linux-2.6.21gum)
> > in order to have the source re-extracted and patches applied.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dave Hylands
> > Vancouver, BC, Canada
> > http://www.DaveHylands.com/
> >
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