Re: [Gumstix-users] Verdex XL6P with netwifi-microSD will not boot

[Paul L. <pl...@wi...>]

Steve Sakoman <sakoman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Paul,
> 
> My guess is that you built this image on an Ubuntu machine.
> 
> The stock Ubuntu distribution links /bin/sh to /bin/dash.  This is
> likely the trouble -- the classic symptom is those annoying -e
> messages and a failure to boot properly.
> 
> You will need to link /bin/sh to /bin/bash and rebuild your image.
> 
> Steve
> 

Hi Steve -- Thanks... by linking /bin/sh to /bin/bash, the -e messages are gone.

Nonetheless, I still can't get the network up with the Verdex and
netwifi-microSD.  No DHCP activity on the wifi router or via ksniffer on Unbuntu
Linux.

Again, this is buildroot 1578 without any modifications.

The boot record still contains the smc911x problem (last line):

Starting kernel ...

Linux version 2.6.21gum (paul@tosasubterain) (gcc version 4.1.1) #1 Tue Jan 1
22:42:39 CST 2008
CPU: XScale-PXA270 [69054117] revision 7 (ARMv5TE), cr=0000397f
Machine: The Gumstix Platform
Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
Run Mode clock: 208.00MHz (*16)
Turbo Mode clock: 416.00MHz (*2.0, active)
Memory clock: 104.00MHz (/2)
System bus clock: 104.00MHz 
CPU0: D VIVT undefined 5 cache
CPU0: I cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets
CPU0: D cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets
Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 32512
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=1f01 rootfstype=jffs2
reboot=cold,hard
PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 2048 bytes)
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Memory: 128MB = 128MB total
Memory: 127744KB available (1748K code, 192K data, 132K init)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
NET: Registered protocol family 16
NET: Registered protocol family 2
Time: pxa_timer clocksource has been installed.
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
TCP reno registered
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY)  (C) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x24
pxa2xx-uart.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x40100000 (irq = 22) is a FFUART
pxa2xx-uart.1: ttyS1 at MMIO 0x40200000 (irq = 21) is a BTUART
pxa2xx-uart.2: ttyS2 at MMIO 0x40700000 (irq = 20) is a STUART
Probing Gumstix Flash ROM at physical address 0x00000000 (16-bit bankwidth)
Gumstix Flash ROM: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank
 Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
 Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
 Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
 Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
 Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
Using buffer write method
cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled
Using static partitions on Gumstix Flash ROM
Creating 3 MTD partitions on "Gumstix Flash ROM":
0x00000000-0x00040000 : "Bootloader"
0x00040000-0x01f00000 : "RootFS"
0x01f00000-0x02000000 : "Kernel"
TCP cubic registered
XScale iWMMXt coprocessor detected.
VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem).
Freeing init memory: 132K
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Invalid chip endian 0x080
smc911x: not found (-19).
Not netCF-vx board: using newer GPIO configuration

Any advice?  Bad board or configuration problem?