Re: [Gumstix-users] u-boot on the original gumstix

SourceForge Headquarters 225 Broadway Suite 1600 San Diego, CA 92101 +1 (858) 454-5900

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" <cr...@hu...>
To: <gum...@li...>
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" <ph...@th...>
> > To: <gum...@li...>
> > 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: gum...@li...
> >> [mailto:gum...@li...] On Behalf Of Benny
> >> Simonsen
> >> Sent: 19 December 2004 18:13
> >> To: gum...@li...
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------
> >> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
> >> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
> >> users.
> >> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
> >> http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> gumstix-users mailing list
> >> gum...@li...
> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------
> >> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
> >> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
> >> users.
> >> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
> >> http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> gumstix-users mailing list
> >> gum...@li...
> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
> > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real
> > users.
> > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
> > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
> > _______________________________________________
> > gumstix-users mailing list
> > gum...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
> http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
> _______________________________________________
> gumstix-users mailing list
> gum...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
>