> > Well yeah .... I've an update on this: > > I did nothing but change the usb port from closest to > RJ45 to the one nets > > to the closest to RJ45. This time it boots. > > > > I'll investigate further on this ... > > AFAIK the dockstar has native USB ports and some ports > provided by an > additional hub. Maybe this makes a difference.
As far as I know kirkwood has 1 usb port that is connected to an onboard 4 port hub ... so all external usb ports should be exactly the same. Anyway I've tracked the problem to be specific to the usb2sata adapter inside my lace usb HDU ... see an earlier mail I just sent. > > > This is on a brand new dockstar (I've now 2 of these > things) but the seem > > to have small hardware differences ... read on > > > > Also Another thing I noticed: the led stopped working > and things do not > > look rigth in /sys > > Do cat /proc/cpuinfo. Do you have "Hardware: Seagate > FreeAgent DockStar"? If > not the "arcNumber" that gives u-boot to the kernel is > wrong. IIRC arcNumber > 2998 is the right one for the Dockstar. 2097 is Sheevaplug. > Please search for > it in Doozans forum. > The arcNumber sets some board specific details like LED > setup. this is what my cpuinfo says on my new dockstar: Processor : ARM926EJ-S rev 1 (v5l) BogoMIPS : 1192.75 Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp CPU implementer : 0x56 CPU architecture: 5TE CPU variant : 0x2 CPU part : 0x131 CPU revision : 1 Cache type : write-back Cache clean : cp15 c7 ops Cache lockdown : format C Cache format : Harvard I size : 16384 I assoc : 4 I line length : 32 I sets : 128 D size : 16384 D assoc : 4 D line length : 32 D sets : 128 Hardware : Feroceon-KW Revision : 0000 Serial : 0000000000000000 But a swear I took this board out of a brand new dockstar case .... package sealed .... etc ... etc > Thorsten Mühlfelder > Salix OS: www.salixos.org > _______________________________________________ > ARMedslack mailing list > ARMedslack@lists.armedslack.org > http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack > _______________________________________________ ARMedslack mailing list ARMedslack@lists.armedslack.org http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack
