On Jun 2, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com> wrote:
> * Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> [2015-05-31 19:11]: >> I’ve got an old Marvell OpenRD Base computer that I’d like to install Debian >> Jessie on. >> >> I believe that I’ll need to up-grade the u-boot on it to handle new features >> in the Jessie kernel. > > I haven't had an OpenRD in years but back then I always used the > original u-boot without any problems. Why do you think a new u-boot > is required for jessie? Have you tried it and things are not working? > > (After jessie, the kernel has been converted to DTB, but flash-kernel > already appends the correct DTB.) > >> 1) Where to get a suitable u-boot image? (Will the one at >> https://people.debian.org/~tbm/u-boot/2014.10+dfsg1-4/openrd_ultimate/ >> work? > > No, the Ultimate and Base are different. I just checked and I was > going to say that there's support for the Base in DENX. However, I > noticed that even the Ultimate target was removed in Debian's u-boot > recently: > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/u-boot.git/commit/debian/targets?id=ea2f6ce84b7788cda2cb7deb29690cb368451e8c > > So if you want to work out why it doesn't build and whether it boots, > I'm sure Vagrant Cascadian would be interested in hearing from you; > but it's probably easier to stay with the original u-boot unless that > has problems. > Thanks for the reply, however discouraging! Currently, I’m running Wheezy on the Base and its sister Ultimate. I haven’t tried Jessie since the formal release, but I will do that and report back soon. I gather from what you say about DTB that that transition does not depend on U-Boot? So I should be able to upgrade to and beyond Jessie without problems? The problem I’m having with Wheezy that makes me think it would be interesting to try a later U-Boot is that the original Marvell U-Boot (from 2009) is balky when booting from USB hard disks and doesn’t support booting from SD at all. If I could boot from SD, I would put /boot there and everything else on the USB disk. As it is, whenever I need to reboot the machine (I’m using it for experimentation, so that happens fairly often.) I need to log in to the serial console so I can watch and restart if booting from the hard drive fails. (Sometimes it fails in a way that requires actual physically re-setting the Base or even power-cycling it, but that’s a different story.) Can you tell me what the most recent U-Boot version is that actually does support the OpenRD Base? If there is such a thing, do you have a suggested procedure for doing the upgrade? > Unfortunately, it seems there aren’t many OpenRD users left. Yes, I noticed. The web site “openrd.org” now belongs to the Open Road Motorcycle Club. Maybe it’s time to move on… The Cubox devices look interesting! > > -- > Martin Michlmayr Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e3101918-296f-496d-884f-c66f886ca...@pobox.com
