[U-Boot] MXC: Performance issue/glitch with reading/writing files from SD card

2010-06-28 Thread alfred steele
Hi, Looks like there is a huge performance issue with the sdhc hardware/software driver on the mx31 Earlier on i had adapated the freescale mx "sdhc driver" and ported it to the mx31 platform for U-boot v1.0. I have modified the driver to put the host as well as the card in 4 bit mode in the initi

[U-Boot] SD high capacity support

2010-03-25 Thread alfred steele
Hi all, Has any one written a u-boot sdhc driver which supports high-capcity cards ? I am trying to implement a SD high capacity driver but looks like you need to implement the protocol (SD CMDs ) a bit differently. Based on the specs i am not sure if my changes will be backward compatible to ru

[U-Boot] eSDHC driver on mxc

2009-12-23 Thread alfred steele
Hi all, I have basically adapted the linux esdhc driver for the mx35 for uboot. I am using the mmc_init routine in fsl_esdhc driver for the initialization sequence including the "IDentification cycle" for the card. The issue is that i have a particular card from vendor "Kingston" which works roc

[U-Boot] i2c on mx27

2009-12-05 Thread alfred steele
Hi, Has anyone tried playing with the hardware i2c on the mx27 platform using u-boot. I am trying to enable the second controller and use hardware i2c by doing memory writes to the appropiate registers using "mw". Looks like i am missing out on some register values. I am unable to toggle the signa

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/7] fec_imx27: driver for FEC ethernet controller on i.MX27

2009-11-18 Thread alfred steele
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Ben Warren wrote: > Hi Alfred, > > alfred steele wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for your submission! >>> >> >> What is the current design on the mxc fec interface's attainment of a >> MAC address. Fro

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/7] fec_imx27: driver for FEC ethernet controller on i.MX27

2009-11-16 Thread alfred steele
> Thanks for your submission! What is the current design on the mxc fec interface's attainment of a MAC address. From the kernel driver it looks like it looks at the IIM(IC identification registers) on the MXC platform(like mx51/35) to look for a programmed mac address and then the set the fec mac

Re: [U-Boot] Freescale MXC: NAND UnCorrectable RS-ECC Error

2009-10-19 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, Thanks. > Are you using U-boot v2 or some other customized U-boot? (gitweb at > git.denx.de seems to have some problems at the moment and I don't have > the U-boot v2 tree locally) Custom u-boot based on v2. I have ported mxc_nand based on the kernel code(2.6.26) and it uses 2k/4k speci

Re: [U-Boot] Running u-boot without relocation to RAM?

2009-10-13 Thread alfred steele
> So is it possible to completly disable the relocation process at startup and > run U-Boot with having opcode in PROM and data in RAM? If yes, how could I > achieve this? > > I already tried to remove the corresponding code in the start.S and searched > the README for switches, but without succ

[U-Boot] Debugging NAND boot with BDI3000 on U-boot

2009-10-12 Thread alfred steele
Hi, I am a rookie as far as NAND boot debugging is concerned. I have remote gdb working just fine. I wish to single step from the point the macro for nand load starts(assembly code). (nand_load). To do that, i set a instruction breakpoint on BDI3000 using the "BI" command. looks like the cpu enter

Re: [U-Boot] Freescale MXC: NAND UnCorrectable RS-ECC Error

2009-10-02 Thread alfred steele
Thanks Magnus! > Which MXC platform are you using and does it support 4K page size? And > does mxc_nand.c support 4K page size? I am using mx35 and the NAND flash controller therein supports 4K page operations as evident from the manual. from the code in "mxc_nand.c" it looks like it checks for whe

[U-Boot] Freescale MXC: NAND UnCorrectable RS-ECC Error

2009-10-02 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, I am trying to introduce a Samsung NAND flash part (K9F8G08U0M) to a Freescale mxc platform. Looks like the device code used in the NAND "read id" operation is already a part of the drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ids.c, looking at line "{"NAND 1GiB 3,3V 8-bit", 0xD3, 0, 1024, 0, LP_OPTIONS},)

[U-Boot] NAND UnCorrectable RS-ECC Error on Freescale MXC

2009-10-01 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, I am trying to introduce a Samsung NAND flash part (K9F8G08U0M) to a Freescale mxc platform. Looks like the device code used in the NAND "read id" operation is already a part of the drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ids.c, looking at line "{"NAND 1GiB 3,3V 8-bit", 0xD3, 0, 1024, 0, LP_OPTIONS},)

[U-Boot] U-boot -Modifying boot sequence on a ARM based board

2009-08-20 Thread alfred steele
Hi all, What is the general boot sequence for u-boot. IIRC, its the cpu specific start followed by board specfic stuff, then general init stuff (like misc_init_f) and then the common stuff. The reason i am asking this i want to inject my own boot path based on the presence of certain boot periphera

[U-Boot] Customize U-boot

2009-08-19 Thread alfred steele
Hi, I am trying to modify uboot to use the available FAT32 APIs and the mmc driver apis in order to auto magically boot from a SD card if its present in the slot of our board. I know it can be done by statically defining EXTRA_ENVS in the board config file and use the U-boot scripting framwork to

[U-Boot] DDR initialization

2009-08-18 Thread alfred steele
Hi all, How do i go about the SDRAM/DDR initialization on my board. IS the function partitoned or is it just done in a single place. I would think that board specifc dram_init is just a generic function. There has to be a specific place where the SDRAM controller is told about the DRR/SDRAM. Is

[U-Boot] Incorrect board init with 256M RAM on MX31

2009-08-15 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, When i use 128M in my board configuration and pass the same to he kernel using bd_info , the linux kernel just boots up fine. But when i change the config to put 256M which is the actual physical DDR size on our board, the userspace crashes because of a "unhandled page fault" via Unab

[U-Boot] MX31 SDRAM size

2009-08-13 Thread alfred steele
Hi, We are thinking of migrating to a 256M chip on the MX31 3stack based board. WHich all config variables have to be changed apart from "SDRAM_SIZE" and no of banks(CSD0)? Thanks, Alfred. ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/

Re: [U-Boot] NAND issues

2009-08-13 Thread alfred steele
> That controls whether the "jffs2" command supports NAND. Iis it a MUST HAVE if you are using a jffs2 root filesystem? I mean do i have to turn on "CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND" if i have a jff2 rootfs. Are there any other configuration flags i need to turn on for JFFS2 support? Thanks, Alfred. _

[U-Boot] config_jffs2_nand

2009-08-13 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, What does the "CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND" do? Looks like its being used in common/cmd_jffs2.c for some erase block specific validation. I am not sure on that. Can anyone help explain? Thanks in advance. -Alfred ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de

Re: [U-Boot] NAND issues

2009-08-12 Thread alfred steele
Just realised that i dis reply instead of "reply all". > We have been using 2009.1 based version.. We have been using "nand > read.e/write.e". Is that fine? After skimming through the u-boot code, > it seems though. > Please confirm. Apart from this, what does the "CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND" do? Thanks, Al

[U-Boot] NAND issues

2009-08-12 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, I have been using the "nand erase.e" command with favourable results till now. I was enticed by the "CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND" option in the platform config. When i turn this config option on and use the "NAND. write.jffs2 ", and use the resulting image, i get abnormal results including a kernel

Re: [U-Boot] U boot booting issues on soft reset

2009-08-08 Thread alfred steele
Dear Wolfgang >> Either U-Boot does not perform a real processor reset on your > platform, and/or your system does not really reset all peripherals. THe issue of a reboot command sure is just a processor reset , it does not reset the peripherals including the NAND i guess. Could it be a problem wi

Re: [U-Boot] U boot booting issues on soft reset

2009-08-08 Thread alfred steele
> Either U-Boot does not perform a real processor reset on your > platform, and/or your system does not really reset all peripherals. The issue of a reboot command sure is just a processor reset , it does not reset the peripherals including the NAND i guess. Could it be a problem with the NAND boo

[U-Boot] U boot booting issues on soft reset

2009-08-07 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, When i do a soft reset or issue a reboot command from linux, uboot is unable to boot,getting stuck . Uncompressing Linux. ... done, booting the kernel. But on a power cycle, U-boot see

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot "make config" errors

2009-08-06 Thread alfred steele
> Hi all, > I have been building/using  u-boot for uite some time now. I never had > issues with it. Now, I am trying to use a versioning system to store a > version of u-boot and then check out a fresh version from the > repository on a different workspace and trying to compile it. > I get the fol

[U-Boot] U-boot "make config" errors

2009-08-06 Thread alfred steele
Hi all, I have been building/using u-boot for uite some time now. I never had issues with it. Now, I am trying to use a versioning system to store a version of u-boot and then check out a fresh version from the repository on a different workspace and trying to compile it. I get the following error

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/7] mxc-mmc: sdhc host driver for MX2 and MX3 proccessor

2009-06-23 Thread alfred steele
Hi Ilya, > This is a port of Linux driver for SDHC host controller hardware > found on Freescale's MX2 and MX3 processors. Uses new generic MMC > framework (CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC) and it looks like there are some > problems with a framework (at least on LE cpus). Some of these > problems are addressed

Re: [U-Boot] iMX27 PDK board support

2009-06-19 Thread alfred steele
> Where can i find the MX35-3-Stack patches?  Does it support boot from > NAND and does it have the NAND flash driver already? Are you talking about this in the GIT? http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot/u-boot-v2.git;a=tree;f=board;h=1b079f6910333c85920da3331cc93675447695d7;hb=aec91d05374bd4a0babc0d6ad2e4e

Re: [U-Boot] iMX27 PDK board support

2009-06-19 Thread alfred steele
> We have support for the MX35-3-Stack, you might want to have a look at > that code if you are working into that direction. Where can i find the MX35-3-Stack patches? Does it support boot from NAND and does it have the NAND flash driver already? Thanks, Alfred

[U-Boot] Driver for SDHC controller on IMX27

2009-06-15 Thread alfred steele
Hi Ilya/Fabio, I followed your guidelines for trying to use the MX27 SDHC driver/MMC framework as the base code and make appropiate mods to make it work on the MX31 PDK board but i have been unsuccessful till this point. i had left this task off at a point because of higher priorities. Do you kno

[U-Boot] AVIC initialization in Uboot for mx31 pdk

2009-06-10 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus/all, I believe that AVIC has to be initialized for the MX31 PDK for getting any peripheral based interrupt to work. I did not find any instance of it in the latest MX31 PDK patch, or am i missing anything. If we are assuming that this responsibility gets transferred to the kernel, the

[U-Boot] Appropiate place for custom board init

2009-06-07 Thread alfred steele
Hi, I have a requirement fro initializing the GPIO pin for interrupt on a custom FPGA on the MX31 board. Where should i add this code in the uboot tree. Thanks in advance! -Alfred. ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mail

Re: [U-Boot] MMU init code in uboot for MX31 PDK

2009-06-04 Thread alfred steele
> The MMU is not used in ARM/U-boot, at least not on the i.MX31. I was thinking there has to be a mechnism which defines the phystovirtual mapping table before the kernel starts running in the virtual space and the IO peripherals to access memory space/registers. Redboot does the same, hence i thou

[U-Boot] MMU init code in uboot for MX31 PDK

2009-06-04 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus/all, Where does the mmu_init code in the uboot code for mx31 pdk reside? I am looking for things with MMU initialization like setting the actual base, virtual base and the TLB settings. Can anyone throw light on the same?Thanks in advance!! -Munro. _

[U-Boot] MMU init code in uboot for MX31 PDK

2009-06-04 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus/all, Where does the mmu_init code in the uboot code for mx31 pdk reside? I am looking for things with MMU initialization like setting the actual base, virtual base and the TLB settings. Can anyone throw light on the same?Thanks in advance!! -Alfred _

[U-Boot] Clock frequency on a mx31 board

2009-05-19 Thread alfred steele
Hi, The processor clock on the board i am using is to 532Mhz. I want to default it to 400(399) Mhz. I tried tweaking values in include/configs/.h file but with little success. How do i change the frequency to 399 through the uboot code? Thanks, Alfred. ___

[U-Boot] Uboot porting Cloning an existing board/processor configuration : Link errors

2009-05-18 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, I am trying to clone the configuration of a board already exiting in U-boot in an effort to port u-boot to this board. I changed the following files Makefile - To copy the config rule for the corresponding board. created a directory for the new board in the "board" directory and copied

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mmc: it's safe to ignore mmc_send_if_cond() return value

2009-05-15 Thread alfred steele
Hi Ilya, > Just make sure that you have all needed clocks enabled. Thanks!One thing i forgot mentioning is that when i had adopted your patch on my baseline code, i started getting the infamous 'u64 ' (64 bit) division LINK errors while compiling with EABI rooting out of the clock based calculatio

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mmc: it's safe to ignore mmc_send_if_cond() return value

2009-05-14 Thread alfred steele
Hi, > my English is not perfect really... but I'm actually having hard times > trying to understand yours... So I give you my excuses in advance for > possible misunderstandings... IMO too, I know i have a horrible English . Trying to improve;) Pls dont hesitate in asking em to rephrase. > I beli

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mmc: it's safe to ignore mmc_send_if_cond() return value

2009-05-14 Thread alfred steele
Looks like accidently somehow pressed the send button. Apologize! Thanks for the much awaited reply. > I've only tried my patch on i.MX27 board. I mentioned that it may work > on MX3's too cause the kernel driver used as a source works on both MX2 > and MX3. You need to do some changes for my dr

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mmc: it's safe to ignore mmc_send_if_cond() return value

2009-05-14 Thread alfred steele
Thanks for the much waited reply. > I've only tried my patch on i.MX27 board. I mentioned that it may work > on MX3's too cause the kernel driver used as a source works on both MX2 > and MX3. You need to do some changes for my driver to work on MX3. Check > the pins configuration and if you have M

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mmc: it's safe to ignore mmc_send_if_cond() return value

2009-05-14 Thread alfred steele
Hi Ilya, >        /* Now try to get the SD card's operating condition */ >        err = sd_send_op_cond(mmc); I am using your set of patches on the MX31 board. I am not getting any command response for the sd_send_op_cond(mmc) called from the mmc. I think you claimed it will work on mxcs includi

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 05/10] mxc-mmc: sdhc host driver for MX2 and MX3 proccessor

2009-05-13 Thread alfred steele
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Ilya Yanok wrote: > This is a port of Linux driver for SDHC host controller hardware > found on Freescale's MX2 and MX3 processors. Would this work asis on the MX31 uboot. I tried making the code work on the MX31 with minor mods ( on some registers). Would it work

Re: [U-Boot] Unable to debug UBOOT

2009-05-08 Thread alfred steele
> Looks like you are reinitializing the DDR , when u are already executing > from it, you may want to comment out that code, which initializes DDR. To add to that, if you have cloned code for an already existing platform config file, See if the "CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT" and "CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 05/10] mxc-mmc: sdhc host driver for MX2 and MX3 proccessor

2009-05-07 Thread alfred steele
HI Ilya, > This is a port of Linux driver for SDHC host controller hardware > found on Freescale's MX2 and MX3 processors. Uses new generic MMC > framework (CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC) and it looks like there are some > problems with a framework (at least on LE cpus). Some of these > problems are addresse

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-05-04 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > uImage to. Itried "0x8100" and "0x80008000" and i am still unable > to load the kernel off u-boot.? Thanks for all the help! I have got linux booting from u-boot. So it had something to do with one of the device drivers Doing a post mortem on the printk log buffer pointed me to

[U-Boot] U-boot snapshot for commit dfc91c33957c95da34e3888dc87912d5c15a7603

2009-05-03 Thread alfred steele
All, How do i get a snapshot of commit dfc91c33957c95da34e3888dc87912d5c15a7603 from the GIT web. I tried clicking on tree after putting the commit no in the text box but the commit tarball i got wasn't the one i intended to. Thanks for your help -Alfred. _

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-05-01 Thread alfred steele
> (Click on IMX31_PDK_14_LINUX_BSP_R14 ) Thanks Fabio. Do you know what the load address and entry point for creating a uImage are for the mx31 pdk board and where to load the uImage to. Itried "0x8100" and "0x80008000" and i am still unable to load the kernel off u-boot.? Best Regards, Alfred

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-05-01 Thread alfred steele
> Yes, those values are correct. The boot_params address is also in > arch/arm/mach-mx3/mx31pdk.c (mx3_3stack.c if you use Freescale's BSP). > Where do i get the latest version of Freescale BSP? i know this is not the correct forum...but still Thanks, Alfred ___

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-05-01 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > I tend to load my kernels to 0x8100 and not 0x80008000 but I don't > know if that really matters. Other than that I think 'run bootcmd_net' > should work. Oops i realized i top posted:( I am re-posting again. i checked in the kernel code rpm/BUILD/linux/arch/arm/mach-mx3/Makefi

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-30 Thread alfred steele
Hi > That's fine. > Which linker script gets actually used for the layout in in case of > nand_spl. Is it  u-boot-nand.lds or u-boot.lds.? I am going back to the original intent of this thread, booting off the linux kernel using TFTP. Here's is a dump of my U-boot env. Does it look good enough

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-30 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > I need more time to post the patches since I'm taking care of some > comments that were posted to Maxim's patches (which I'm using as a > base). That's fine. Which linker script gets actually used for the layout in in case of nand_spl. Is it u-boot-nand.lds or u-boot.lds.? Thanks. _

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-30 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > If U-boot had full NAND support for i.MX31, NAND would be detected > somewhere between steps 7 and 8. Thanks for the elaborate explanation. I did not find any detailed documentation for the same in the u-boot readme's. > See my explanation above. CONFIG_SKIP* is defined when compili

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-29 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > The mainline u-boot + my patches from early April does not contain any > driver for the i.MX31 NAND flash controller so that can't autodetect > any flash part at all. How does it boot out of NAND then? I am getting confused. By detection, i meant the basic init of the NFC and the NF

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-29 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, Thanks. >>If it comes that far it looks like a lot is working. Don't know why the rest isn't though. At this point, it should be showing up the processor info. I am using a custom board with a different flash part. Samsung(KR series), and i guess it is part of nand_id table as i have

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > I just applied the patch series to the current u-boot tip and the only > problem was the top Makefile but that was easy to fix. No warnings > from start.S. I was able to build successfully after hand editing some of the hunks in start.S. Even after using the commit snapshot you had

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
>Or you suggest sticking to the latest and greatest mainline. Alternatively, will use the .rej to generate the new lot of patches. That seems the best route. Thanks. ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boo

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
Dear Magnus, > Yes, that's the latest one I've posted (I've done minor updates > locally but haven't tested those yet). I guess that's there are two patches for NAND_SPL, one which just adds the SPL framework and the other which creates the mx31pdk_nand.c and changes to start.S. Please correct me

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, Thanks again! > The nand_spl/nand_boot_mx31.c is a regular file if that's the one you mean. The reason i am asking is I am getting a build error related to this file after i apply your patches. When i do a ll(ls -l) on the file, i get $ll u-boot-head/u-boot/nand_spl/board/freescale/mx

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > So , in order to boot out of NAND, all i need to do is use the image > generated out  "mx31pdk_nand_config" instead of the regular > "mx31_pdk_config". Right? Another thing which confuses me is the file "nand_boot_mx31.c" . Is it a symbolik link which points to the genric nand_boot.c

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, > No, but it seems that the problem is in the patched Makefile since it > says mx31ads_config instead of mx31_pdk_config. I tried this on all the RULES as i was getting the same results for the rule "mx31_pdk_config". Apologize for for posting the wrong one. This problem got resolved w

[U-Boot] Uboot NAND SPL make for MX31

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus and all, Should i do a "mx31pdk_nand_config" instead of the regular "mx31pdk_config" to get the nand boot working on the PDK board. I can make that out from the lowlevel_init.S code, but i am not completely sure though. Thanks. ___ U-Boot mai

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-28 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, Thanks! >Here's a 'snapshot' function in git-web > (http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=tree) which will produce a tarball > of the current tree. Before that, i actually managed to "git clone" to a windows machine(at my home) and export the u-boot tarball to my office linux host where it

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-27 Thread alfred steele
Dear Magnus, Thanks for the reply! > And we need to know which U-boot patches you're using to boot the PDK > board. I am using the internal git tree code supplied to me by freescale. The tarball is called "uboot-imx-imx_v2009.01.tar.gz". I can boot uboot out of NAND successfully using that as the

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-27 Thread alfred steele
> I think the first step would be to get MX31PDK into mainline U-boot. Are you > willing to help on that? Of course, as long as i have it up and running and tested on my hardware. But in order to do that, i would need your help in answering my earlier question. Thanks for your help! -Alfred. ___

Re: [U-Boot] Uboot mtest hang on mx31

2009-04-27 Thread alfred steele
Hi Alessandro, Thanks! > #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START     0        /* memtest works on */ > #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END       0x1 So, is the config file wrong? > So, most likely memtest without arguments has never been used on the > board. Is it the cause for the hang, then? I thought

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-26 Thread alfred steele
Dear Wolfgang, >You top post. >You full quote. Sincere Apologies. I better watch out before i hit the send button. Best Regards. ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-26 Thread alfred steele
the kernel. My bootup sequence too hangs after "Uncompressing kernel...done booting the kernel". Thanks. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote: > > Hi Alfred, > > --- On Thu, 4/23/09, alfred steele wrote: > >> I have attached the printk cir

[U-Boot] Uboot mtest hang on mx31

2009-04-26 Thread alfred steele
Hi All. When i do a memtest without any args, it crashes after printing the first line. I know the output may vary depending on the processor and the memmap. I just wanted to knoe is this tha appropiate behaviour for mtest. CPU: Freescale i.MX31 at 531 MHz Board: MX31 3Stack DRAM: 128 MB NAN

[U-Boot] U-boot memory dump

2009-04-25 Thread alfred steele
Hi, I am using uboot on the MX31 PDk board. I am trying to dump the contents of a status register found at location 50004004. This status register shows the status of the SDHC( SD card host controller) like interrupt , card insertion, card removal etc. According to the MX31 manual, the status re

Re: [U-Boot] Uboot Remote gdb gives segmentation fault and hangs

2009-04-24 Thread alfred steele
Thanks ! > which ICE do you use? I use the the BDI3000. Could there be something wrong with the U-boot image or the way u-boot doing a partial u-boot initialization. The fact is that it does not even show the entry point/reset vector address in startup. Could it be that my uboot elf image isn't

[U-Boot] Uboot Remote gdb gives segmentation fault and hangs

2009-04-24 Thread alfred steele
Hi, I am trying to debug u-boot using arm-elf-gdb on the PDK board. I have been succesfully using this gdb to a great extent. However, when i try my vanilla u-boot image with debug, i get a "segfault". $ arm-elf-gdb u-boot GNU gdb 5.3 (eCosCentric) Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GD

[U-Boot] U-boot -printk kernel crash dump using md on PDK

2009-04-23 Thread alfred steele
Hi All, I am using mx31 pdk and uImage generated by LTIB. Basically, my problem is my kernel gets stuck after printing the "Done...Booting the kernel". Please the responses below. Upon inspecting the printk log by doing a memory dump of the _buf_log symbol in System.map(i translated it to the phy

Re: [U-Boot] Booting uImage on the mx31

2009-04-23 Thread alfred steele
Hi Wolfgang, Thanks for the inputs. So what you are saying that we have eliminated all cases of the bootloader being at fault here except for the mach id mismatch.?? How do i verify the mach id mismatch. Is it the same id i see on a "bdinfo" dump on uboot. I looked at linux/include/asm/mach-t

Re: [U-Boot] Booting uImage on the mx31

2009-04-23 Thread alfred steele
e from the point it hangs? I am using PDK which actually limits me to change boot switches for booting it from NAND or RAM. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear alfred steele, > > In message <528f13590904230720n14e87cchb87505c1de085...@mail.gmail.com>

[U-Boot] Booting uImage on the mx31

2009-04-23 Thread alfred steele
Hi, I am using an uImage generated by LTIB . I am not sure how the ideal uImage is generated for the PDK board. I try booting this uimage from RAM and then load it at 80008000. It gets stuck after "done, booting the kernel." Please see the bootup messages below. Any hints? I hope with, 0x80008

[U-Boot] Uboot MMC port

2009-04-15 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, The uboot pacth you had supplied earlier for the MX31 PDK does not include the mmc driver. I have asked for a candidate port for me to give a headstart for the sdhc/mmc infrastructure on the MX31 PDK board. In fact, it seems that none of the MX31 based boards support MMC/SDHC. I eve

[U-Boot] MMC driver for mx31

2009-04-14 Thread alfred steele
Hi, Is there an available driver for MMC/SD for the mx31 pdk board. If not, what would be the closest candidate for porting it over. Thanks. ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot

Re: [U-Boot] Uboot md crash on PDK

2009-04-14 Thread alfred steele
Thanks. Apologies for top posting. -Alfred. ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot

Re: [U-Boot] Uboot md crash on PDK

2009-04-14 Thread alfred steele
Thanks! But should a crash happen if i am trying to read a non-reserved memory which 0x10 is. Can you tell me how do you choose a address in CSDO RAM to be appropiate for loading uImage and execute it. -Alfred. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Magnus Lilja wrote: > 2009/4/13 alfred ste

Re: [U-Boot] Uboot md crash on PDK

2009-04-13 Thread alfred steele
2009/4/9 alfred steele : >> Hi all, >> I started with trying to tftpload uImage to RAM address 0x1. >> >> It was getting stuck. Hence i thought of doing a memory dump on it. >> md 0x1 >> >> It too crashed or got stuck. >> >> But when i do

[U-Boot] Uboot md crash on PDK

2009-04-09 Thread alfred steele
Hi all, I started with trying to tftpload uImage to RAM address 0x1. It was getting stuck. Hence i thought of doing a memory dump on it. md 0x1 It too crashed or got stuck. But when i do a md 0x8001, it works. I checked my linker script to double check on the memory layout. What co

[U-Boot] generic nand_load.S for mx31

2009-04-05 Thread alfred steele
Hi, There is a file "cpu/arm1136/mx31/nand_load.S" which performs some startup functions for Copy image from flash to SDRAM etc..It does not reinitialize the DDR though. Although i haven't dugged up the details yet, could someone tell me what is the difference between nand_boot.c and nand_load

[U-Boot] U-boot SDHC driver on IMX31 PDK

2009-04-05 Thread alfred steele
Hi, Is there a way to access a SD/MMC card from uboot using the FAT32 file system on the mx31 3stack/pdk board. In other words, does it have the minimal SDHC driver support . FAT32, i guess, has been an integral part of the uboot mainline since quite some time. Thanks, Alfred. _

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot support on Freescale PDK

2009-04-03 Thread alfred steele
Hi Magnus, Thanks for the response:) > Until yesterday you were correct. I spent some time updating the > published patches to the current u-boot and the status now is that I > was able to compile the stuff. Haven't tried it on a PDK board yet but > I'm hoping to do that in a couple of days. > I w

[U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot support on Freescale PDK

2009-04-02 Thread alfred steele
Hi: Was going through the patch for uboot posted earlier this year and the related review comments here: http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg01140.html. >From the thread, it looks like no one is working on the u-boot nand boot on imx31 pdk. Please correct me if i am wrong. I wa

[U-Boot] Lowlevel init and nand spl Uboot patch for MX31 Phycore NAND boot

2009-04-02 Thread alfred steele
Hi: Was going through the patch for uboot posted earlier this year and the related review comments here: http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg01140.html. Looks like the NAND boot for MX31 PDK is not ready yet. I was told that if that the mx31 phycore patch should work just fine for

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-31 Thread alfred steele
different from the exact "pagesize" as in the data sheet for the other parts in include/linux/mtd/nand_ids.h. Do you know what to look for in the data sheet . On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:10 PM, alfred steele wrote: > Hi Scott, > > Thanks! > The only requirement i have current

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-31 Thread alfred steele
& Regards. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Scott Wood wrote: > alfred steele wrote: >> >> Hi Scott: >> Thanks! >> >> >>>> I am also wondering if there is a include file which builds up a table >>>> of working NAND devices and thier attr

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-31 Thread alfred steele
& Reagrds, Munro. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Scott Wood wrote: > alfred steele wrote: >> >> Hi Scott: >> Thanks! >> >> >>>> I am also wondering if there is a include file which builds up a table >>>> of working NAND devices and

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-31 Thread alfred steele
opulate it correctly. It would be great if you can throw some light on it or point me to some relevant documentation. Thanks in advance! On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:21 PM, alfred steele wrote: > Hi Scott: > Thanks! > > >>> I am also wondering if there is a include file which

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-30 Thread alfred steele
Hi Scott: Thanks! >> I am also wondering if there is a include file which builds up a table >> of working NAND devices and thier attributes which tells the U-boot on >> the parameters about a particular NAND device on the board like >> Block_size , page_size, device size, pages per block, device

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-30 Thread alfred steele
edboot all this while and what's driving us to move to U-boot is the available ability to be able to boot Linux off the SD card on the MX31 platform. Regards, Alfred. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Magnus Lilja wrote: > 2009/3/27 alfred steele : >> Thanks Magnus, >> How diff

Re: [U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-27 Thread alfred steele
:52 PM, Magnus Lilja wrote: > Hi > > 2009/3/27 alfred steele : >> Hi All; >> >> Is there an available port for  IMX31 3stack with NAND boot. >> I am looking for a U-boot port  for IMX31 stack( which supports NAND boot. >> >> The closest matches i know

[U-Boot] U-boot NAND boot on IMX31 3stack(ARM)

2009-03-27 Thread alfred steele
Hi All; Is there an available port for IMX31 3stack with NAND boot. I am looking for a U-boot port for IMX31 stack( which supports NAND boot. The closest matches i know of as of now are as follows: MX-31 ADS MX-31 Phycore Openmoko U-boot (Samsung processor though ARM) - This is the only one on

[U-Boot] ARM based port for uboot with NAND boot support.

2009-03-27 Thread alfred steele
Hi All; Is there an available port for IMX31 3stack with NAND boot. I am looking for a U-boot port for IMX31 stack( which supports NAND boot. The closest matches i know of as of now are as follows: MX-31 ADS MX-31 Phycore Openmoko U-boot (Samsung processor though ARM) - This is the only one on

[U-Boot] Healthcare Industry Directory

2008-10-16 Thread Steele
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