On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 11:03:43AM +0200, Average Joe wrote:
> I have spent another day trying to get this machine to run OpenBSD
> but have had no success. Since for some reason the network
> interface is not working I have resorted to loading the ramdisk image
> from the USB key:
>
> sunxi# fatload usb 0 0x40200000 bsd.rd.SUNXI.umg
> reading bsd.rd.SUNXI.umg
> 8026368 bytes read in 434 ms (17.6 MiB/s)
> sunxi# bootm 0x40200000
> ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 40200000 ...
> Image Name: boot
> Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
> Data Size: 8026304 Bytes = 7.7 MiB
> Load Address: 40300000
> Entry Point: 40300000
> Verifying Checksum ... OK
> Loading Kernel Image ... OK
>
> Starting kernel ...
>
> after which the system hangs indefinitely. u-boot version is
> mainline 2015.07 and I am trying to load an OpenBSD snapshot.
>
> Kind regards,
> Viktor
>
It is possible u-boot is not setting the boardid the kernel
uses to decide which devices are present.
In u-boot you can try:
printenv machid
setenv machid 10bb
which corresponds to the kernel's
sys/arch/armv7/armv7/armv7var.h:#define BOARD_ID_SUN7I_A20 4283
