Hi there,

Thanks for the answer, Charles. Another question if you dont mind, you 
mentioned that All of the lcd/hdmi pins are used, so does it mean that 
P8_27-P8_30 are also used for boot process? I didn't see those pins being 
included as the boot pins in the BB SRM docs.

Cheers,
Udayanto

On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11:10:14 PM UTC+12, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
>
> On 4/30/2014 4:13 AM, Udayanto Dwi Atmojo wrote: 
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > The BB itself has its HDMI disabled, thus I assume there's no 
> conflicting 
> > pins when using the cape. The cape itself utilizes P8_01, P8_02, P8_27 
> > until P8_34 and P9_01, P9_02, and P9_21 until P9_28. The cape gets its 
> > power not from the power adapter from the BB but from another power 
> supply, 
> > thus it doesn't absorb power from the BB at all. But even with having 
> the 
> > cape unpowered, the BB still cant finish booting the kernel. If it 
> somehow 
> > adjusting boot mode, which pin number that (if any being used by the 
> cape) 
> > is being used by the BB for kernel booting? 
>
> All of the LCD/HDMI pins are used to set the boot mode and cannot be 
> driven until after reset goes high unless you are intentionally trying 
> to change the boot mode. 
>
> This is covered in the SRM, see section 8.1.1 "LCD Pins": 
>
> * These pins are also the SYSBOOT pins. DO NOT drive them before the 
> SYS_RESETN signal goes high. If you do, the board may not boot because 
> you would be changing the boot order of the processor. 
>
> More details are available in 8.3.1 "Boot Pins" and on the schematic. 
>
> -- 
> Charles Steinkuehler 
> [email protected] <javascript:> 
>

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