I try tomorrow record Debian "Stretch" U-boot/uImage/uInitrd -terminal
output with instructions
"https://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/install/";
Sorry delay, I have to load new binaries to GuruPlug and I'm not very
familiar with unix command line scripting, readable minicom -output
needs little tee/sed processing.
Kari Tanninen
not very handy to make commad line scripting, terminal output
Martin Michlmayr kirjoitti 1.3.2018 15:11:
(Adding Ian Campbell.)
Ok, I didn't notice the version of u-boot from the log you posted and
went on what you wrote.
However, looking at the log file again, I notice you're loading the
DTB file separately.
You say you follow my installation instructions but clearly you're
not. In Debian installer, for the various plug devices, we append to
the DTB at the end of the kernel rather than loading it separately.
Can you please follow the instructions at
https://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/install/ and post
the output of that?
* Kari Tanninen <ot...@elisanet.fi> [2018-03-01 15:01]:
I'm using Debian stretch U-boot version (U-boot version number is
visible on
the log-file). I have tried Debian "buster" U-boot version too, but it
freezes at "Setting egiga0" point. There is warning on "Debian Armel
installation guide", that U-boot does update kernel variables only on
fresh
installation, if first U-boot version is older than 2014, there will
be
problems becouse of "bootm_size" variable is missing and default value
cannot be set.
Flattened device tree -mechanism is not using those "ATAG" global
kernel/U-boot -variables, but problem is missing U-boot "boot_args"
-variable, too.
Fdt-file includes that "Chosen" -field for command line parameters and
U-boot has a commands to resize fdt -file and append command line
parameters
to it before actual boot.
U-boot sets and can read correctly that fdt-file "chosen" part. U-boot
kprint line for that "chosen" value is visible on log-file.
Martin Michlmayr kirjoitti 1.3.2018 14:02:
> * Kari Tanninen <ot...@elisanet.fi> [2018-03-01 11:26]:
> > HW: Guruplug Server plus with JTAG-box (ARMv5-family)
> > original U-boot pre-2014
> ...
> > Is there any fix-up/work-aroud trick available or is new kernel
> > compiling
> > only option?
>
> I've never had a GuruPlug so I cannot really comment but why are you
> using the pre-2014 u-boot version? I cannot remember all the
> differences of the u-boot versions of the installation page says you
> should upgrade your u-boot before installing Debian. Maybe you can
> give this a try.
>
> Based on the logs you posted, it seems to me that the kernel and
> ramdisk are loaded but the kernel doesn't see the ramdisk, leading to
> the "no root" issue.
