Thanks for your reply. You've given me some genuinely useful information. If all I need to do is edit the fex file in some way to get wired networking working then it might be worth persevering. I should point out however, that I've already tried the script.bin file that came with the stock Android image.
Anyway, I'll upload the fex file and the u-boot batches this weekend, assuming of course that Luc hasn't locked my account by that time. Regards, Jason On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:31:30 PM UTC+1, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I had another go at this over the weekend and made some progress. > > I managed to extract the DRAM configuration parameters from the board > and > > used them to compile a new version of u-boot for my device. > > Great. Now try to get the script.bin file from flash (while booted in > Android). It should be in the /dev/block/nanda device. > > > Firstly, I'm not sure what networking chipsets are build into my device. > > The Ethernet is built into the SoC, so there's not much to discover on > this front. The wifi is separate, so it can vary. To figure out which > you have, you can look for the info in "dmesg", or you can look at the > chips on the motherboard. > > > I've found the manufacturer of my device (www.rshtech.cn) but there are > no > > specs on their website. Is there some command I can run within Linux to > > find out what chipsets are being used? > > "dmesg" often includes that somewhere. > > > Assuming I can get this information, would someone here be able to tell > me > > what compiler parameters I'll need to set to create a suitable kernel > > image? > > Usually you don't need any special kernel parameters: just use > a run-of-the-mill image for Allwinner. The only thing you need is to > script.fex/script.bin file (which you extracted above). > > > Oh, and to preempt one possible response from a certain person here, > I've > > already read the "New Device Howto". In fact I've read it repeatedly, > and > > attempted to follow it to the letter. However, it glosses over the above > > points. > > If you can point to specific parts of the NDH you don't understand, that > would help. Better yet, after you figured it out, you can fix the > NDH to make it more understandable. > > > Stefan > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
