Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

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Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

I made some "archeological diggings" with U-boot source code. If I understand correctly, U-boot/PowerPC normal style boot sequence is that MMU/virtual memory system is switched on by bootstrapping code after uncompressing kernel. That means, Image/uInitrd/fdt-blob file loading is made in "real"

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

I think GuruPlug doesn't have SPI-flash -> BootRom is executed before U-boot -> virtual memory is set-up for MMU for U-boot. 88F6281 SoC is probably using Kirkwood series 12KB BootRom ver. 1.21 or later, but I cannot find prom source code (propietary/NDA stuff?). 88F6281 prom MMU memory

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

To be exact, I have Guruplug Server plus -version, and this device SoC is 88F6281. KariT Kari Tanninen kirjoitti 4.3.2018 15:11: Ben wrote: "This behaviour is configurable. For armel and armhf we enable CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT and CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER so

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

Ben wrote: "This behaviour is configurable. For armel and armhf we enable CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT and CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER so that ATAG variables override the DTB" That is obvious cause of these uInitrd relocation problems. I don't exactly know how U-boot

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

On Fri, 2018-03-02 at 14:48 +0200, Kari Tanninen wrote: > "In Debian installer, for the various plug devices, we append to > the DTB at the end of the kernel rather than loading it separately." > > > Is that possible/reasonable? > > U-boot have to link all files on boot and it is impossibe to

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

"In Debian installer, for the various plug devices, we append to the DTB at the end of the kernel rather than loading it separately." Is that possible/reasonable? U-boot have to link all files on boot and it is impossibe to append command line parametres to fdt-blob without resize fdt-blob at

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

NOTICE! Globalscale has bought at least two chunks of MAC-addresses, this unit MAC's starts as F0:AD:* Kari Tanninen ### Minicom terminal output => printenv baudrate=115200

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

Can you try: tftpboot 0x0080 uImage tftpboot 0x0110 uInitrd setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 earlyprintk base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy=most bootm 0x0080 0x0110 * Kari Tanninen [2018-03-02 11:42]: > Minicom terminal log Armel strech d-i:

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

Minicom terminal log Armel strech d-i: bootm_size is currently not set, different values is tried when fdt_high/initrd_high not set: bootm_size=512M bootm_size=0x1fb0 etc. (U-boot docs are pretty unclear with exact syntax for "hex" format) -- Guruplug memories at

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

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

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

Sorry, english is not my native language (I'm finnish), so I have been unclear on my previous posts. I have followed instructions literally, but installer freezes and text "Uncompressing Linux..." appears on terminal window. On "https://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/install;

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

(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

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

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

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

* Kari Tanninen [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

Re: Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)

Log: Initializing Modem Welcome to minicom 2.3 Port /dev/ttyUSB0 Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys U-Boot 2016.11+dfsg1-4 (Mar 27 2017 - 18:39:51 +) Marvell-GuruPlug SoC: Kirkwood 88F6281_A0 DRAM: 512 MiB WARNING: Caches not enabled NAND: 512 MiB In:serial Out: serial Err: