Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:01:41 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Raspberry PI B+ no network devices Message-ID: <20141015110141.2946327d@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <CAB=2f8wiBLRYBVHUw-PptzQE-QP3%2B1EmHFMMMipZWi_dUG9m8w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20140825165622.6771b548@X220.alogt.com> <A7221D06-31EC-4E00-A08C-64DB33F400FE@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20140825163528.d2e696cc3d03ad9bebcd239c@schwarzes.net> <20140826074951.4cf5a8fc@X220.alogt.com> <53FD1646.2010103@ceetonetechnology.com> <20140827021349.1273f703c6756d07fad72a16@schwarzes.net> <20141014032743.GK38905@cicely7.cicely.de> <20141014041305.GM38905@cicely7.cicely.de> <CAB=2f8wiBLRYBVHUw-PptzQE-QP3%2B1EmHFMMMipZWi_dUG9m8w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Luiz, I am travelling at the moment. Will onlyt be able to test the coming week. Thanks for your work. Erich On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:51:50 -0300 Luiz Otavio O Souza <lists.br@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 October 2014 01:13, Bernd Walter wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 05:27:43AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 02:14:00AM +0200, Andreas Schwarz wrote: > >> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:20:38 -0400 > >> > George Rosamond <george@ceetonetechnology.com> wrote: > >> > > Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> > > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:35:36 +0200 (CEST) > >> > > > Andreas Schwarz <Andreas.Schwarz@schwarzes.net> wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > >> I've got also two B+ Models two weeks ago and I'm able to > >> > > >> use the image (r269955) from my B Models without any > >> > > >> problems. The only thing, what I had to do, was to upgrade > >> > > >> the bootloader to a recent version. > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Have a look at : > >> > > >> > >> > > >> https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot > >> > > >> > >> > > > I used now the image from > >> > > > > >> > > > http://freebsd-current.os-hackers.jp/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/20140725/raspberry-pi/ > >> > > > > >> > > > and the machine boots. I do not know more at the moment. > >> > > > >> > > I assume the entire RPi firmware from Github directory gets > >> > > dumped into /boot/msdos? > >> > > >> > Yes, but we don't need the kernel.img, at this point we are > >> > loading the uboot.img (keep uboot.img and ubldr from your > >> > existing boot partition). > >> > >> In my case the update was even required to work with the SD card. > >> I got timeout errors after size line. > >> The same card worked fine in a 512MB B. > >> > >> After updating the bootcode to those from: > >> https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot > >> Just bootcoed.bin wasn't enough, I also had to get fixup* and > >> startup*. The card and USB worked fine after updating all the > >> files. I also tested the updated bootcode on a normal 512MB B and > >> it also booted. Would be nice to have crochet updated for the > >> newer bootcode. If required I can also test boot on a 256MB B. > > > > Ok - that card problem seems random or contact related. > > Whatever, it is 6 am - time to sleep ;-) > > I've found a missing silicon bug workaround on our driver. > > It's pretty recent and i'm still building new images to test with more > cards, but it did fix all the instability i was seeing on the > identification of one of my cards. > > Together with the new firmware (yes, there is another SD fix there) my > RPi B rev 2 (with this same card) has gone from unusable to rock > stable (i've done 80 cold boots without any damage/corruption to the > card). > > Please, give it a try and let me know if it helps. > > Luiz
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