From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 6 20:11:00 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FA1390D for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 20:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org (mho-03-ewr.mailhop.org [204.13.248.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3E257B4 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 20:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-8-230-52.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.230.52] helo=damnhippie.dyndns.org) by mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WWtP6-000EJq-VZ; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:10:57 +0000 Received: from [172.22.42.240] (revolution.hippie.lan [172.22.42.240]) by damnhippie.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s36KArTq090684; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 14:10:53 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ian@FreeBSD.org) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Originating-IP: 24.8.230.52 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/3T8z0l1wwwJde32aIXvoT Subject: Re: MARVELL BOARD: RD-88F6281A -CURRENT From: Ian Lepore To: Andreas Tobler In-Reply-To: <5341AE1C.4040207@fgznet.ch> References: <53406D94.5020605@fgznet.ch> <1396732234.81853.334.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <53407B53.4040807@fgznet.ch> <1396737091.81853.339.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <5341AE1C.4040207@fgznet.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 14:10:52 -0600 Message-ID: <1396815052.81853.346.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "'freebsd-arm@freebsd.org'" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:11:00 -0000 On Sun, 2014-04-06 at 21:42 +0200, Andreas Tobler wrote: > On 06.04.14 00:31, Ian Lepore wrote: > > On Sat, 2014-04-05 at 23:53 +0200, Andreas Tobler wrote: > >> On 05.04.14 23:10, Ian Lepore wrote: > >>> On Sat, 2014-04-05 at 22:54 +0200, Andreas Tobler wrote: > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> I'm very new to arm hardware, but not to FreeBSD. > >>>> I got my hands on a broken (software like) ix2-200 Iomega StorCenter. A > >>>> few wires and a screen session allowed me to dive into it and I tried to > >>>> boot -CURRENT on it. Below where I end. > >>>> > >>>> The config I used is the DB-88F6XXX with enabling the INVARIANTS etc. > >>>> The board itself identifies as the subject says. It has this: > >>>> Soc: 88F6281 A0CPU running @ 1000Mhz L2 running @ 333Mhz > >>>> SysClock = 333Mhz , TClock = 200Mhz > >>>> DRAM (DDR2) CAS Latency = 5 tRP = 5 tRAS = 18 tRCD=6 > >>>> DRAM CS[0] base 0x00000000 size 256 > >>>> > >>>> Has anyone a hint or an idea where to start debugging this? > >>>> > >>>> TIA, > >>>> Andreas > >>>> > >>>> [...] > >>> > >>> Easy things first, I guess... in sys/boot/fdt/dts/db88f6281.dts I see > >>> > >>> reg = <0x0 0x20000000>; // 512M at 0x0 > >>> > >>> Try cutting that in half and rebuilding the kernel. > >> > >> Yep, simple thing! As said, new to the hardware :) > >> > >> Thanks a lot. > >> > >> Sure, now I 'hang' in an other area. > >> > >> mge0: mem 0x72000-0x73fff irq > >> 12,13,14,11,46 on simplebus0 > >> mge0: Ethernet address: 00:d0:b8:1e:3b:df > >> mge0: attaching PHYs failed > >> --> hangs > >> According to the u-boot env I have two eth's and only the second is > >> wired and used. > >> > >> From u-boot: > >> Net: egiga0, egiga1 [PRIME] > >> > >> Now my questions, how do I enable verbose boot? On PowerPC I know I have > >> to do it in boot/loader.conf, here too? > >> > >> I guess my hardware is different from an eval board, so I expect I'd > >> need a customized dts, no? If so, how do I get the information out of > >> the u-boot? > >> Again, thx a lot! > >> Andreas > > > > You're probably not even using loader(8) but rather launching the kernel > > directly (only newer arm systems and newer versions of u-boot use > > loader). That means things like tunables and bootverbose have to be > > hacked into the kernel, at least for now to make some progress. The > > initarm_early_init() routine in arm/mv/mv_machdep.c is a good place to > > throw in a bootverbose=1. > > Ok. I did it in sys/kern/init_main.c > > > For disabling egiga0 just add status="disabled" to its entry in the dts > > file. Have a look at the dreamplug dts files for an example of setting > > up egiga1, but I'm not sure everything will be exactly the same. You > > may need to transplant the phy0 entry from egiga0 into egiga1 for that > > box. > > Good start, thanks. > > > The 'bdinfo' command in u-boot sometimes shows lots of good info, > > sometimes not so much. > > Hm, this command is not available in my env. > Anyway, I figured to play with the regs in the enet dts section and I > managed to get it up. Unfortunately I don't get any dhcp requests to the > server, so no ack can be given. I'll play around. > > Sending DHCP Discover packet from interface mge0 (00:d0:b8:1e:3b:df) > .... > DHCP/BOOTP timeout for server 255.255.255.255 > .... > > Thanks again! > Andreas I just realized that there's likely to be dts source for that box in linux, and sure enough: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-iomega_ix2_200.dts There should be a lot of good clues in there, although we're not quite so compatible that you can necessarily just paste linux dts code into our dts files. -- Ian