Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:42:32 +0000 From: Matthieu Kraus <matthieu.kraus@s2008.tu-chemnitz.de> To: mrossi@swin.edu.au Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GlobalScale DreamPlug + FreeBSD 8.2 release Message-ID: <cone.1318239752.583405.1719.500@rlydontknow> References: <20110930120022.4ABAA10656A7@hub.freebsd.org> <20110930173253.55166lqso9c8zvad@mail.tu-chemnitz.de> <op.v2mv1onei1oka3@ntai.abinitio.com> <4E86DBCD.6020909@swin.edu.au> <20111001122747.20873v82axd8cq3n@mail.tu-chemnitz.de> <4E8AB87C.7080202@swin.edu.au> <cone.1317728321.500964.1719.500@rlydontknow> <4E8CD2B6.1070909@swin.edu.au>
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Mattia Rossi writes: > On 04/10/11 22:38, Matthieu Kraus wrote: >> make sure to issue "usb start" in u-boot prior to booting the kernel, >> else it'll fail to start uhci properly and stalls >> > > Cool! I can boot it now! I wonder how the hell someone should find out > about this tweak though. > > I'm able to boot the kernel via TFTP and world from NFS. I found that my > 1G external SD/MMC card is recognized by the kernel as da1s1 and the > internal NAND flash shows up as da0s1 after formatting. note that it's not a NAND flash as standard boot device in the dreamplug, it's another SD card that can even be exchanged by opening the plug (see the user guide for further instructions on how to do that) > > Currently I'm trying to install world on the internal NAND, but it seems > to be extremely slow for writes, so it's taking ages to untar the tarball. > > I've also tried to get the kernel down to 700KB to be able to put it on > the NOR flash, but no chance. So next step is to find out how to load > loader through u-boot and hopee that it's able to recognize the SD card > or the internal NAND to boot from it. > > Mat >
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