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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:16:28 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Reza Nikoopour <rnikoopour@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: RBPi Doesn't Boot With GPS GPIO Board Attached
Message-ID:  <CAJ-VmomFNfEt9f-=v7mm2Gz=hw1BQUVBk2ppjRnWhwuXVXTzxQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,

Does the GPS add-on speak to the raspberry PI serial console? If so,
it's likely outputting a whole lot of GPS data via serial, and the
boot loaders for both operating systems are interpreting that as valid
input.



-a


On 21 January 2015 at 09:57, Reza Nikoopour <rnikoopour@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently building an NTP server using the following set up:
>
> Raspberry Pi B+ <
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LPESRUK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>>
> Raspberry PI GPS Add-on <
> http://imall.iteadstudio.com/raspberry-pi-gps-add-on.html >
> FreeBSD 10.1 built with CrochetBSD
>
> I was able to build an img with Crochet and get the Pi to boot into a
> shell.  However, whenever I booting the Pi with the GPS board attached it
> will not boot.
>
> When I plug in the GPS Add-on into the GPIO connector, my Pi fails to boot
> before starting the kernel.  It boots to the point where it says "Press
> enter to prevent auto boot" and then the letter 'L' shows up and starts
> erasing text from the screen.
>
> I was initially using a 1.5A power supply.  It was suggested to me to try
> using a stronger power supply so I tried a 2.1A power supply, but that
> didn't work either.  Using the 2.1A power supply resulted in the same boot
> problem described above.
>
> Next I tried using Raspbian to boot the Pi, but a similar problem
> occurred.  The Pi boots without the GPS board attached.  When the GPS board
> is attached, it boots kernel and when the screen to start Raspbian Software
> Configuration then the following message prints to the screen indefinitely:
>
> SysRq : HELP : loglevel(0-9) reboot(b) crash(c) terminate-all-tasks(e)
> memory-full-oom-kill(f) kill-all-tasks(i) thaw-filesystem(j) sak(k)
> show-memory-usage(m) nice-all-RT-tasks(n) poweroff(o) show-registers(p)
> show-all-timers(q) unraw(r) sync(s) show-task-states(t) unmount(u)
> show-blocked-test(w)
>
> Could I get some guidance with fixing this problem?
>
> Thanks!
> Reza
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