From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by mx1.pokylinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7F1C4C80FA8 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:30:04 -0600 (CST) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Dec 2010 08:29:56 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.59,355,1288594800"; d="scan'208";a="868942049" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.255.13.76]) ([10.255.13.76]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Dec 2010 08:29:56 -0800 From: Tom Zanussi To: Darren Hart In-Reply-To: <4D0A3D8F.5070209@linux.intel.com> References: <4D095AB5.6060805@linux.intel.com> <1292463064.2104.40.camel@elmorro> <4D0A3D8F.5070209@linux.intel.com> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:29:58 -0600 Message-ID: <1292516998.2104.55.camel@elmorro> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Cc: Yocto Project Discussions , "poky@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: [Yocto] RFC: README.hardware: Intel Atom device documentation X-BeenThere: poky@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Poky build system developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:30:04 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 08:25 -0800, Darren Hart wrote: > On 12/15/2010 05:31 PM, Tom Zanussi wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 16:17 -0800, Darren Hart wrote: > >> I ran across some issues working with USB keys while booting a couple > >> different Intel Atom based devices. I drafted the following documenting > >> what I learned from the process. I'd like to add this (or something > >> similar) to README.hardware. > >> > >> Thoughts/Comments? > >> > > > > Hey, thanks for this - it solved the same problem I was having with the > > sdk image :-) > > Excellent, glad to hear it. Did you happen to try writing a directdisk > image to the usb stick to see if that would boot? That might be another > option. I prefer the hddimg over the ddimg, as the hddimg can easily be > mounted with -o loop and modified, but if ddimg works, it's a fair bit > easier than having to deal with the USB-ZIP mode. > > Thoughts on how we should present this? > No, I will try that (ddimg). I plan on at least putting these instructions in the README for the Crown Bay BSP along with the dd instructions already there - it should probably be part of a boilerplate included ine every BSP README... Tom > > One small correction below... > > > >> > > >> 2. Without such an option, the BIOS generally boots the device in > >> USB-ZIP mode. > >> > >> a. Configure the USB device for USB-ZIP mode: > >> > >> # mkdiskimage -4 /dev/sdb 0 63 62 > >> > >> Where 63 and 62 are the cylinder and head count as reported by > > > > should be: head and sector rather than cylinder and > > head. > > Woops, right you are. Thanks for the catch! > > -- > Darren-- > Darren Hart > Yocto Linux Kernel