Problem Booting Yocto 1.7.3

Problem Booting Yocto 1.7.3

[Clay D. Montgomery]

Hello,

    I'm trying to update from Yocto (Dizzy) 1.7.2 to 1.7.3 for a 
Wandboard Quad, but it hangs at the point where u-boot is trying to 
start the kernel. I'm guessing maybe this is because my image has u-boot 
2014 and I need u-boot 2015?  I have read that u-boot 2015 is required 
for Yocto 1.8 (Fido), because it has a newer kernel (3.14). But, my 
Yocto 1.7.3 build is still the 3.10.17 kernel.  Is it possible Bitbake 
built this image with u-boot and kernel versions that are not 
compatible, or am I missing the real issue?

   I am pasting my boot log below, up to the point where it hangs. I 
would really appreciate any help.

Thanks, Clay Montgomery


U-Boot 2014.10+fslc+g5fd0b60 (Nov 14 2015 - 17:25:56)

CPU:   Freescale i.MX6Q rev1.2 at 792 MHz
Reset cause: POR
Board: Wandboard
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  2 GiB
MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 0, FSL_SDHC: 1
auto-detected panel HDMI
Display: HDMI (1024x768)
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   FEC [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
reading boot.scr
** Unable to read file boot.scr **
reading zImage
5442368 bytes read in 359 ms (14.5 MiB/s)
Booting from mmc ...
reading imx6q-wandboard.dtb
43370 bytes read in 21 ms (2 MiB/s)
Kernel image @ 0x12000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x530b40 ]
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 18000000
    Booting using the fdt blob at 0x18000000
    Using Device Tree in place at 18000000, end 1800d969

Starting kernel ...

Re: Problem Booting Yocto 1.7.3

[nick]

On 2015-11-17 07:37 PM, Clay D. Montgomery wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>    I'm trying to update from Yocto (Dizzy) 1.7.2 to 1.7.3 for a Wandboard Quad, but it hangs at the point where u-boot is trying to start the kernel. I'm guessing maybe this is because my image has u-boot 2014 and I need u-boot 2015?  I have read that u-boot 2015 is required for Yocto 1.8 (Fido), because it has a newer kernel (3.14). But, my Yocto 1.7.3 build is still the 3.10.17 kernel.  Is it possible Bitbake built this image with u-boot and kernel versions that are not compatible, or am I missing the real issue?
> 
>   I am pasting my boot log below, up to the point where it hangs. I would really appreciate any help.
> 
> Thanks, Clay Montgomery
> 
> 
> U-Boot 2014.10+fslc+g5fd0b60 (Nov 14 2015 - 17:25:56)
> 
> CPU:   Freescale i.MX6Q rev1.2 at 792 MHz
> Reset cause: POR
> Board: Wandboard
> I2C:   ready
> DRAM:  2 GiB
> MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 0, FSL_SDHC: 1
> auto-detected panel HDMI
> Display: HDMI (1024x768)
> In:    serial
> Out:   serial
> Err:   serial
> Net:   FEC [PRIME]
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> switch to partitions #0, OK
> mmc0 is current device
> reading boot.scr
> ** Unable to read file boot.scr **
This looks highly suspect to me. 
> reading zImage
> 5442368 bytes read in 359 ms (14.5 MiB/s)
> Booting from mmc ...
> reading imx6q-wandboard.dtb
> 43370 bytes read in 21 ms (2 MiB/s)
> Kernel image @ 0x12000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x530b40 ]
> ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 18000000
>    Booting using the fdt blob at 0x18000000
>    Using Device Tree in place at 18000000, end 1800d969
> 
> Starting kernel ...
Also try using early printk in kernel and see if you actually reach the kernel initialization 
routines I am not sure if ARM supported early printk but it should for printing before serial
console is completely initialized. This would allow me/you to see if the kernel actually starts
and whether u-boot or the kernel itself is the issue.
Cheers,
Nick