From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brian Swetland Subject: Re: Trasnferring u-boot to P2 730 Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:29:38 -0700 Message-ID: <20060407162938.GA9920@localhost.localdomain> References: <99E943D7AA8E3A448619E1F809F2A2A202CE6ACF@dlee04.ent.ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-omap-open-source-bounces+gplao-linux-omap-open-source=gmane.org@linux.omap.com Errors-To: linux-omap-open-source-bounces+gplao-linux-omap-open-source=gmane.org@linux.omap.com To: Chetan Kapoor Cc: Linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com, linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org [Chetan Kapoor ] > Hello > > I am also working on the P2 board and having similar problems with u-boot > download onto the board. > > Can we not use OST Tools - a TI application, for downloading the > u-boot.bin onto the P2 board RAM/FLASH, OST seems to have flexibility > between downloading & executing images from RAM AND downloading/burning > images to flash. > > I was able to download the u-boot.bin (the raw binary) as well as u-boot > (ELF image) to P2's RAM using OST Tools over a serial line (COM1). I has > success in downloading u-boot to the specific address in RAM, but the > image doesn't seem to execute/run. ALso, there is a provision of > downloading images over the USB connection to the target, but in my case > my Windows PC does not detect the P2 board as a USB device when I connect > the board to the host PC with a USB cable. Rather, the charging LED on the > board blinks for a second. There is a bug in P2 (some combination of an on-die rom bug and a board design issue, iirc) that prevents USB download from working. Brian