Re: 4430SDP boot failure

Tony Lindgren
2011-01-07T04:11:41Z

* Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> [110106 15:51]:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 08:51:07PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >
> > OMAP44XX SDP # setenv bootargs 'root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw mem=512M vmalloc=1G console=ttyO2,115200n8 rootdelay=2'
> > OMAP44XX SDP # mmcinit 0
> > OMAP44XX SDP # fatload mmc 0 0x80300000 uImage-test
> >
> > 0 bytes read
> > OMAP44XX SDP #
> >
> > However, it can still boot the uImage contained on the SD card, so the
> > card must be okay, and the SDP must still be able to successfully read
> > from the card. I can only assume that uboot's FAT support is buggered
> > in some way.

Sorry no idea about this problem, have not seen it myself.

> > We _really_ need a _decent_ boot loader on these boards, one which can
> > do network booting _and_ can be configured to do so from bootup. SD
> > cards just don't hack it for kernel development. It's a far too long-
> > winded process for each cycle, and with all the additional problems
> > (such as SD cards not being recognised 50% of the time, FAT filesystem
> > bugs in boot loaders, etc) it's really not funny.

I totally agree. Flipping micro-SD cards for development is no fun.

Regards,

Tony