From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tony Lindgren Subject: Re: 4430SDP boot failure Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 20:11:18 -0800 Message-ID: <20110107041118.GB880@atomide.com> References: <20110106170805.GE1198@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20110106180030.GA8249@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20110106182023.GV7771@atomide.com> <20110106195225.GX7771@atomide.com> <20110106203431.GZ7771@atomide.com> <20110106205107.GI1198@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20110106235203.GA14425@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.71]:62544 "EHLO mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752957Ab1AGELl (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jan 2011 23:11:41 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110106235203.GA14425@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: Santosh Shilimkar , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org * Russell King - ARM Linux [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