[U-Boot] [OT] trying to boot zedboard just to u-boot, having no luck

[Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2019, Michal Simek wrote:

> On 20. 04. 19 12:44, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   i've asked on the meta-xilinx mailing list, and rummaged around the
> > net, and have failed to do something that should be straightforward --
> > i want to simply boot an avnet zedboard to a recent u-boot and stop
> > there; i have no need to go any further for the time being.
> >
> >   i have no problem configuring and building u-boot using:
> >
> >   $ make zynq_zed_defconfig
> >
> > and as a test, i've tried to download any pre-built SD card
> > images/files just to verify that the board boots, with absolutely no
> > luck. i've formatted and re-formatted SD cards, populated them with
> > allegedly working image files, checked and rechecked jumper settings
> > to boot from SD card, used minicom and picocom to connect to the UART
> > port ... all i ever see is the power LED come on, and never anything
> > else.
> >
> >   if someone can point me at a recipe that is verified to work to get
> > u-boot up and running on this zedboard, i would be eternally grateful,
> > because i'm running out of ideas.
>
> I didn't try zed board for quite a long time.
> You can look at images distributed via http://zedboard.org/
> or petalinux bsp which should also run on zeboard.

  actually, just resolved getting SD card to boot so apologies for the
interruption ... we're good here.

rday