Re: Debian on SheevaPlug

["Rickard Nilsson" <rickard.nilsson@telia.com>]

Den 2009-04-26 21:11:14 skrev Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@gmail.com>:

> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Rickard Nilsson
> <rickard.nilsson@telia.com> wrote:
> > Den 2009-04-26 13:39:17 skrev David Given <dg@cowlark.com>:
> >
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> > > Rickard Nilsson wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > However, the process just stops after having uncompressed the
> > > > kernel:
> > >
> > > What are your bootargs? Have you told it you want it to use a serial
> > > console (without which you'll get no output at all)?
> > >
> > > I have:
> > >
> > > console=ttyS0,115200
> > > mtdparts=nand_mtd:0x400000@0x100000(uImage),0x1fb00000@0x500000(rootfs)
> > > rw root=b301 rootdelay=5
> > >
> > > (b301 is the first partition on the SD card; you should be aware that
> > > there seems to be a problem with recent mainline kernels in that they
> > > don't handle the SD card properly.)
> >
> > I have essentially the same bootargs as you, including the console. If
> > I boot the kernel that Marvell ships, in exactly the same way and with
> > the same bootargs, everything works fine, and I can watch the kernel
> > loading on the console.
> >
> > I have also tried running:
> >
> >  setenv mainlineLinux=yes
> >  setenv arcNumber=2097
> >
> > first, as Martin suggested, but that didn't change anything.
>
> Just a note, noticed on mine it didn't recognize those variables
> initially.  Make sure you issue a "saveenv" followed by a "reset" to
> reload everything...  Can't wait for a clean upstream version of
> u-boot for this board....

That did the trick! After saving and resetting, the kernel boots up.
Thanks!

Now I just have to get the root fs to mount... Maybe I've run into
that SD card problem that David mentioned. Anyway, I'm back on track
now.

  / Rickard