Re: Kirkwood kernel installation
On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 11:51 +0100, Tixy wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 10:34 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 10:23 +0100, Tixy wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2013-08-31 at 20:51 +0200, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> > > > Le samedi 31 août 2013 à 19:24 +0100, Tixy a écrit :
> > > > > I did notice when I first got the Dreamplug that the supplied U-Boot was
> > > > > very slow, especially enumerating the USB devices. With the Debian
> > > > > U-Boot that takes about 3 or 4 seconds, then a second to load the kernel
> > > > > and initrd.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using the Debian u-boot too. Can you provide me with the exact
> > > > version you have installed? Also, it would be nice if you could post
> > > > your bootcmd as well.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I got it from [1] and when it boots it says "U-Boot 2013.01.01 (May 10
> > > 2013 - 06:32:54)".
> > >
> > > [1] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/u/u-boot/u-boot_2013.01.01-4_armel.deb
> >
> > That's the version currently in sid.
> >
> >
> > > I hacked flash-kernel so it doesn't assume that
> > > the kernel lives on the internal card.
> > >
> > > For entry under "Machine: Globalscale Technologies Dreamplug"
> >
> > FYI the version of flash-kernel in sid (3.10) allows you to override db
> > entries by placing them in /etc/flash-kernel/db.
>
> That's useful to know. I tried it and it didn't work but then realised
> I'm running Wheezy and you said the version in sid supported that :-)
Right ;-) It was only uploaded last week...
Ian.
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