Re: booting the samsung chromeboot xe303c12 with the debian armmp kernel

[Pedro Bulach <pedrobulach@gmail.com>]

>> This may be the case. I have two quick questions:
>>  1. is nv u-boot clearly identified in its version string? Or how can
>> I check that?
>
> Using nv_uboot-snow-simplefb.kpart, the version number I see is
> "2011.12-gc1f6280". Nothing in the version string specifically calls out
> that this is the 'nv' or 'simplefb' version of u-boot, at least to me.
>
> The banner messages when the machine boots the simplefb variant say:
>
> Model: Google Snow
> In:    mkbp-keyb
> Out:   lcd
> Err:   lcd
> ...
>
> I believe that the 'mkbp-keyb' and 'lcd' values indicate that this is
> the simplefb variant.
>
>>  2. how can I enter nv-u-boot console without entering u-boot console?
>
> My understanding is that you can't get to the u-boot console, only the
> chainloaded nv u-boot console.

Thanks for the info. I can get to the u-boot console, so I will check
for a match.

Pedro