Re: sheeveplug u-boot environment
On Jan 6, 2016, at 12:54 AM, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
> I’ll try your 2016.01~rc3+dfsg1-3 from experimental as soon as I can.
>
> Just to be sure of what I need to do:
>
> 1) Install the new versions of Debian packages for u-boot and u-boot-tools on my test SheevaPlug Debian (currently running Sid)
>
> 2) I do not need to worry about getting any experimental version of mtd-utils, right?
>
> 3) install the /usr/lib/u-boot/sheevaplug/u-boot.kwb file as u-boot following the instructions at Martin’s page
> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/uboot-upgrade/
> except that I should use 0x80000 for the length of the “nand write” because modern u-boot binaries are bigger than 0x70000.
>
> 4) Do not use the procedure described in /usr/share/doc/u-boot/README.Debian to install the new u-boot because the information in /etc/fw_env.config is suspect, and may confuse the issue.
>
> 5) restart and check whether the environment has been preserved. If not, restore it manually.
>
> 6) reboot and see if it comes up? If it doesn’t, replace the old u-boot and environment and hope we haven’t clobbered something vital.
>
> 7) Report to you and the debian-arm list on the results…
Tested version in experimental (Version: 2016.01~rc3+dfsg1-3) as described above. All went well. Except that /usr/share/doc/u-boot-tools/examples/sheevaplug.config still has the wrong device offset (is 0x60000, should be 0x80000)
Enjoy!
Rick
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