Armel: Debian installer freeezes (GuruPlug Server plus)
HW: Guruplug Server plus with JTAG-box (ARMv5-family)
Debian U-boot version: Armel stretch (buster u-boot version freezes when
setting ethact IP-addresses), original U-boot pre-2014
Debain Installer version: stretch&buster
Problem: When trying to launch d-i (stretch&buster, with instructions
from Martin Michlmayr webpages) from USB-stick or memory (tftp-load),
installer freezes with text "Uncompressing Linux". Original U-boot
version pre-2014 has a documented bug with old u-boot versions variables
(bootm_size value). Setting initrd_high/fdt_high 0xffffffff to fix
doesn't help.
When FDT-blob loaded to fix problem(addres 0x0c000000)kernel founds fdt
and uInird and starts obviously normally but won't read command line
parametres from fdt-memory area as should (using original default fdt
instead), and cannot find root file system (on default fdt-file root
filesystem is not defined).
Seems that U-boot sets and finds command line parametres to/from fdt
normally, but kernel doesn't use it. (maybe d-i kernel configured for
statical fdt?)
Reference: Globalscale Fedora 11 (+ OpenDC) development package works
and installs (unfortunatelly very old) system without major problems
(minor changes with MAC-address space defaults to perl script needed) ->
HW probably OK
Is there any fix-up/work-aroud trick available or is new kernel
compiling only option?
Kari Tanninen
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