New U-Boot Snapshot : reports welcome

Kevin Dean kevin at foreverdean.info
Mon Jan 21 20:25:57 CET 2008


The distorted image is the first thing I see when I push the power
button, the image that "slides" up before the u-boot menu is loaded.
For me after flashing it, this image went from the super-sharp one to
a pixilated and slightly offset version of the same thing. The SECOND
splash screen, loaded after Linux, looks fine.

On Jan 21, 2008 12:53 PM, Peter Rasmussen <plr at udgaard.com> wrote:
> OK, here is another success report.
>
> I did the following:
>
> 1. Downloaded the u-boot image linked to below.
> 2. Connected my GTA01bv4 to my computer
> 3. Booted it up into the bootloader
> 4. Then su'ed to root
> 5. And then uploaded the image to the Neo with the following command
> line *) :
>    ./dfu-util -a u-boot -R -D
> u-boot-gta01bv4-1.3.1+git0ec595243dc99edcd248bbcfbfd5a1dc860bde89+svn3817-r1.bin
>
> *) I believe I used the dfu-util found here:
>     http://downloads.openmoko.org/snapshots/2007.11/images/neo1973/dfu-util
>
> I have until now changed u-boot a couple of times, and have yet to brick
> my Neo (I only have the base version so I am nervous every time :-)
>
> I don't understand the report about a distorted splash image?
> To me everything looks normal, but I may of course not know what to look
> for.
>
> Peter
>
>
> Alexandre Ghisoli wrote:
> > Le dimanche 13 janvier 2008 à 20:08 +0100, Krzysztof Kajkowski a écrit :
> >
> >> Wiadomość napisana w dniu Jan 13, 2008, o godz 7:57 PM, przez Michael
> >> 'Mickey' Lauer:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Sorry, please use
> >>> http://buildhost.vanille.de/fic-gta01/tmp/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/u-boot-gta01bv4-1.3.1%2bgit0ec595243dc99edcd248bbcfbfd5a1dc860bde89%2bsvn3817-r1.bin
> >>> until we found out what's broken with downloads.
> >>>
> >> Guys, if anyone upgrades pls post back your impressions so those with
> >> limited debug board access could upgrade without fear that this u-boot
> >> has some errors and bricks your Neo! Thx!
> >>
> >
> > only one success report so far, anyone tested that version ?
> > Please give us feedback to limit the bricking risk ;)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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