Regression on U-boot without batery [was: u-boot low-battery handling]

Sean McNeil sean at mcneil.com
Tue Aug 26 07:09:36 CEST 2008



Mike Montour wrote:
> Joerg Reisenweber wrote:
>
>> Powered via  (this particular) 100/500mA USB-Host, none of both 
>> U_Boot would boot without battery. Though it's happily working on 
>> linux without GSM just on USB-power, after boot with battery.
>
> I have had some success (not all the time) running under Linux with 
> USB power and no battery, but I had to turn off the charger through 
> "echo 0 > /sys/.../chgmode" as well as turning off GSM.
>
> I have also found that WiFi stops working when the battery is removed, 
> but it recovers when I re-insert the battery.
>

It occurs to me... Is it possible that even with the battery in that we 
can get a brownout condition on resume?




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