u-boot-openmoko 1.3.3 (unofficial package) - testers wanted

xiangfu xiangfu at openmoko.org
Fri May 23 01:33:21 CEST 2008


Hi Rasmussen:
i think the kboot can do that.
http://kboot.sourceforge.net/

Peter Rasmussen wrote:
> Hi  thomasg,
>
> I can see that what I have been able to use is exactly what you 
> intended in your wiki description.
>
> So yes, I can boot a system residing on the SDHC card, however the 
> kernel is taken from the NAND image, ie. "your" method :-)
>
> And that is why I in a different mail mentioned that I would like to 
> have the SDHC-support in u-boot, to boot completely independent 
> systems on a flash-card.
> With presently the size of max. 8GB for a micro-SDHC, one card is able 
> to hold several systems, so I think such an option is a very good idea.
>
> This is what I have in my previous listing as well, but I would like 
> to emphasize the following, too:
>
> "And if u-boot had USB support implemented so that I could upload an 
> image from my desktop Linux straight to the flash-card without having 
> to boot the Neo all the way to a Linux system, that would be really 
> helpful, too."
>
> If I could boot up in u-boot and specify what target-partition on the 
> flash-card I want to put a kernel and a rootfs, and then subsequently 
> boot that image, that would be great!
>
> Peter
>
>
> thomasg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm the one who started the section "Booting from SDHC" in this wiki 
>> entry.
>> Actually this title is wrong (what is my "fault", even it was 
>> intended) , as the kernel is booted from NAND and loading the rootfs 
>> isn't booting because it's done by the kernel.
>> As I didn't manage to do a real boot from SDHC I'd be surprised if 
>> you managed it - and it even isn't described in the wiki entry - so 
>> my guess is that you are referring to "my" method.
>> If I'm wrong please tell me and add it to the wiki, if not I just 
>> wanted to point out that this problem still exists and there is still 
>> no SDHC-support in u-boot.
>>
>> thomasg
>>
>> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Peter Rasmussen <plr at udgaard.com 
>> <mailto:plr at udgaard.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have a SanDisk 6GB SDHC Class4 that I have been able to boot
>>     from for a very long time, at least since some u-boot-1.3.0'ish.
>>
>>     The info on:
>>
>>
>>     http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD
>>
>>     was actually rather helpful.
>>
>>     What I miss, in this regard, is:
>>
>>     1.The possibility to fix the kernel that I boot from, to a
>>     partition on the flash-card.
>>     2.The possibility to not have /etc/fstab overwritten at every
>>     reboot, so that I can edit it and have it stay the way I want.
>>     3. Points 1. and 2. are in order to be able to have fully
>>     independent installations, to be able to boot up like with LILO on
>>     a desktop Linux installation.
>>
>>     And if u-boot had USB support implemented so that I could upload
>>     an image from my desktop Linux straight to the flash-card without
>>     having to boot the Neo all the way to a Linux system, that would
>>     be really helpful, too.
>>
>>     Peter
>>
>>
>>     Mike Montour wrote:
>>
>>         Marc Bantle wrote:
>>
>>             It still doesn't recognize my Kinston 4GB card, which non
>>             of the previous versions
>>             did either, while the linux kernel does.
>>
>>
>>         According to http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD
>>         that seems to be a known issue (4G and up are "SDHC" rather
>>         than "SD") but I don't see an entry for it in Bugzilla. It
>>         might be worth filing one, including the output of the u-boot
>>         "mmcinit" command for your card.
>>
>>
>>
>





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