[ARMedslack] ARMedslack hangs during boot on Dreamplug

Tue Feb 7 02:32:36 UTC 2012

Jim,
  I had this same issue and it was driving me crazy, it is a simple fix (at
least for me).  Simply re-download the kernel images and make sure that you
are transferring it over in binary.  I had used Filezilla to get my install
and it was set to transfer all files in ascii by default which according to
many people in the world today mangles binary files pretty badly.  Hope
this helps.

Brennan

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Jim Hammack <hammack at gotslack.org> wrote:

> I've been trying to install ARMedslack on my Dreamplug (ser: 1148-XXXXXX)
> by following Stuart's excellent instructions in INSTALL_KIRKWOOD.TXT, but
> have been unable to get the system to boot.   I believe it is due to a
> problem with my u-boot which I scrambled earlier.  I have been able to find
> only one version of u-boot that will run on this machine (the guruplug
> version from http://www.armedslack.org/**maint_kirkwooduboot<http://www.armedslack.org/maint_kirkwooduboot>loads but hangs after a 'reset').  This one works:
>
> Marvell>> version
>
> U-Boot 2011.03-00012-g1a93b51-dirty-**pingtoo-v1.2 (Jun 15 2011 -
> 22:44:57)
> Marvell-DreamPlug
> armv5tel-softfloat-linux-**gnueabi-gcc (Gentoo 4.4.4-r2 p1.3, pie-0.4.5)
> 4.4.4
> GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.20.1.20100303
>
> I am following Stuart's instructions with two exceptions:
>
> 1. I am using dream-2.6.38.4-uImage (renamed uImage-kirkwood) from
> with-linux instead of uImage-kirkwood from the distribution due to a known
> problem with uImage-kirkwood on the Dreamplug.  (
> http://lists.armedslack.org/**2011-August/000978.html<http://lists.armedslack.org/2011-August/000978.html>
> )
> 2.  I am using a fat16 boot partition rather that the ext2 partition
> Stuart uses in his documentation, so I have changed all references to
> "ext2load" to "fatload" in the bootcmd
>
> The system loads uinitrd-kirkwood okay, then loads uImage-kirkwood (which
> is really dream-2.6.38.4-uImage), but hangs after:
>
> "Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel."
>
> I don't think this is the problem, but does anyone see any problems with
> my u-boot variables?  Also, I've read that newer Dreamplugs (#114 and
> later) have some differences from the earlier version.  Could this be why
> the majority of u-boot versions I've found do not run on this machine?  Any
> ideas on where I can find a suitable u-boot? I tried the version referenced
> here:
> (http://www.newit.co.uk/forum/**index.php?topic=1977.0<http://www.newit.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1977.0>)
> but that version hangs also.
>
> Any input is appreciated!
>
>                                Thanks,
>                                    Jim
>
> printenv and boot details follow:
>
> Marvell>> printenv
> arcNumber=2659
> baudrate=115200
> bootargs_console=console=**ttyS0,115200
> bootargs_root=root=/dev/sda3 waitforroot=10 rootfs=ext4
> bootcmd=setenv bootargs $(bootargs_console) $(bootargs_root); run
> bootcmd_slk ; reset
> bootcmd_slk=usb start;fatload usb 0:1 0x01100000 /uinitrd-kirkwood;fatload
> usb 0:1 0x00800000 /uImage-kirkwood;bootm 0x00800000 0x01100000
> bootdelay=3
> eth1addr=02:50:43:ba:45:cb
> ethact=egiga0
> ethaddr=00:DE:AD:C0:FF:EE
> ipaddr=192.168.2.1
> mainlineLinux=yes
> serial_num=DS2-1148-000934
> serverip=192.168.2.7
> stderr=serial
> stdin=serial
> stdout=serial
>
> Environment size: 561/65532 bytes
> Marvell>> reset
>
> U-Boot 2011.03-00012-g1a93b51-dirty-**pingtoo-v1.2 (Jun 15 2011 -
> 22:44:57)
> Marvell-DreamPlug
>
> SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6281_A1
> DRAM:  512 MiB
> SF: Got idcodes
> 00000000: c2 20 15 c2 20    . ..
> SF: Detected MX25L1605D with page size 256, total 2 MiB
> In:    serial
> Out:   serial
> Err:   serial
> Net:   egiga0, egiga1
> 88E1121 Initialized on egiga0
> 88E1121 Initialized on egiga1
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> (Re)start USB...
> USB:   Register 10011 NbrPorts 1
> USB EHCI 1.00
> scanning bus for devices... EHCI timed out on TD - token=0x80008c80
> 4 USB Device(s) found
>       scanning bus for storage devices... Device NOT ready
>   Request Sense returned 02 3A 00
> 2 Storage Device(s) found
> reading /uinitrd-kirkwood
>
> 5755094 bytes read
> reading /uImage-kirkwood
>
> 2033192 bytes read
> ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00800000 ...
>   Image Name:   Linux-2.6.38.4-kirkwood
>   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
>   Data Size:    2033128 Bytes = 1.9 MiB
>   Load Address: 00008000
>   Entry Point:  00008000
>   Verifying Checksum ... OK
> ## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 01100000 ...
>   Image Name:   Slackware ARM Initial RAM disk f
>   Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
>   Data Size:    5755030 Bytes = 5.5 MiB
>   Load Address: 00000000
>   Entry Point:  00000000
>   Verifying Checksum ... OK
>   Loading Kernel Image ... OK
> OK
>
> Starting kernel ...
>
> Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
>
>
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