Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:54:16 +0200 From: Stanislav Galabov <sgalabov@gmail.com> To: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> Cc: Stanislav Galabov <sgalabov@gmail.com>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting a FreeBSD kernel on the WiTiboard. (Was: Re: Initial support for MT7620) Message-ID: <1F9B0CCD-1C67-45CF-9E1D-390F603A862F@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <567921DD.9060802@digiware.nl> References: <1479DFB0-6B63-4886-B9BA-8F95A44A8ED9@gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=ryMSC6AsQwayi1P-%2Bvw8S9ow8%2BSPi%2BsuLWgTX=v4wPw@mail.gmail.com> <17D0A04B-7164-48AE-9909-107EEBDF72E5@gmail.com> <56716BD0.1080801@digiware.nl> <567921DD.9060802@digiware.nl>
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> On Dec 22, 2015, at 12:11, Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> = wrote: >=20 > On 16-12-2015 14:49, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: >> On 15-12-2015 17:16, Stanislav Galabov wrote: >>> WiTi board looks nice, I=E2=80=99d go for it. >>>=20 >>> I have by no means given up on MT7621 support and rolling it in >>> together with RT305x would probably be best if we manage to do it. >>> I=E2=80=99d actually like to continue after MT7620 and MT7621 and = include >>> support for MT7628 and MT7688 as well :-) >>=20 >> Finally got the time to dig out the board and the serial connector. >> This is what my WitiBoard spews at me while booting in Uboot..... >>=20 >> So now I'm off to finding a suitable system here to put tftp on >> and go from there. >=20 > 'mmmm, >=20 > After a real serious battle with tftp :( it boots. > One thing to note on the WiTi board is that the uboot ethernet = interface > is the second single keystone/connector, NOT the one next to the power = jack. >=20 > Then the next issue starts: > uboot runs at 57600 b/s >=20 > And as far as I can conclude runs the bootloader at 9600 b/s? > And once booted it switches to 115200 b/s? >=20 > I can not switch cu(1) fast enough to actually watch the boot, but = once I'm at 115200 I get: >=20 > panic: mountroot: unable to (re-)mount root. > KDB: enter: panic > [ thread pid 1 tid 100001 ] > Stopped at kdb_enter+0x4c: lui at,0x8047 > db> >=20 > Which matches the remark that there is need for a bootdisk. >=20 > doesn't look like it is possible to write uboot commands to flash to > actually make it do something different from the stdboot. > (The device we once build would allow for a uboot-script, but I've got > to refersh my uboot memory. ) >=20 > So I'll try and set uboot to 9600 b/s and reconnect, ten load the = kernel > to see what comes of it. But is it possible to actually make the = console > of just the downloaded kernel image run at 57600 ?? No loader.conf = etc. > makes life a bit harder.... >=20 > --WjW Hi Willem, Can you try with this kernel please: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t1wevprzlsfegr0/kernel.uboot?dl=3D0 Best wishes, Stanislav=
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