[Arm-netbook] Framebuffer support - Mele A1000

[Tom Cubie]

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Henrik Nordström <henrik at henriknordstrom.net
> wrote:

> sön 2012-04-08 klockan 18:06 +0200 skrev Gerardo Di Iorio:
> > Hi,
> >  i try to boot linux kernel for mele A1000, but not work.
> > I have create uImage , u-boot-spl-mmc.bin and u-boot.bin
> > following the instructions on the wiki.
>
> Those instructions are slightly incomplete, and not yet usable without a
> serial console. Added a note about it now.
>
> > Next i have create on sd card the partitions
> >
> > [root at lxf16 mele]# fdisk -lu /dev/sdd
> >
> > Disco /dev/sdd: 998 MB, 998768640 byte
> > 31 testine, 62 settori/tracce, 1014 cilindri, totale 1950720 settori
> > Unità = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > Identificativo disco: 0x21b0839f
> >
> > Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdd1   *        2048       34815       16384    c  W95 FAT32
> > (LBA)
> > /dev/sdd2           34816     1950719      957952   83  Linux
> >
> > and copy uImage and boot.scr on the vfat partition.
> > The boot.scr is generated with this command:
>
> Toms u-boot-mmc do not support boot.scr. I have activated the needed
> support in my version but not yet a default environment that looks for a
> boot.scr.
>
>
> > and the file boot.cmd have this content
> >
> > mmcinfo; fatload mmc 0 50000000 uImage ;bootm 50000000`
>
>
> This is what I use as boot command:
>
>  fatload mmc 0 0x43000000 script.bin; fatload mmc 0 0x48000000 ${kernel};
> bootm 0x48000000
>
> > Next i have write u-boot-spl-mmc.bin and u-boot.bin with this commads:
> >
> > dd if=u-boot-spl-mmc.bin of=/dev/sdd bs=1024 seek=8
> > dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/sdd bs=1024 seek=32
>
> Ok.
>
> > I have insert this sd on my mele box, but i not have output on my hdmi
> > screen(the kernel have the hdmi and console framebuffer option
> > built-in)
> >
> > I not have an serial cable for debug!!!!
>
> Get one!
>

Yes, you do need a serial cable.


>
> > The procedure is right????
>
> Almost. There is no final procedure yet..
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
>
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