[Arm-netbook] eoma68-a20 ethernet testing

[joem]

On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 10:44 +0200, Henrik Nordström wrote:

> 1. Correct the MEB board as per prior discussions. There is some diodes
> that need changing and a wire to add iirc.
> 
> 2. Connect EOMA board to the MEB.
> 
> 3. Connect ethernet
> 
> 5. Connect UART cable, open terminal program and hold down button 2 on
> your keyboard.
> 
> 6. Connect µUSB cable
> 
> 
> when boot1 says it jumps to FEL then you can release button 2 on your
> keyboard.
> 
> If you open the EOMA-68 A20 then you can short the uboot pad instead of
> messing with button 2. But for now use the UART method, that also
> verifies that UART cable connection works.
> 
> The board should now be seen in lsusb as an unknown device with no
> description.
> 
> Now you need FEL u-boot with Ethernet support
> 
>     git clone https://github.com/linux-sunxi/u-boot-sunxi.git
>     cd u-boot-sunxi
>     make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- EOMA68_A20_FEL
>     cd ..
> 
> And sunxi-tools
> 
>     git clone https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-tools.git
>     cd sunxi-tools
>     make
> 
> Now you are ready to boot
> 
>     ./usb-boot ../u-boot-sunxi/spl/u-boot-spl.bin ../u-boot/u-boot.bin
> 
> You should see u-boot starting on the UART, failing to boot and leaving
> you at the u-boot prompt.


Thank you Henrik; found some more bits here:
http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner/a20/boot/

May be I should get one of these some day as well for 0402 components:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E4XQA6C/sr=8-1/qid=1377808914/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1377808914&seller=&sr=8-1