[Arm-netbook] tester wanted of current u-boot

Matthew Boyd Sabercatpuck at cox.net
Sun Jul 1 05:27:20 BST 2012


Henrik Nordström <henrik <at> henriknordstrom.net> writes:

> 
> watchdog support have been added in the current u-boot tree and I need a
> tester to verify that the default boot action works with legacy systems
> not having watchdog support.
> 
> To test prepare an sd-image with a /boot partition with script.bin and
> uImage, / partition and no boot.scr in /boot partition.
> 
> If you boot a system without watchdog support using boot.scr then you
> need to add "watchdog 0" to your boot.scr to stop the watchdog before
> booting kernel.
> 
> watchdog support is also available in the kernel as sunxi_wdt which
> provides a standard /dev/watchdog interface.
> 
> Regards
> Henrik
> 
> 

So long as you can work with the limitations that I am working with a 7 inch 
allwinner tablet and might need a bit more to go on on how to set things up 
correctly I would be willing to give you a hand.  I do have one of my tablets 
now set up with an serial console off of the normal A8 and A9 (PB22/23) instead 
of the uSD, though at the moment I don't have touch screen support for it since 
the cable ripped (my fault on that one), though I may be able to replace that 
in the next couple days if all goes well, if not I will still get a mobo with 
an A13 on it out of the deal.  It will likely be Monday before I will have a 
bit of time to give it a go though in case someone else can get to it faster.





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