From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek Vasut Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 17:12:21 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] Problem with mounting a jffs2 partition on flash. In-Reply-To: <20160208122233.70DF93809B8@gemini.denx.de> References: <20160208122233.70DF93809B8@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <201602081712.21810.marex@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Monday, February 08, 2016 at 01:22:33 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Denis, Hi, > In message you wrote: > > Yes, I'm aware that jffs2 is quite old and ubifs is a successor of > > jffs2, but the reason is that current Linux Kernel has no support for > > UBI. > > What do you mean by "current" here? UBI/UBIFS support in U-Boot was > actually adapted from the Linux kernel, so Linux support for UBI/UBIFS > predates the U-Boot code by a long, long time. > > Do you mean you are using a prehistoric Linux kernel version? > > > I understand that it should have solution, but it requires > > recompiling Linux kernel which is also time consuming. > > Hm... just recompiling is only a matter of seconds (or, on a very slow > system, minutes max). I understand there are other concerns that you > don't want to update? Please be aware that there it is likely that > there other incompatibilities / bugs in such an ancient kernel... > > > > What exactly are these "other problems" ? > > > > U-Boot launches, but after that it is hanging. > > U-Boot 2016.01 (Feb 05 2016 - 14:15:47 +0100) > > > > CPU: Altera SoCFPGA Platform > > FPGA: Altera Arria V, D5, version 0x0 > > BOOT: QSPI Flash (3.0V) > > > > Watchdog enabled > > > > I2C: ready > > DRAM: > > > > I will try to tackle this problem also. > > However, I must say that I don't have much experience with U-Boot, > > so maybe I'm missing something obvious? > > It appears it is hanging in the DRAM initialization phase. This is a > very common issue. Please make sure your memory configuration is > correct. It would be very helpful to see the whole boot output, not just U-Boot output. For example SPL output is missing. Are you using mainline U-Boot SPL or not ? How did you install the U-Boot on your board ? > > Can you please share some examples of correct configuration for > > such use case (jffs2 partition on NOR flash with SPI)? > > You can deal with this later; first you need to have the system > running at all. You should focus on this first. > > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk Best regards, Marek Vasut