Re: [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH V2] linux-boundary: Add support for kernel 3.10.31_1.1.0_beta

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 2014-11-26 11:06, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2014-11-23 18:57, Eric Nelson wrote:
>> This patch adds support for the 3.10.31_1.1.0_beta kernelfor Boundary
>> Devices BD-SL-i.MX6 (built to SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6X, Nitrogen6_Max
>> and and Nitrogen6_Lite boards.
>>
>> To try it out, set PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-boundary = "3.10.31" in your
>> local.conf file.
>>
>> Minimal testing has been performed at this point, so don't expect it
>> to be production-ready.
>>
>> Note that the 3.10.31 kernel contains an update to provide fixed
>> numbering for /dev/mmcblk devices instead of numbering them by
>> order of initialization.
>>
>> Support has been added into the boot script, but requires setting
>> a variable in U-Boot:
>>
>>     U-Boot > setenv sdphys 1
>>     U-Boot > saveenv
>>     U-Boot > boot
>>
>> See this post for some additional commentary:
>>     http://boundarydevices.com/root-equals
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
>
> When I tried this patchset, it fails to boot my SabreLite.  The
> important bits seem to be the MMC device numbering.  From the boot log:
>      <snip>
>    mmc3: new high speed SDHC card at address aaaa
>    mmcblk3: mmc3:aaaa SU04G 3.69 GiB
>     mmcblk3: p1 p2
>      <snip>
>    ALSA device list:
>      #0: imx6q-sabrelite-sgtl5000
>    Waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p2...
>
> I see no difference when setting 'sdphys' or not.  Perhaps I missed some
> other patch (like to the boot scripts)?

BTW, I'm building the scripts from u-boot-script-boundary/v2014.07+gitAUTOINC+f870252376
and there seems to be nothing in there about sdphys

>
> I'd really like to get my board back up with the latest kernel.
>

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