[U-Boot] U-boot 1.1.3 and ADS Graphics Client Plus (No Ethernet)

[U-Boot] U-boot 1.1.3 and ADS Graphics Client Plus (No Ethernet)

[Ronni Hømpler]

Hey.

First off im sorry if this ends up the wrong place.

I have been trying for the last 4 days to get u-boot to work on my old ADS board, but without any luck. u-boot is flashed to the board, and does start up, my env looks like this:

ADS GCPlus # printenv
bootdelay=3
baudrate=38400
autoload=n
ethaddr=00:60:0C:00:16:7A
gatewayip=192.168.0.25
netmask=255.255.255.0
ipaddr=192.168.0.205
loadkernel=tftp c0000000 uImage
loadramdisk=tftp c0800000 ramdisk.gz
serverip=192.168.0.25
hostname=arm
bootfile=uImage
bootcmd=tftp;bootm
bootargs=console=ttySA0 mem=16m at 0xc0000000 rw root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.20:/nfs nfsaddrs=192.168.0.205:192.168.0.20:192.168.0.254:255.255.255.255.0: noinitrd
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
stderr=serial

It should be correct, but i can't get the ethernet to work, no matter what i try, it just times out and start spitting errors, something with ARP Request timed out, i can get the correct error if necessary.

The server is tested, and working perfect, so is the cable, and the ethernet card on the ADS board also works fine when linux is first booted, but not in the u-boot loader.

What have i missed here, hoping for help.

U-Boot was configured with make gcplus_config and then make all

Regards
Ronni 

Ps, Sorry for my bad english.

[U-Boot] U-boot 1.1.3 and ADS Graphics Client Plus (No Ethernet)

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ronni_H=F8mpler?=,

In message <A51EDB6E-A8AA-488A-B093-FED03DFC90DB@edesigns.dk> you wrote:
> 
> First off im sorry if this ends up the wrong place.

This is the perfectly right place...

...but U-Boot 1.1.3 is so old that you will not find many people here
that still remember.

I recommend to update and use somewhat current code instead.
Use v2010.09 (i. e. a version before the great earthquake).


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
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events which includes a violence.
                        - Terry Pratchett, _The Dark Side of the Sun_

[U-Boot] U-boot 1.1.3 and ADS Graphics Client Plus (No Ethernet)

[Ronni Hømpler]

On Feb 6, 2011, at 10:47 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 
> No surprize that old tools won't work with current code.
> 
> So this requires a two-step solution.  In the first step, update your
> tool chain.
> 
> 

Hi.

Sorry about that.

Updating my toolchain is not an option, and i know it did work with the old u-boot 1.1.3, but duo to bad timing the project was dropped for a few years.

Maybe the problem is not u-boot but the network hardware im using, ive tried with wireshark on the server to listen to the network interface while asking u-boot to get an ip using dhcp, no traffic at all.

Im out of ideas, maybe its time to scrap that ADS board, and get something that has support.

Regards
Ronni

[U-Boot] U-boot 1.1.3 and ADS Graphics Client Plus (No Ethernet)

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ronni_H=F8mpler?=,

In message <8F9C8A81-52B6-48F5-9F10-C3266B2B5FEC@edesigns.dk> you wrote:
> 
> Updating my toolchain is not an option, and i know it did work with the
> old u-boot 1.1.3, but duo to bad timing the project was dropped for a
> few years.
...
> Im out of ideas, maybe its time to scrap that ADS board, and get
> something that has support.

You cannot change the tool chain (software, cheap or free, basicly
zero ecological footprint), but you can change the hardware
(expensive in many aspectes)?  Weird...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
A Chairman was as necessary to a Board planet  as  the  zero  was  in
mathematics, but being a zero had big disadvantages...
                         - Terry Pratchett, _The Dark Side of the Sun_

[U-Boot] U-boot 1.1.3 and ADS Graphics Client Plus (No Ethernet)

[Ronni Hømpler]

On Feb 6, 2011, at 11:25 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> 
> You cannot change the tool chain (software, cheap or free, basicly
> zero ecological footprint), but you can change the hardware
> (expensive in many aspectes)?  Weird...


The ADS hardware is very old, thats also why i prefer using the old u-boot, i know the newer versions would properly work better, but i know it was working.

Its more a "it has to work, if you understand" old hardware, old toolchain, old parts :)

Regards
Ronni

[U-Boot] U-boot 1.1.3 and ADS Graphics Client Plus (No Ethernet)

[Ronni Hømpler]

Hi.

I tried to recompile my toolchain to a newer set, but so far no luck, no matter what i try any of the newer U-Boot versions won't compile.


Regarding the old 1.1.3 version im using right now, when trying to get a dhcp address, it keeps saying:
Warning: MAC addresses don't match:
        HW MAC address:  04:01:0E:10:00:40
        "ethaddr" value: 00:60:0C:00:16:7A
Using MAC Address 00:60:0C:00:16:7A

But i know that the 00:60:0C:00:16:7A is the correct one.

This is what does happen when trying to dhcp:
ADS GCPlus # dhcp

Warning: MAC addresses don't match:
        HW MAC address:  04:01:0E:10:00:40
        "ethaddr" value: 00:60:0C:00:16:7A
Using MAC Address 00:60:0C:00:16:7A
BOOTP broadcast 1

And then after 30 seconds or so, it starts with:
ARP Retry count exceeded; starting again

ARP Retry count exceeded; starting again

ARP Retry count exceeded; starting again

ARP Retry count exceeded; starting again

And so on.

Im beginning to think the problem maybe is in the bootloader, i don't remember how i get it flashed to the board in the beginning.

The zImage is around 90 kb, so its not the full kernel image.

I just know that the file i'm flashing is called zImage and does contain u-boot, but how i made that zImage, i have no idea, can anybody shed some light on that maybe ?

Regards
Ronni