[U-Boot] Fwd: Marvell Armada XP u-boot from uart

[PA Nilsson]

On 2016-04-06 16:46, Stefan Roese wrote:
> On 06.04.2016 12:20, pani wrote:
>> I have a Armada A388 board that I have the same problem with.
>> (Using u-boot git master branch from today)
>>
>> After downloading the kwb-file, the output is as below.
>> This is the same with the BOOT_FROM untouched or set to uart.
>>
>> Did you have any luck finding out what the problem was?
>>
>> Sending boot message. Please reboot the target...-
>> Sending boot image...
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>>   30 % [...................
>> U-Boot SPL 2016.03-00668-g4ed6ed3-dirty (Apr 06 2016 - 11:00:55)
>> High speed PHY - Version: 2.0
>> Detected Device ID 6828
>> board SerDes lanes topology details:
>>   | Lane #  | Speed |  Type       |
>>   --------------------------------
>>   |   0    |  3   |  SATA0 |
>>   |   1    |  0   |  SGMII1 |
>>   |   2    |  5   |  PCIe1 |
>>   |   3    |  5   |  USB3 HOST1 |
>>   |   4    |  5   |  PCIe2 |
>>   |   5    |  0   |  SGMII2 |
>>   --------------------------------
>> PCIe, Idx 1: detected no link
>> PCIe, Idx 2: detected no link
>> High speed PHY - Ended Successfully
>> DDR3 Training Sequence - Ver TIP-1.29.0
>> DDR3 Training Sequence - Switching XBAR Window to FastPath Window
>> DDR3 Training Sequence - Ended Successfully
>> Trying to boot from unknown boot device
>> SPL: Unsupported Boot Device!
>> SPL: failed to boot from all boot devices
>> ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###
>> +xmodem: Protocol error
>
> Which board is this? Is it a custom Armada 38x board? Or an
> already in mainline U-Boot supported board?
>
> The message above is pretty clear:
>
> > SPL: Unsupported Boot Device!
>
> What is the boot device that you are using? And how are you
> initiating the UART boot? Via a software reset (JTAG)? Or
> via a power-on reset?
>
> Note:
> In general the UART boot does work pretty good. I've not had
> problems with it in the last months (AFAIR).
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
This is a Solidrun Clearfog Pro board, but the module has eMMC on it so 
the sd-card is not available.
In the example print above the dip-switches are set to "uart boot" and 
it is done from a power on reset.

Regards,
PA