[U-Boot] Kirkwood (Sheevaplug) ping crashes(?) U-Boot

[Dieter Kiermaier]

Am Montag 22 Juni 2009 17:34:35 schrieb André Schwarz:
André,

> Dieter,
>
> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 17:01 +0200, Dieter Kiermaier wrote:
> > Am Montag 22 Juni 2009 15:08:20 schrieb Dieter Kiermaier:
> >
> > This seems to be an issue regarding Gigabit / 100MBits uplink with
> > current marvell git u-boot.
>
> this gives lots of things worth looking at them :
>
> - are you running on a custom board, i.e. is MDIO known to work properly
> -> PHY adressing ?
> - Does your chips require different clocks for 100M/1000M ?
> - What about mis-strapped link advertisement of the PHY ? Maybe 100M-FD
> disabled ?
>
> Have you tried mii diagnostics ?
> Have a look at common/cmd_mii.c -> "mii info" and "mii dump" should be
> your friends.
>

I don't think it's a hardware problem.
An older u-boot version provided from marvell works without any problems.

I have contacted Prafulla from marvell. Maybe he's got an idea what's going on 
wrong there.

Thanks for helping!
Dieter


>
>
> Regards,
> André
>
> > If I work with 100MBit/s network show the reported errors.
> > With gigabit connection everything seems to be working fine until now.
> >
> > André, thanks for your help!
> > Dieter
> >
> > > Am Montag 22 Juni 2009 14:53:44 schrieb André Schwarz:
> > > > On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 14:41 +0200, Dieter Kiermaier wrote:
> > > > > André,
> > > > >
> > > > > > Dieter,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 14:04 +0200, Dieter Kiermaier wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've tried the first time booting a self compiled u-boot from
> > > > > > > git.marvell.com U-Boot can be downloaded and started with
> > > > > > > openocd quite well.
> > > > > > > Boot messages (version is dirty due to a comment in board
> > > > > > > file):
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > U-Boot 2009.06-rc2-02207-g14c575a-dirty (Jun 22 2009 -
> > > > > > > 13:40:45) Marvell-Sheevaplug
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
> > > > > > > DRAM:  512 MB
> > > > > > > NAND:  512 MiB
> > > > > > > *** Warning - bad CRC or NAND, using default environment
> > > > > >
> > > > > > most propably you'll need to save the environment.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also saving environment doesn't help.
> > > > > The bad CRC message disappered as expected but that's all what
> > > > > happened.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > In:    serial
> > > > > > > Out:   serial
> > > > > > > Err:   serial
> > > > > > > Net:   egiga0
> > > > > > > 88E1116 Initialized on egiga0
> > > > > > > Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> > > > > > > Marvell>>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > type "save" here and "reset".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Environment is broken only with marvell git u-boot. Preflashed
> > > > > > > u-boot find environment is ok.
> > > > > > > Does sheevaplug u-boot from marvell git use other environment
> > > > > > > settings than preflashed u-boot?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Marvell>> printenv
> > > > > > > bootcmd=${x_bootcmd_kernel}; setenv bootargs ${x_bootargs}
> > > > > > > ${x_bootargs_root}; bootm 0x6400000;
> > > > > > > bootdelay=3
> > > > > > > baudrate=115200
> > > > > > > x_bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200
> > > > > > > mtdparts=orion_nand:512k(uboot),3m at 1m(kernel),1m at 4m(psm),13m at 5m
> > > > > > >(roo tf s) rw x_bootcmd_kernel=nand read 0x100000 0x6400000
> > > > > > > 0x300000 x_bootargs_root=root=/dev/mtdblock3 rw
> > > > > > > rootfstype=jffs2 stdin=serial
> > > > > > > stdout=serial
> > > > > > > stderr=serial
> > > > > > > ethaddr=00:50:43:e0:b9:d8
> > > > > > > ethact=egiga0
> > > > > > > ipaddr=192.168.2.75
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (ipaddr is set after bootup with setenv ipaddr 192.168.2.75)
> > > >
> > > > Did you try "bootp" or "dhcp" to set up the I/F ?
> > >
> > > Yes, but everytimes the same:
> > > Marvell>> dhcp
> > > BOOTP broadcast 1
> > >
> > > ... machine hangs and only a reset helps...
> > >
> > >
> > > U-Boot 2009.06-rc2-02207-g14c575a-dirty (Jun 22 2009 - 13:40:45)
> > > Marvell-Sheevaplug
> > >
> > > SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
> > > DRAM:  512 MB
> > > NAND:  512 MiB
> > > *** Warning - bad CRC or NAND, using default environment
> > >
> > > In:    serial
> > > Out:   serial
> > > Err:   serial
> > > Net:   egiga0
> > > 88E1116 Initialized on egiga0
> > > Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> > > Marvell>> bootp
> > > BOOTP broadcast 1
> > >
> > > ...the same here again...
> > >
> > > It seems that the network would be activated (1 blink on the activity
> > > LED) but nothing more happens.
> > >
> > > > > > > If I now try to ping another machine in the same network:
> > > > > > > Marvell>> ping 192.168.2.251
> > > > > > > Using egiga0 device
> > > > > >
> > > > > > maybe your MAC is missing ? environment ?
> > > > >
> > > > > MAC is available in default (compiled in environment) as shown in
> > > > > env
> > >
> > > above:
> > > > > > > ethaddr=00:50:43:e0:b9:d8
> > > > >
> > > > > Also writing a new MAC to environment / savenenv / reset made no
> > > > > difference :(
> > > > >
> > > > > > > This is all what happens - no response from board, CTRL-C
> > > > > > > doesn't work. Only a hard reset will get the board up again.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Do I have to change something in the default board
> > > > > > > configuration to succesfullly use networking on the sheevaplug?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > u-boot is build with following commands:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > make ARCH=arm sheevaplug_config
> > > > > > > make
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I get no errors during build.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My gcc version is:
> > > > > > > arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 4.2.0 20070413 (prerelease)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated,
> > > > > > > Dieter
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > André
> > > > >
> > > > > Dieter
> > > > >
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