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

[Dieter Kiermaier]

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:10:20 -0700
> Von: Prafulla Wadaskar <prafulla at marvell.com>
> An: "dk-arm-linux at gmx.de" <dk-arm-linux at gmx.de>, "André Schwarz" <andre.schwarz at matrix-vision.de>
> CC: "u-boot at lists.denx.de" <u-boot at lists.denx.de>
> Betreff: RE: [U-Boot] Kirkwood (Sheevaplug) ping crashes(?) U-Boot

>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de 
> > [mailto:u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Dieter Kiermaier
> > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:21 PM
> > To: André Schwarz
> > Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> > Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Kirkwood (Sheevaplug) ping crashes(?) U-Boot
> > 
> > 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.
> Yes, this is not h/w problem, auto-speed negociation was disabled, hence
> it was not working with 100baseT, now this problem is resolved,
> Please use attached patches to resolve this for current u-boot.git 
> 
> The improved version of this driver is already mainlined you can find it
> here
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2009-June/054314.html
> 
> I am sorry I could not update the thread, niether u-boot.git on
> git.marvell.com :-(,
> I am facing some problem at my end, hopefully I will update everything by
> tomorrow.
> 
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 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?
> Yes Marvell u-boot and u-boot.git are different uses different address to
> save environment variables, so if you altered any of u-boot, environment
> will be resetted.
> 
> And they are not same on these both u-boot. u-boot.git are simple and
> minimal but enough to boot from nand.

Thanks for clarifying these, too.

> 
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 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),13
> > > > > > > > >m 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...
> Even this problem is resolved in new driver/attached patches.
> 

Many thanks for the quick response!
Dieter
> Regards.
> Prafulla . .

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