[U-Boot] [PATCH] kwboot: Boot Marvell Kirkwood SoCs over a serial link.

[Daniel Stodden]

On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 22:28 +0200, Luka Perkov wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:07:21PM -0700, Daniel Stodden wrote:
> > The kwboot program boots boards based on Marvell's Kirkwood platform
> > via Xmodem over their integrated UART.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden at googlemail.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/kwboot.1   |   84 +++++++
> >  tools/Makefile |    6 +
> >  tools/kwboot.c |  750 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 840 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 doc/kwboot.1
> >  create mode 100644 tools/kwboot.c
> 
> I'm wondering if this tool does the same thing as this one:
> 
> http://www.solinno.co.uk/public/kwuartboot/
> 
> If yes I can test it and give my comment on the patch.

Yup, same thing.

I used the above for a while. Obviously -- same startup spinner.
|/-\ :). 

Then decided I wanted this packaged in u-boot-tools.

Rewrote after after playing with various timings, moving to mmap(), 
kwbimage.h, adding term mode, etc.

It works pretty reliably for me. Let me know if not find sth. Especially
if see more than a couple '+' chars popping up during upload (I never
do, unless I deliberately scratch the TX line. Should propbably have
tested with a longer cable.).

Thanks,
Daniel