[U-Boot] UBIFS fails on SheevaPlug

Andreas Bießmann andreas.devel at googlemail.com
Mon Oct 29 10:11:05 CET 2012


Dear Dimax,

please do not TOFU.

On 29.10.2012 09:50, Dimax wrote:
> Hi,
> What if I compile a new u-boot but to try it I will load and flash new
> created image after original u-boot and will run it from withing
> original reboot manually just pointing a new image address? Can it work?

well, you mean to run a u-boot out of a running u-boot?
U-Boot is not designed to do so. But some devices may allow you to just
run a newer u-boot from a running one (at91;). You need to know that
u-boot set up your SDRAM timings which destroys the content of the DRAM.
So if your new u-boot is located there it can not be executed.
I dunno if the kirkwood can do so, but I think they can not. You will need
a) a JTAG
b) another boot device, for example USB, MMC, whichever device the
kirwood SoC can read from its ROM code (I do not know)
to de-brick it.

Please ask some kirkwood specialist or google, there are a lot of
sheevaplug hackers out there, one of them may be able to help you here.

Best regards

Andreas Bießmann


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