[U-Boot] avr32 atmel ngw100 support question

[Andreas Bießmann]

Hi Waldemar,

On 19.01.15 21:24, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
> Andreas Bießmann wrote,
>>> But unfortunately the device is dead after the erase command.
>>
>> Damn, this damn old code run completely from NOR. Current u-boot
>> versions relocate itself to ram after the very first bootstrap. Sorry, I
>> did not know that these old versions do not relocate itself.
> 
> So after some unsuccessful tries with AVR Dragon, I got my hands on
> a AVR STK600 from my working place. With this I got it working.

I'm glad you got it working again.

> As a reference, I used AVR32 Studio 2.7 beta (Eclipse based) under Windows
> and updated the firmware of STK600. Then I connected the NGW100 via
> JTAG to the STK600. 
> Under Linux I used following, I couldn't choose NGW100 in the AVR32
> Studio under Windows:
> sudo ./avr32program -x avr32 -p stk600 erase -fcfi at 0
> Connected to STK600 (rev D). Firmware version 0x020b.
>      Unlocking flash:
> ================================================== 100.0%
>        Erasing flash: done
> sudo avr32program -x avr32 -p stk600 program -F bin -vfcfi at 0 u-boot.bin
> Connected to STK600 (rev D). Firmware version 0x020b.
>      Unlocking flash:
> ================================================== 100.0%
> Programming 138784 bytes in 1 segment.
>      Verifying flash:
> ================================================== 100.0%
> 
> And indeed my NGW100 boots up fine again:
> U-Boot 2015.01 (Jan 14 2015 - 13:29:06)
> 
> U-Boot code: 00000000 -> 0001727c  data: 0001f668 -> 00055a78
> VMR table @ 0x11fc9688
> DMA: Using memory from 0x11f66000 to 0x11f6a000
> Flash: 8 MiB at address 0x00000000
> DRAM Configuration:
> Bank #0: 10000000 32 MiB
> In:    serial
> Out:   serial
> Err:   serial
> Net:   macb0, macb1
> mci: 0
> Warning: Your board does not use generic board. Please read
> doc/README.generic-board and take action. Boards not
> upgraded by the late 2014 may break or be removed.
> Press SPACE to abort autoboot in 1 seconds
> 
> Do I need to take any action so that board support is not removed?

You have to test the ngw100 once I've got the generic board support
patches for avr32 ready, hopefully next week. I'll cc you then!

Best regards,

Andreas