[U-Boot] [PATCH] pico-imx7d: README: Recommend the usage of a USB hub

Fabio Estevam festevam at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 23:03:39 UTC 2019


Since commit 9e3c0174da842 ("pico-imx7d: Add LCD support") we started to
notice some hangs in U-Boot.

There is not an issue on such commit per se, but due to the LCD support
the current drawn is increased and this may cause issues when powering
pico-imx7d-pi from USB.

Some computers may be a bit strict with USB current draw and will
shut down their ports if the draw is too high. 

The solution for that is to use an externally powered USB hub between the
board and the host computer.

Add such recommendation to the README file.

Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com>
---
 board/technexion/pico-imx7d/README | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/README b/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/README
index 24eb97e82c..f21d8301cb 100644
--- a/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/README
+++ b/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/README
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Connect a USB to serial adapter between the host PC and pico.
 
 Connect a USB cable between the OTG pico port and the host PC.
 
+Note: Some computers may be a bit strict with USB current draw and will
+shut down their ports if the draw is too high. The solution for that is
+to use an externally powered USB hub between the board and the host computer.
+
 Open a terminal program such as minicom.
 
 Copy SPL and u-boot.img to the imx_usb_loader folder.
-- 
2.17.1



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