U-boot for LS Pro - Revision history

RobNC: warning about bad link (don't know where it is!)

RobNC — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:13:40 GMT

warning about bad link (don't know where it is!)

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	This is functional and and works well. See '''"Limitations"''' below for one issue and its workaround. It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".		This is functional and and works well. See '''"Limitations"''' below for one issue and its workaround. It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".

		+	* BAD LINK BELOW *
	Download it from here : [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/dev/Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz]		Download it from here : [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/dev/Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz]

JonSenior: Added LSLive category

JonSenior — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:46 GMT

Added LSLive category

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		+	{{Template:Articles\|LSPro\|LSLive\|UBoot\|JTAG}}
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	==Background & Facts==		==Background & Facts==
	====What is U-Boot?====		====What is U-Boot?====
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	[http://buffalo.nas-central.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6281 Exact Diffs Between LS Pro U-Boot for v1 & v2 Machines]		[http://buffalo.nas-central.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6281 Exact Diffs Between LS Pro U-Boot for v1 & v2 Machines]
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Davygravy: /* Limitations: */

Davygravy — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:12:37 GMT

Limitations:

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	=====Limitations:=====		=====Limitations:=====

-	1. '''It has been tested and we've discovered one minor anomaly with an easy workaround. It has the requirement to be able ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boot time that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)	+	1. '''It has been tested and we've discovered one minor anomaly with an easy workaround. It has the requirement to be able ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boot time that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.) '''Users are strongly advised against changing the env var values for ncip, serverip, netmask or any other network associated value.'''

	2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).		2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).

Gv: /* for the LS Pro/Live V2 with a wider array of U-Boot commands */ fixed link

Gv — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:21:41 GMT

for the LS Pro/Live V2 with a wider array of U-Boot commands: fixed link

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	===Custom===		===Custom===
	====for the LS Pro/Live V2 with a wider array of U-Boot commands====		====for the LS Pro/Live V2 with a wider array of U-Boot commands====
-	[http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz] It has been tested in a LS Pro V2 and works w/ the stock firmware and foonas-em. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk. ID string:	+	[http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/uboot_materials/u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz] It has been tested in a LS Pro V2 and works w/ the stock firmware and foonas-em. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk. ID string:
	U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 5 2008 - 22:04:56)DG Buffalo NAS Central - Marvell v1.12.1+ TINY		U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 5 2008 - 22:04:56)DG Buffalo NAS Central - Marvell v1.12.1+ TINY
	Forum thread and post pertaining to it: [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4678&p=56056&#p56056 Custom U-Boot Image Available for LS Pro V2], along with info on it.		Forum thread and post pertaining to it: [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4678&p=56056&#p56056 Custom U-Boot Image Available for LS Pro V2], along with info on it.
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	===='''for the LS Pro/Live V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====		===='''for the LS Pro/Live V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====

Gv: /* Stock */ fixed links

Gv — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:20:56 GMT

Stock: fixed links

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	===Stock===		===Stock===
	These are stock U-Boot images, with ID strings shown:		These are stock U-Boot images, with ID strings shown:
-	*for the LS Pro/Live V1 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz]	+	*for the LS Pro/Live V1 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/uboot_materials/u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz]
	U-Boot 1.1.1 (Jun 12 2006 - 10:32:00) Marvell version: 1.10.8		U-Boot 1.1.1 (Jun 12 2006 - 10:32:00) Marvell version: 1.10.8

-	*for the LS Pro/Live V2 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz]	+	*for the LS Pro/Live V2 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/uboot_materials/u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz]
-	U-Boot 1.1.1 (Apr 18 2007 - 18:35:44) Marvell version: 1.12.1 - TINY	+	U-Boot 1.1.1 (Apr 18 2007 - 18:35:44) Marvell version: 1.12.1 - TINY
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	===Custom===		===Custom===

Davygravy at 02:32, 20 October 2008

Davygravy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:32:32 GMT

Davy gravy at 00:23, 11 September 2008

Davy gravy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:23:15 GMT

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-	Limitations:	+	=====Limitations:=====

	1. '''It has been tested and we've discovered one minor anomaly with an easy workaround. It has the requirement to be able ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boot time that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)		1. '''It has been tested and we've discovered one minor anomaly with an easy workaround. It has the requirement to be able ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boot time that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)

Davy gravy: /* '''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands''' */

Davy gravy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:32:30 GMT

'''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''

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	===='''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====		===='''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====
-	This is functional and and works well. See '''"Limitations"''' below.It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".	+	This is functional and and works well. See '''"Limitations"''' below for one issue and its workaround. It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".

	Download it from here : [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/dev/Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz]		Download it from here : [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/dev/Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz]
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	Limitations:		Limitations:

-	1. '''It has been tested and we've discovered one minor anomaly with an easy workaround. It has the requirement ~~that it can~~ ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works ~~very~~ normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at ~~boottime~~ that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)	+	1. '''It has been tested and we've discovered one minor anomaly with an easy workaround. It has the requirement to be able ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boot time that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)

	2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).		2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).

Davy gravy: /* '''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands''' */

Davy gravy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:44:06 GMT

'''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''

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	Limitations:		Limitations:

-	1. '''It has been tested we've discovered one minor ~~problem~~. It has the requirement that it can ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works very normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boottime that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)	+	1. '''It has been tested and we've discovered one minor anomaly with an easy workaround. It has the requirement that it can ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works very normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boottime that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)

	2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).		2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).

Davy gravy: /* '''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands''' */

Davy gravy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:42:38 GMT

'''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''

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	===='''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====		===='''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====
-	This is functional and ~~so far has not auto-bricked, but could still use some testing for confirmation~~. It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".	+	This is functional and and works well. See '''"Limitations"''' below.It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".

	Download it from here : [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/dev/Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz]		Download it from here : [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/dev/Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz Netconsole_enabled_UBoot-beta_4-12-08-1318.tar.gz]
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	foohdbb - set bootcmd for foonas hdd booting & boot ( bootcmd=ide reset; ext2load ide 0:1 0x00100000 /boot/uImage; setenv bootargs netconsole=6666@192.168.11.150/,@192.168.11.149/ root=/dev/sda1 rw ;bootm 0x00100000 )		foohdbb - set bootcmd for foonas hdd booting & boot ( bootcmd=ide reset; ext2load ide 0:1 0x00100000 /boot/uImage; setenv bootargs netconsole=6666@192.168.11.150/,@192.168.11.149/ root=/dev/sda1 rw ;bootm 0x00100000 )
	footftp - set def_tftp for automatic fallback to foonas_em ( def_tftp=tftp 0x00800000 uImage_em ; setenv bootargs netconsole=6666@192.168.11.150/,@192.168.11.149/ root=/dev/ram0 rw ; bootm 0x00800000 )		footftp - set def_tftp for automatic fallback to foonas_em ( def_tftp=tftp 0x00800000 uImage_em ; setenv bootargs netconsole=6666@192.168.11.150/,@192.168.11.149/ root=/dev/ram0 rw ; bootm 0x00800000 )
-	keepalive - send a micon command to keep UBoot alive. Use this in the case you have no hdd attached or no initrd can be found.	+	keepalive - (not working at this time) send a micon command to keep UBoot alive. Use this in the case you have no hdd attached or no initrd can be found.


	Limitations:		Limitations:

-	1. '''~~Needs to be~~ tested ~~by others~~'''.	+	1. '''It has been tested we've discovered one minor problem. It has the requirement that it can ping whatever host is at ncip at boot time.''' It does not require nc to be running on that host, just to be able to see it (arp ping?). Otherwise it works very normally. The workaround for this is to make sure you have a host running at boottime that has the ip listed in ncip. (If you are wondering, ncip is a uboot env var that lists the value of the ip where a netcat/nc host might appear.)

	2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).		2. No button-based minimal console (ie, you can't choose boot modes with the buttons on front/rear of LS, as you can in LNI's PPC UBoot port).

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	Thanks to jonli447, lb_worm and others who worked on this and left a trail to follow for the rest of us. Also, thanks to bbradley, Nicolas Pitre, Dominic Rath and others who are working on a clean port of U-Boot for Feroceon or doing great things w/ OpenOCD so we can have a better U-Boot for LS Pro's and the other ARM-based LinkStations. bbradley also helped out w/ some of problems I was having w/ flashing in Linux.		Thanks to jonli447, lb_worm and others who worked on this and left a trail to follow for the rest of us. Also, thanks to bbradley, Nicolas Pitre, Dominic Rath and others who are working on a clean port of U-Boot for Feroceon or doing great things w/ OpenOCD so we can have a better U-Boot for LS Pro's and the other ARM-based LinkStations. bbradley also helped out w/ some of problems I was having w/ flashing in Linux.

-	==Ready-Made U-Boot Images for LS Pro==	+	==Ready-Made U-Boot Images for LS Pro or LS Live==
	'''Untar any of these before using.''' Flash (at your own risk) using the directions below.		'''Untar any of these before using.''' Flash (at your own risk) using the directions below.
	===Stock===		===Stock===
	These are stock U-Boot images, with ID strings shown:		These are stock U-Boot images, with ID strings shown:
-	*for the LS Pro V1 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz]	+	*for the LS Pro/Live V1 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV1-stock.bin.tar.gz]
	U-Boot 1.1.1 (Jun 12 2006 - 10:32:00) Marvell version: 1.10.8		U-Boot 1.1.1 (Jun 12 2006 - 10:32:00) Marvell version: 1.10.8

-	*for the LS Pro V2 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz]	+	*for the LS Pro/Live V2 [http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2-stock.bin.tar.gz]
	U-Boot 1.1.1 (Apr 18 2007 - 18:35:44) Marvell version: 1.12.1 - TINY		U-Boot 1.1.1 (Apr 18 2007 - 18:35:44) Marvell version: 1.12.1 - TINY

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	===Custom===		===Custom===
-	====for the LS Pro V2 with a wider array of U-Boot commands====	+	====for the LS Pro/Live V2 with a wider array of U-Boot commands====
	[http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz] It has been tested in a LS Pro V2 and works w/ the stock firmware and foonas-em. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk. ID string:		[http://buffalo.nas-central.org/download/Users/davy_gravy/u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz u-boot_LSProV2_DG_BuffNASCentral-fullcommands.bin.tar.gz] It has been tested in a LS Pro V2 and works w/ the stock firmware and foonas-em. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk. ID string:
	U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 5 2008 - 22:04:56)DG Buffalo NAS Central - Marvell v1.12.1+ TINY		U-Boot 1.1.1 (Mar 5 2008 - 22:04:56)DG Buffalo NAS Central - Marvell v1.12.1+ TINY
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-	===='''for the LS Pro V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====	+	===='''for the LS Pro/Live V1 and V2 with Netconsole and more commands'''====
	This is functional and and works well. See '''"Limitations"''' below for one issue and its workaround. It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".		This is functional and and works well. See '''"Limitations"''' below for one issue and its workaround. It has been tested with stock firmware & foonas/foonas-em. In addition, it is very possible that this will work in some of the TeraStations, but it has not be tested in them yet. Read the Brick Warning below and use at your risk - for now, only open to developers, admins, betatesters, etc. Note that this is not necessarily a finished product, and the part of the purpose of it limited release is just to get ideas on how to improve it, or to hear that it is "good to go".