Hi,

2011/5/2 David Bisset <david_bisset@btconnect.com>:
> I'm just trying to bring up a system from bare metal with the menuconfig2 system.
> (I've successfully done this with menuconfig in the past).
>
> I'm deliberately not trying to modify the "out of the box" settings,
> and I dislike bbl in a development environment, too many layers of stuff to go wrong.
>
> I now need to program the system with a root filing system and kernel.
> (Bootldr and initrd have programmed fine from OpenOCD, initrd kernel booted and stable).
>
> I now have the following problem.
>
> a) the default initrd kernel in NOR does not appear to have usb-storage or ohci-hcd modules so I can't use a USB stick to transfer FS and kernel. Maybe there is an alternative I'm not aware of?
>
> b) The default initrd kernel doesn't have usb-ether (gether?) modules so I can' t plug in a USB to Ether adaptor and connect to a network to send the FS and kernel.
>
> c) I've failed to make usbnet work so far, Balloon end seems to do the right thing but can't get the other end to work (Aspire running Debian) despite following setup instructions. (This does deserve another try though).

Could you post the error you are getting and some information from the logs?
Sometimes I have had similar problems, but unplugging the USB end and
pluging it again seems to work it out.

If using dnsmasq (on host side), you should check you got at
/etc/dnsmasq.conf these lines:
  interface=usb0
  dhcp-range=10.1.1.2,10.1.1.2,1m
That way the host offers an IP address via DHCP to the balloon target.

Then doing on the target (balloon board) side: ifdown usb0; ifup usb0;
ifconfig usb0
Should show you the IP address 10.1.1.2 assigned to balloon board.

Check under /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ that the following files exist:
  drivers/usb/gadget/g_ether.ko
  drivers/net/usb/usbnet.ko
  drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko

NickB has discovered that enabling g_ether when using chainbooting [1]
procedures might confuse M$ systems, so it might be disabled when
bootscript parameter is set to chainbooting.

[1] http://www.balloonboard.org/balloonwiki/ChainBooting

Additionally, let me know the output of 'svn info' and if you are
following any wiki documentation we could improve.

Best regards :-),
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