On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 17:34 +0100, Wookey wrote:
> I found that the code in branch bootldr36-pxa-sa1100 works OK on 512b
> balloons, and on 2K balloons it works for yaffs write <file> but not
> yaffs load <partition> (partition flash ends up totally blank -
> nothing written at all).
>
> I tried debugging this and broke it completely. :-( (currently my
> small and large builds are 250K bigger than they should be, for two
> different versions of bootldr, thw different chroots and two different
> compilers - very wierd).
>
> One thing that is a pain is that bootldr currently has it's own
> internal c-library and zlib but uses external headers. This is just
> asking for trouble IMHO. I'm moving to using a consistent external set.
>
> > - However, there remains some kernel oddness. The test-v0.1 kernel from
> > balloonboard.org grinds to a halt after initialising the serial ports
> > (it really does stop, not just change baud rate!). Trying a slightly
> > newer kernel and/or a 'known good' one from a random L3 dev board
> > results in most of the NAND getting reported as bad blocks. Nick thinks
> > this is a 2K page implementation issue in the kernel.
>
> I haven't been able to work out if the kernel is working right on 2K because
> I haven't managed to load a rootfs yet...
Interesting: We've just been struggling with this problem with a 2K
board at TCL. Dougie has tested this board using yaffs write, but when
we stuck it on our production programming station, which uses 'load
boot' and 'load root', on Friday afternoon, it all went a bit pear
shaped.
Jenny
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