U-boot for Banana Pi

[Mattia Rossi]

>
> Then I've tried different combinations, like:
> gpart add -b 1m -s 64m -t fat16 md0
> newfs_msdos -F 16 /dev/md0s1
>
> gpart add -b 1m -s 64m -t '\!12' md0
> newfs_msdos -F 16 /dev/md0s1
>
> gpart add -b 1m -s 64m -t '\!14' md0
> newfs_msdos -F 16 /dev/md0s1
>
I'm on a different board, but I use -t fat32 (no -b either) and 
newfs_msdos without any options.

> And still getting "Error reading cluster" on kernel file.
> I've compared file on SD card and compiled one and they are match (as 
> diff is not giving any output).
> I've also checked fragmentation and kernel file is one piece..
>
> If I replace kernel with kernel.bin, then:
>
kernel.bin needs to be loaded witout the 100 offset I think. see below.
> U-Boot SPL 2014.04-10700-g4e19806 (Aug 13 2014 - 14:44:36)
> Board: Bananapi
> DRAM: 1024 MiB
> CPU: 960000000Hz, AXI/AHB/APB: 3/2/2
> spl: not an uImage at 1600
>
>
>
> U-Boot 2014.04-10700-g4e19806 (Aug 13 2014 - 14:44:36) Allwinner 
> Technology
>
> CPU:   Allwinner A20 (SUN7I)
> Board: Bananapi
> I2C:   ready
> DRAM:  1 GiB
> MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0
> *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
>
> In:    serial
> Out:   serial
> Err:   serial
> Net:   dwmac.1c50000
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  1  0
> reading uEnv.txt
> ** Unable to read file uEnv.txt **
> Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...
> ** Unrecognized filesystem type **
> Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...
> ** Unrecognized filesystem type **
> reading boot.scr
> 119 bytes read in 21 ms (4.9 KiB/s)
> Jumping to boot.scr
> ## Executing script at 44000000
> reading kernel
> Error reading cluster
> ** Unable to read file kernel **
> ## Starting application at 0x40200100 ...
> data abort
> pc : [<40200108>]       lr : [<7ff8667c>]
> sp : 7fb65b38  ip : 00000000     fp : 00000000
> r10: 00000002  r9 : 7fb65f0c     r8 : 7fb79bd0
> r7 : 7ffbc628  r6 : 00000001     r5 : 7fb79bd4  r4 : 40200100
> r3 : 00000000  r2 : 7fb79bd4     r1 : 7fb79bd4  r0 : 00000001
> Flags: nZCv  IRQs off  FIQs off  Mode SVC_32
> Resetting CPU ...
>
> resetting ...
>
> It looks like file is loaded, because output is different and says 
> it's data.
>
> In file /usr/src/sys/arm/conf/BANANAPI I have additional:
> ident           BANANAPI
> options         ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:/dev/da0s2\"
> options         INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE
> options         EXT2FS                  #EXT2 filesystem
>
> but no MMC ? (same as Cubieboard2 config)
> # MMC/SD/SDIO card slot support
> #device         mmc                     # mmc/sd bus
> #device         mmcsd                   # mmc/sd flash cards
> Uncommented changes nothing.
>
> file bananapi.dts match cubieboard2.dts except:
> <       model = "Lemaker BananaPi";
> <       compatible = "allwinner,a20-bananapi", "allwinner,sun7i-a20";
> ---
> >       model = "Cubietech Cubieboard2";
> >       compatible = "cubietech,a20-cubieboard", "allwinner,sun7i-a20";
>
> Changing boot.cmd from:
> fatload mmc 0 0x40200000 kernel; go 0x40200100
> to:
> fatload mmc 0 0x40200000 kernel
> go 0x40200100
>
> Gives nothing..
>
I believe it should be
fatload mmc 0 0x40200000 kernel.bin
go 0x40200000

You don't have the loader part then though..

Cheers,

Mat