[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH V2] linux-boundary: Add support for kernel 3.10.31_1.1.0_beta

[Gary Thomas]

On 2014-11-26 17:26, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2014-11-26 12:26, Eric Nelson wrote:
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> On 11/26/2014 11:10 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>> On 2014-11-26 11:06, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>>> On 2014-11-23 18:57, Eric Nelson wrote:
>>>>> This patch adds support for the 3.10.31_1.1.0_beta kernelfor Boundary
>>>>> Devices BD-SL-i.MX6 (built to SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6X, Nitrogen6_Max
>>>>> and and Nitrogen6_Lite boards.
>>>>>
>>>>> To try it out, set PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-boundary = "3.10.31" in your
>>>>> local.conf file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Minimal testing has been performed at this point, so don't expect it
>>>>> to be production-ready.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that the 3.10.31 kernel contains an update to provide fixed
>>>>> numbering for /dev/mmcblk devices instead of numbering them by
>>>>> order of initialization.
>>>>>
>>>>> Support has been added into the boot script, but requires setting
>>>>> a variable in U-Boot:
>>>>>
>>>>>      U-Boot > setenv sdphys 1
>>>>>      U-Boot > saveenv
>>>>>      U-Boot > boot
>>>>>
>>>>> See this post for some additional commentary:
>>>>>      http://boundarydevices.com/root-equals
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com>
>>>>
>>>> When I tried this patchset, it fails to boot my SabreLite.  The
>>>> important bits seem to be the MMC device numbering.  From the boot log:
>>>>       <snip>
>>>>     mmc3: new high speed SDHC card at address aaaa
>>>>     mmcblk3: mmc3:aaaa SU04G 3.69 GiB
>>>>      mmcblk3: p1 p2
>>>>       <snip>
>>>>     ALSA device list:
>>>>       #0: imx6q-sabrelite-sgtl5000
>>>>     Waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p2...
>>>>
>>>> I see no difference when setting 'sdphys' or not.  Perhaps I missed some
>>>> other patch (like to the boot scripts)?
>>>
>>> BTW, I'm building the scripts from
>>> u-boot-script-boundary/v2014.07+gitAUTOINC+f870252376
>>> and there seems to be nothing in there about sdphys
>>>
>> You need this patch to support the 'sdphys' thing in the boot script:
>>     http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/83731/
>
> Thanks, I had missed that one.  It's booting again.
>
> Next problem - I have no video, neither with HDMI nor 7" LCD
> Ideas?
>

Any progress with this (no video at all)?  I've tried the
latest Boundary Devices kernel (b76cf1c04) whose comment
implies this should be fixed, but still no-go.

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