[Yocto-bsp] [PATCH] README.hardware: add edgerouter hardware support

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 14-03-20 01:57 AM, Wei.Yang at windriver.com wrote:
> From: Yang Wei <Wei.Yang at windriver.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Wei <Wei.Yang at windriver.com>
> ---
> Hi Bruce,
>
>     I update README.hardware to add edgerouter support. Please take a look at it.

This looks good, but it brings up a question for me. Is it possible to
write the image to the USB storage and boot from there as well ?

Bruce

>
> Thanks
> Wei
>   README.hardware |   45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/README.hardware b/README.hardware
> index 607062b..b0bd735 100644
> --- a/README.hardware
> +++ b/README.hardware
> @@ -492,3 +492,48 @@ manually, you can automate the boot process with a boot script.
>     ... Program from 0x87ff0000-0x88000000 at 0xbfff0000: .
>   4) Power cycle the board.
>
> +EdgeRouter Lite(edgerouter)
> +=====================================
> +
> +The EdgeRouter Lite is part of the EdgeMax series. It is an MIPS64 router(Cavium Octeon)
> +with 512MB of RAM, which uses a USB pendrive for storage.
> +
> +Setup instructions
> +------------------
> +
> +You will need the following:
> +* NFS root setup on your workstation
> +* TFTP server installed on your workstation
> +* Straight-thru 9-conductor serial cable (DB9, M/F) connected from your
> +  PC to UART1
> +* Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board
> +
> +--- Preparation ---
> +
> +Build an image (e.g. core-image-minimal) using "edgerouter" as the MACHINE
> +
> +--- Booting from NFS root ---
> +
> +Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows:
> +
> + 1. Get the kernel (vmlinux) file from the tmp/deploy/images/edgerouter
> +    directory, and make them available on your TFTP server.
> +
> + 2. Connect the board's first serial port to your workstation and then start up
> +    your favourite serial terminal so that you will be able to interact with
> +    the serial console. If you don't have a favourite, picocom is suggested:
> +
> +  $ picocom /dev/ttyS0 -b 115200
> +
> + 3. Power up or reset the board and press a key on the terminal when prompted
> +    to get to the U-Boot command line
> +
> + 4. Set up the environment in U-Boot:
> +
> + => setenv ipaddr <board ip>
> + => setenv serverip <tftp server ip>
> +
> + 5. Download the kernel and boot:
> +
> + => tftp tftp $loadaddr vmlinux
> + => bootoctlinux $loadaddr coremask=0x3 root=/dev/nfs rw rw nfsroot=<nfsroot ip>:<rootfs path> ip=<board ip>:<server ip>:<gateway ip>:<netmask>:edgerouter:eth0:off mtdparts=phys_mapped_flash:512k(boot0),512k(boot1),64k at 3072k(eeprom)
>