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

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 14-03-20 05:12 AM, Yang,Wei wrote:
> On 03/20/2014 04:31 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>> 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 ?
>
> Sure, we can do this as well. I just thought that its very common way
> via usb disk so that seem its not neccessary to add them.
> If neccesary, I would also add these steps.

It is best to be complete, so let's add them to the README.

Bruce

>
> Wei
>>
>> 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)
>>>
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