alpha rc 3 doesn't build bootable sd card for overo (requires custom u-boot build for Tide)

[AJ ONeal]

Procedure:
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    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linaro-maintainers/tools
    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get install linaro-image-tools qemu-kvm qemu-kvm-extras-static vgabios

    wget http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/hwpacks/alpha-3-rc/hwpack_linaro-overo_20110302-1_armel_supported.tar.gz
    wget http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/developer/alpha-3-rc/linaro-n-developer-tar-20110302-0.packages

    vim /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/linaro_media_create/partitions.py
    - time.sleep(1)
    + print("Remove and reinsert your SD card now (you have 30 seconds)\n")
    + time.sleep(30)

    sudo linaro-media-create \
        --mmc /dev/sdx_CHANGE_ME \
        --dev overo \
        --hwpack ./hwpack_linaro-overo_20110302-1_armel_supported.tar.gz \
        --binary ./linaro-n-developer-tar-20110302-0.tar.gz

Now boot the gumstix with the serial connected

    screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200

See u-boot output here: https://gist.github.com/853606

It will boot to the NAND instead of to the MMC.

Since new uboot uses `mmc rescan 0` and not `mmc init`, the `bootcmd` must be changed

    setenv bootcmd "mmc rescan 0; run loadbootscript; run bootscript; run mmcboot;"
    saveenv

This fix will not work for the Overo Tide since it has no NAND and cannot save to MMC

Other Comments (irc.freenode.net#linode):
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lool: I guess we could provide an environment on SD and make sure that u-boot merges it with the in-memory one
lool: but boot.scr would be too late already, hmm
lool: I hope we don't need to build a special version of u-boot for MMC

Resources:
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  * https://wiki.linaro.org/Boards/Overo/Setup
  * http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/hwpacks/alpha-3-rc/
  * http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/developer/alpha-3-rc/

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

(Note that Overo Tide is unaffected in the first place)

Would be nice if you could try with "./linaro-media-create ..." from "bzr branch lp:linaro-image-tools", might make stuff work from SD just fine

[AJ ONeal (coolaj86)]

I can confirm that neither bug is fixed with current version in the repository.

See this output: https://gist.github.com/853981

Procedure
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sudo apt-get install \
    bzr \
    python-distutils-extra

bzr branch lp:linaro-image-tools

cd linaro-image-tools

sudo python setup.py install

I tried and it still requires the `sleep` hack

vim /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/linaro_media_create/partitions.py

And then sd card create command is the same as above.

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

Could you include the output of sfdisk -uS -l /dev/yourmmc
with the image you created with the new linaro-image-tools?

BTW, no need to install to /usr/local/, you can run it from the bzr checkout (./linaro-media-create ...)

[Tom Gall (tom-gall)]

Is there an update on this bug with data obtained from either a recent build or the beta?

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