No Netconsole on NSA325v2

arcNumber=4495 bootcmd=run bootcmd_uenv; run scan_disk; run set_bootargs; run bootcmd_exec bootcmd_exec=run load_uimage; if run load_initrd; then if run load_dtb; then bootm $load_uimage_addr $load_initrd_addr $load_dtb_addr; else bootm $load_uimage_addr $load_initrd_addr; fi; else if run load_dtb; then bootm $load_uimage_addr - $load_dtb_addr; else bootm $load_uimage_addr; fi; fi bootcmd_uenv=run uenv_load; if test $uenv_loaded -eq 1; then run uenv_import; fi bootdelay=10 bootdev=usb device=0:1 devices=usb ide mmc disks=0 1 2 3 dtb_file=/boot/dts/kirkwood-pogo_e02.dtb ethact=egiga0 ethaddr=52:3b:20:9c:11:51 if_netconsole=ping $serverip led_error=orange blinking led_exit=green off led_init=green blinking load_dtb=echo loading DTB $dtb_file ...; load $bootdev $device $load_dtb_addr $dtb_file load_dtb_addr=0x1c00000 load_initrd=echo loading uInitrd ...; load $bootdev $device $load_initrd_addr /boot/uInitrd load_initrd_addr=0x1100000 load_uimage=echo loading uImage ...; load $bootdev $device $load_uimage_addr /boot/uImage load_uimage_addr=0x800000 mainlineLinux=yes mtdids=nand0=orion_nand mtdparts=mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(rootfs),-(data) partition=nand0,2 preboot_nc=run if_netconsole start_netconsole scan_disk=echo running scan_disk ...; scan_done=0; setenv scan_usb "usb start"; setenv scan_ide "ide reset"; setenv scan_mmc "mmc rescan"; for dev in $devices; do if test $scan_done -eq 0; then echo Scan device $dev; run scan_$dev; for disknum in $disks; do if test $scan_done -eq 0; then echo device $dev $disknum:1; if load $dev $disknum:1 $load_uimage_addr /boot/uImage 1; then scan_done=1; echo Found bootable drive on $dev $disknum; setenv device $disknum:1; setenv bootdev $dev; fi; fi; done; fi; done set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10 $mtdparts $customparams start_netconsole=setenv ncip $serverip; setenv bootdelay 10; setenv stdin nc; setenv stdout nc; setenv stderr nc; version; stderr=serial stdin=serial stdout=serial uenv_addr=0x810000 uenv_import=echo importing envs ...; env import -t $uenv_addr $filesize uenv_init_devices=setenv init_usb "usb start"; setenv init_ide "ide reset"; setenv init_mmc "mmc rescan"; for devtype in $devices; do run init_$devtype; done; uenv_load=run uenv_init_devices; setenv uenv_loaded 0; for devtype in $devices; do for disknum in 0; do run uenv_read_disk; done; done; uenv_read=echo loading envs from $devtype $disknum ...; if load $devtype $disknum:1 $uenv_addr /boot/uEnv.txt; then setenv uenv_loaded 1; fi uenv_read_disk=if test $devtype -eq mmc; then if $devtype part; then run uenv_read; fi; else if $devtype part $disknum; then run uenv_read; fi; fi usb_ready_retry=15 serverip=192.168.1.106 ethprime=egiga0 ipaddr=192.168.1.104

SanderV Wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
> 
> About a year ago, I flashed the latest U-Boot from
> this forum to my NSA325v2, and then made it boot
> Arch.
> 
> Now, I wish to make some modifications, but I hope
> to do so without having to take the device apart
> again to reach the serial pins. That's why I'd
> like to get the netconsole working before I move
> ahead.
> 
> However, despite trying my best to follow the
> instructions from this forum, I can't get the
> netconsole to start.
> 
> My envs:
> 
> [code]
> arcNumber=4495
> bootcmd=run bootcmd_uenv; run scan_disk; run
> set_bootargs; run bootcmd_exec
> bootcmd_exec=run load_uimage; if run load_initrd;
> then if run load_dtb; then bootm $load_uimage_addr
> $load_initrd_addr $load_dtb_addr; else bootm
> $load_uimage_addr $load_initrd_addr; fi; else if
> run load_dtb; then bootm $load_uimage_addr -
> $load_dtb_addr; else bootm $load_uimage_addr; fi;
> fi
> bootcmd_uenv=run uenv_load; if test $uenv_loaded
> -eq 1; then run uenv_import; fi
> bootdelay=10
> bootdev=usb
> device=0:1
> devices=usb ide mmc
> disks=0 1 2 3
> dtb_file=/boot/dts/kirkwood-pogo_e02.dtb
> ethact=egiga0
> ethaddr=52:3b:20:9c:11:51
> if_netconsole=ping $serverip
> led_error=orange blinking
> led_exit=green off
> led_init=green blinking
> load_dtb=echo loading DTB $dtb_file ...; load
> $bootdev $device $load_dtb_addr $dtb_file
> load_dtb_addr=0x1c00000
> load_initrd=echo loading uInitrd ...; load
> $bootdev $device $load_initrd_addr /boot/uInitrd
> load_initrd_addr=0x1100000
> load_uimage=echo loading uImage ...; load $bootdev
> $device $load_uimage_addr /boot/uImage
> load_uimage_addr=0x800000
> mainlineLinux=yes
> mtdids=nand0=orion_nand
> mtdparts=mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(rootfs),-(data)
> partition=nand0,2
> preboot_nc=run if_netconsole start_netconsole
> scan_disk=echo running scan_disk ...; scan_done=0;
> setenv scan_usb "usb start";  setenv scan_ide "ide
> reset";  setenv scan_mmc "mmc rescan"; for dev in
> $devices; do if test $scan_done -eq 0; then echo
> Scan device $dev; run scan_$dev; for disknum in
> $disks; do if test $scan_done -eq 0; then echo
> device $dev $disknum:1; if load $dev $disknum:1
> $load_uimage_addr /boot/uImage 1; then
> scan_done=1; echo Found bootable drive on $dev
> $disknum; setenv device $disknum:1; setenv bootdev
> $dev; fi; fi; done; fi; done
> set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200
> root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10 $mtdparts
> $customparams
> start_netconsole=setenv ncip $serverip; setenv
> bootdelay 10; setenv stdin nc; setenv stdout nc;
> setenv stderr nc; version;
> stderr=serial
> stdin=serial
> stdout=serial
> uenv_addr=0x810000
> uenv_import=echo importing envs ...; env import -t
> $uenv_addr $filesize
> uenv_init_devices=setenv init_usb "usb start"; 
> setenv init_ide "ide reset";  setenv init_mmc "mmc
> rescan"; for devtype in $devices; do run
> init_$devtype; done;
> uenv_load=run uenv_init_devices; setenv
> uenv_loaded 0; for devtype in $devices;  do for
> disknum in 0; do run uenv_read_disk; done; done;
> uenv_read=echo loading envs from $devtype $disknum
> ...; if load $devtype $disknum:1 $uenv_addr
> /boot/uEnv.txt; then setenv uenv_loaded 1; fi
> uenv_read_disk=if test $devtype -eq mmc; then if
> $devtype part; then run uenv_read;  fi; else if
> $devtype part $disknum; then run uenv_read; fi; 
> fi
> usb_ready_retry=15
> serverip=192.168.1.106
> ethprime=egiga0
> ipaddr=192.168.1.104
> [/code]
> 
> If I kept my notes well, the only changes I made
> in these envs compared to the defaults in the
> provided U-boot are:
> - Boot from /dev/sda1 instead of "rootfs" label
> - ethprime=egiga0, which I tried in order to get
> the netconsole working.
> 
> If I understood the instructions, the above envs
> should make the NSA325 ping to 192.168.1.106 and
> if it finds it, redirect the boot console to the
> network. I tried the given nc commands on the
> machine at 192.168.1.106 but am getting nothing.
> 
> Tried with:
> 
> nc -l -u -p 6666
> 
> And also with
> 
> nc -l -u -p 6666 192.168.1.106 6666
> 
> And with
> 
> nc -l -u -p 6666 192.168.1.104 6666
> 
> (wasn't sure what hostnames to put there).
> 
> Note that pinging to 192.168.1.106 works without
> issues once the device is booted.
> 
> I also noticed, using wireshark, that there is
> zero network activity coming from the device
> during the boot. Until the point that I am able to
> SSH into it after booting, Wireshark doesn't log
> any activity from the device.
> 
> Can anyone help me figure this out?
> One thing I noticed is that once I am booted (into
> Arch Linux ARM), the main ethernet device is
> called "eth0" and not "egiga0" as it is set in the
> envs above. Could this be an issue?
> 
> Thanks in any case.