Pogoplug E-02 pre-Debian questions

Do stock MTD values matter?
[root@Pogoplug ~]# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "u-boot"
mtd1: 00400000 00020000 "uImage"
mtd2: 02000000 00020000 "root" ## guide says this should be rootfs, but root is my default, should I change?
mtd3: 05b00000 00020000 "data"

How do I save this nand dump after I run the following command?
nanddump --noecc --omitoob -l 0x80000 -f mtd0 /dev/mtd0

Can I be sure I don’t have a bad block in the first 8 blocks of MTD0?
[root@Pogoplug dev]# dmesg | grep -i 'bad'
[ 1.050000] Scanning device for bad blocks
[ 1.070000] Bad eraseblock 250 at 0x01f40000
[ 1.080000] Bad eraseblock 513 at 0x04020000

I don’t have anything for mtdparts when I try to print envs, what should I restore here if anything?
fw_setenv mtdparts 'xxxxxxxxx'

Thanks for any clarifications.

cdlenfert,

> Do stock MTD values matter?
> [root@Pogoplug ~]# cat /proc/mtd
> dev: size erasesize name
> mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "u-boot"
> mtd1: 00400000 00020000 "uImage"
> mtd2: 02000000 00020000 "root" ## guide says
> this should be rootfs, but root is my default,
> should I change?
> mtd3: 05b00000 00020000 "data"

Ignore stock mtds. It is basically the same.


>
> How do I save this nand dump after I run the
> following command?
> nanddump --noecc --omitoob -l 0x80000 -f mtd0
> /dev/mtd0
>

The output file is mtd0 in the current directory.


> Can I be sure I don’t have a bad block in the
> first 8 blocks of MTD0?
> [root@Pogoplug dev]# dmesg | grep -i 'bad'
> [ 1.050000] Scanning device for bad blocks
> [ 1.070000] Bad eraseblock 250 at 0x01f40000
> [ 1.080000] Bad eraseblock 513 at 0x04020000
>

These bad blocks are OK. The first 8 blocks are eraseblock 0 to 7.


> I don’t have anything for mtdparts when I try
> to print envs, what should I restore here if
> anything?
> fw_setenv mtdparts 'xxxxxxxxx'
>

New u-boot installation will define them correctly.

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I just updated the linux kernel for my Pogoplug E-02 box and I'm not sure if I've done an apt-get upgrade and rebooted or not since updating the kernel, but after running the apt-get upgrade I got the following at the end.

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-kirkwood-tld-1

And these instructions from the rootfs install steps make me uncertain if I need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file again. If so, do I just run the mkimage command with updated kernel numbers (4.19.0)?

Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs, the log would shows this message: 
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.12.1-kirkwood-tld-1
Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file: 


cd /boot 
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-4.12.1-kirkwood-tld-1 -d initrd.img-4.12.1-kirkwood-tld-1 uInitrd"]

Thanks

cdlenfert Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I just updated the linux kernel for my Pogoplug
> E-02 box and I'm not sure if I've done an apt-get
> upgrade and rebooted or not since updating the
> kernel, but after running the apt-get upgrade I
> got the following at the end.
>
>
> update-initramfs: Generating
> /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-kirkwood-tld-1
>
> And these instructions from the rootfs install
> steps make me uncertain if I need to regenerate
> the uInitrd boot file again.

You need to regenerate uInitrd.

> If so, do I just run
> the mkimage command with updated kernel numbers
> (4.19.0)?

Yes. This is applicable anytime the apt-get upgrade generates new initrd.xxx file.

>
> Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If
> the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs,
> the log would shows this message:
>
> update-initramfs: Generating
> /boot/initrd.img-4.12.1-kirkwood-tld-1
>
> Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file:
>
>
> cd /boot

So the mkimage command becomes:

> mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a
> 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n
> initramfs-4.19.0-kirkwood-tld-1 -d
> initrd.img-4.19.0-kirkwood-tld-1 uInitrd

-bodhi
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Awesome! Thank you