uEnv.txt not read from boot device

Hi,

I just wanted to report an issue I just had on a Pogo E02 concerning uEnv.txt. I wanted to use the file to use systemd and it worked about three or four times. However, since what I am testing is to have the box act as a file server in the Windows network with automount of the non-boot attached devices, I have more than one USB drive attached. It now looks that the attempt of reading uEnv.txt only happens on the first detected device and not necessarily on the boot device:

U-Boot 2017.07-tld-1 (Sep 05 2017 - 00:13:18 -0700)
Pogo E02
gcc (Debian 6.3.0-18) 6.3.0 20170516
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.28
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
starting USB...
USB0:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus 0 for devices... 4 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 
Use USB retry period from the environment: 15 second(s)

Use USB retry period from the environment: 15 second(s)
2 Storage Device(s) found
Unknown command 'ide' - try 'help'
Unknown command 'mmc' - try 'help'

Partition Map for USB device 0  --   Partition Type: DOS

Part	Start Sector	Num Sectors	UUID		Type
  1	63        	995967    	0005dc76-01	0b Boot


Partition Map for USB device 1  --   Partition Type: DOS

Part	Start Sector	Num Sectors	UUID		Type
  1	2048      	14172160  	311f3e43-01	83
  2	14174208  	962560    	311f3e43-02	82

## Unknown partition table type 0

## Unknown partition table type 0

## Unknown partition table type 0

## Unknown partition table type 0

## Unknown partition table type 0
loading envs from usb 0 ...
reading /boot/uEnv.txt
** Unable to read file /boot/uEnv.txt **
Unknown command 'ide' - try 'help'
Unknown command 'mmc' - try 'help'
running scan_disk ...
Scan device usb
device usb 0:1
reading /boot/uImage
** Unable to read file /boot/uImage **
device usb 1:1
1 bytes read in 723 ms (0 Bytes/s)
Found bootable drive on usb 1
loading uImage ...
5435888 bytes read in 911 ms (5.7 MiB/s)
loading uInitrd ...
9671091 bytes read in 849 ms (10.9 MiB/s)
loading DTB /boot/dts/kirkwood-pogo_e02.dtb ...
10114 bytes read in 3782 ms (2 KiB/s)
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00800000 ...
   Image Name:   Linux-5.13.6-kirkwood-tld-1
   Created:      2021-09-24   0:22:58 UTC
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    5435824 Bytes = 5.2 MiB
   Load Address: 00008000
   Entry Point:  00008000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 01100000 ...
   Image Name:   initramfs-5.13.6-kirkwood-tld-1
   Created:      2021-09-24   1:06:32 UTC
   Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    9671027 Bytes = 9.2 MiB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 01c00000
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x1c00000


Starting kernel ...

I am basically still using the standard environment by bodhi augmented by the parts allowing to boot OpenWrt from NAND. So, now I changed the environment permanently to

root@kirkwood256-debian ~ $ fw_printenv set_bootargs
set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts init=/bin/systemd $custom_params

since this is what I need anyway to start the devmon and wsdd services I created, but still, I believe the issue should be addressed in the standard environment. If I find the time, I can make a suggestion. In principle, one must make sure that the file is read from the device identified as the boot device.

Cheers,

chessplayer

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chessplayer,

> I just wanted to report an issue I just had on a
> Pogo E02 concerning uEnv.txt. I wanted to use the
> file to use systemd and it worked about three or
> four times. However, since what I am testing is to
> have the box act as a file server in the Windows
> network with automount of the non-boot attached
> devices, I have more than one USB drive attached.
> It now looks that the attempt of reading uEnv.txt
> only happens on the first detected device
> and not necessarily on the boot device:

Yes, I'm aware of this problem and have fixed it somewhere in the forum. I forgot to update the installation Notes, and lost that link :) I'll have to search my notes for this.

-bodhi
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BTW,

The work around is you can do this on your USB drives that don't have uEnv.txt.

Assuming ithe other USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1

mkdir media/sdb1/boot
cd /media/sdb1/boot

And then copy the uEnv.xt over to this drive.

-bodhi
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bodhi's corner (buy bodhi a beer)

Hi bodhi,

yes, I am aware of this. The problem is, however, that this is somewhat arbitrary and I wanted to be able to set up some kind of fileserver with hotplug capabilities, which I can also easily reboot, so that solution would not be practical. But putting the command into the standard bootcmd solved the issue for me, so all is well.

Cheers,

chessplayer

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