Help on getting u-boot replacement on stock Buffalo LS421DE

I am starting this new thread as I also have a Buffalo LS421DE. I got serial working and here is the boot log:

BootROM 1.08
Booting from SPI flash
DDR3 Training Sequence - Ver 2.3.5
DDR3 Training Sequence - Ended Successfully
BootROM: Image checksum verification PASSED

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==== Welcome to YANAGI ==
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** LOADER **


U-Boot 2009.08 ( 8月 28 2013 - 21:36:20)Marvell version: 1.1.3 NQ
U-Boot Addressing:
Code: 00600000:006AFFF0
BSS: 006F8360
Stack: 0x5fff70
PageTable: 0x8e0000
Heap address: 0x900000:0xe00000
BUFFALO_BOOTVER=0.13
Board: Buffalo LS-M 88f6710
SoC: MV6710 A1
CPU: Marvell PJ4B v7 UP (Rev 1) LE
CPU @ 1200Mhz, L2 @ 600Mhz
DDR @ 600Mhz, TClock @ 200Mhz
DDR 16Bit Width, FastPath Memory Access
PEX 0: Root Complex Interface, Detected Link X1
PEX 1: Detected No Link.
DRAM: 512 MB
CS 0: base 0x00000000 size 512 MB
Addresses 14M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
SF: Detected MX25L8006E with page size 256, total 1048576 bytes
NAND: 512 MiB
u-boot envinit tval=e4b4c857
FPU not initialized
USB 0: Host Mode
USB 1: Host Mode
Shutting down unused interfaces:
AUDIO
TDM
Modules/Interfaces Detected:
SDIO
RGMII0 Phy
RGMII1 Phy
PEX0 (Lane 0)
PEX1 (Lane 1)
SATA0 (Lane 2)
SATA1 (Lane 3)

Marvell Serial ATA Adapter
Integrated Sata device found

MAC Address : 10:6F:3F:xx:xx:xx
MMC: MRVL_MMC: 0
Net: egiga0, egiga1 [PRIME]
hit any key to switch tftp boot.
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
switched to TFTP boot.
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
BUFFALO>>

Printenv:

BUFFALO>> printenv
sn=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
eth1addr=10:6F:3F:xx:xx:xx
serverip=192.168.11.1
ipaddr=192.168.11.150
deviceid=_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SerialNo=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
stderr=serial
console=console=ttyS0,115200
enaMonExt=no
pexMode=RC
setL2CacheWT=no
sata_dma_mode=yes
sata_delay_reset=0
enaExtDisk=no
MALLOC_len=5
ethprime=egiga1
netbsd_en=no
vxworks_en=no
bootargs_root=root=/dev/sda2 rw initrd=0x2600040 panic=5
bootargs_end=:10.4.50.254:255.255.255.0:KW40:eth0:none
image_name=uImage
load_addr=0x02000000
buffalo_ver=BOOTVER=0.13
uboot_date=UBOOT_DATE="2013/08/28"
kernel=uImage.buffalo
initrd=initrd.buffalo
autoload=n
bootcommon=setenv bootargs $console $bootargs_root $bootargs_func $buffalo_ver $uboot_date $mtdparts $bootsystem; ;sf protect off; bootm 0x1200000 0x2600000
bootcommon-u=setenv bootargs $console $bootargs_func $buffalo_ver $uboot_date $mtdparts $bootsystem; ;sf protect off; bootm 0x1200000
tftpbootcmd=tftp 0x1200000 $kernel; tftp 0x2600000 $initrd; setenv bootsystem tftpboot=yes; run bootcommon
idebootcmd=ext2load ide 0:1 0x1200000 /$kernel; ext2load ide 0:1 0x2600000 /$initrd; setenv bootsystem hddboot=yes; run bootcommon
usb1bootcmd=setenv usbActive 0;usb start;fatload usb 0 0x1200000 /boot/uImage370;sf protect off;run bootcommon-u
usb2bootcmd=fatload usb 0 0x1200000 /boot/uImage.buffalo;fatload usb 0 0x2600000 /boot/initrd.buffalo;setenv bootsystem usbboot=yes;run bootcommon
mtdids=nand0=armada-nand
mtdparts=mtdparts=armada-nand:0x2000000(boot),0x1e000000(rootfs)
nandbootcmd=fsload 0x1200000 /$kernel; fsload 0x2600000 /$initrd; setenv bootsystem nandboot=yes; run bootcommon
failbootcmd=bootfail
bootcmd=for i in $bootorder; do run ${i}bootcmd; done
standalone=fsload $load_addr $image_name;setenv bootargs $console $mtdparts root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw ip=$ipaddr:$serverip$bootargs_end; bootm $load_addr;
disaMvPnp=no
bootdelay=3
ethaddr=00:50:43:b4:57:c8
ethmtu=1500
eth1mtu=1500
mvNetConfig=mv_net_config1=1,(00:50:43:11:11:11,0:1:2:3:4),mtu=1500
usb0Mode=host
usb1Mode=host
usbActive=0
yuk_ethaddr=00:00:00:EE:51:81
nandEcc=1bit
netretry=no
rcvrip=169.254.100.100
loadaddr=0x02000000
enaAutoRecovery=yes
eeeEnable=no
pcieTune=no
hdddelay=7
bootorder=nand fail tftp
ethact=egiga1

Environment size: 2239/65532 bytes

I have found the attached on google on this link

https://sites.google.com/site/shihsung/88fxxxx-soc

It seems to be a patch to u-boot-2016.05 source to support LS421DE. It seems like the page suggest getting some sort of bin_hdr.bin from stock firmware is needed but I dont fully understand how this works. I tried to follow the instruction but run into many problems, which is probably due to my own setup.

Can you guys help to take a look and build a u-boot binary for LS421DE? I can test u-boot binary here as I have SPI flasher that can read/write the SPI flash.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/2016 07:48AM by protocold.

protocold Wrote:
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> I have found the attached on google on this link
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/shihsung/88fxxxx-soc
>
>
> It seems to be a patch to u-boot-2016.05 source to
> support LS421DE. It seems like the page suggest
> getting some sort of bin_hdr.bin from stock
> firmware is needed but I dont fully understand how
> this works. I tried to follow the instruction but
> run into many problems, which is probably due to
> my own setup.
>
> Can you guys help to take a look and build a
> u-boot binary for LS421DE? I can test u-boot
> binary here as I have SPI flasher that can
> read/write the SPI flash.

This patch is too ugly :) there are too many quick and dirty code ported from stock uboot.

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Then is there any existing u boot from other device that I can try to see if there is enough similarity?!

GPL source is available at:

http://opensource.buffalo.jp/ls400-110.html

protocold,

There might be one similar enough that I can compile for you. Let me take a look.

-bodhi
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In mainline u-boot there is nothing similar in a way that it could be used to run temporarily.

-bodhi
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protocold Wrote:
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> I got serial working and here is
> the boot log:

How do you connect serial port? If it is not difficult to make a picture, please.

protocold Wrote:
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> Can you guys help to take a look and build a u-boo
> t binary for LS421DE? I can test u-boot binary her
> e as I have SPI flasher that can read/write the SP
> I flash.

it is in u-boot.img - Unzip and rename the u-boot-ls400.buffalo.updated file (u-boot.bin for bubt)

password for unpack - 1NIf_2yUOlRDpYZUVNqboRpMBoZwT4PzoUvOPUp6l for firmware ver.1.81

via Serial Console:
BUFFALO>> help
************
bubt    - bubt  - Burn an image on the Boot Flash.
************
BUFFALO>>
example:
BUFFALO>> bubt
Using default filename "u-boot.bin"
SF: Detected MX25L8005 with page size 64 KiB, total 1 MiB
egiga1 wait for link .Done - link up.
Using egiga1 device
TFTP from server 192.168.11.1; our IP address is 192.168.11.150
Filename 'u-boot.bin'.
Load address: 0x2000000
Loading: ###################################################
done
Bytes transferred = 744892 (b5dbc hex)
Checking file size:             [Done]
Override Env parameters to default? [y/N] N (if Y - you loss PID, MAC, serial number and etc.)
Erasing 0x0 - 0xf0000: ........         [Done]
Writing image to flash:......................           [Done]
BUFFALO>>reset (to accept the new u-boot)



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/2017 01:53AM by Antonas.