Thanks again, I don't want to spend too much of your time. My objective is that at the end of my researches to be able to provide you a DTS (overlay) file for this board. So you can include it in your releases. For the moment I'm struggling with Ethernet/network things... Ethernet NIC seems to work (ifup/ifdown seems to work, LEDs also, pluging/unpluping cable results correctly to Lby ztof - Debian
bodhi, thanks for the file. I think it will take me more time (with some trials and errors) than the first steps I've done. I've not yet managed to get Ethernet working, getting domino effects while adapting data. And also I'm a bit busy these days. Just one newbie question: do I need get the full linux repository ( https://github.com/torvalds/linux/ ) in order to compile dtsby ztof - Debian
Thanks bodhi, Obviously I tried to boot with that DTB, just trying first the easiest path ;) ... but as you predicted I does not work correctly. It resulted in many errors and finally cannot access either USB nor Sata. Marvell>> run usb0_boot 5233273 bytes read in 557 ms (9 MiB/s) ** No boot file defined ** bootargs=mtdparts=armada-nand:-(fw);spi0.0:1m(uboot),64k(env),-(others)by ztof - Debian
Today, I've read some stuff, then played and tested with new information, and I got the device tree DTB file saved from nand to USB. Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Marvell>> setenv mtdids "$mtdids_nand";setenv mtdparts "$mtdparts_nand" Marvell>> usb start (Re)start USB... USB0: Port (usbActive) : 0 Interface (usbType = 3) : USB XHCI 1.00 scanninby ztof - Debian
2nd round. I've discovered that setenv does not touch Nand until you use saveenv. (I'm newbie with Uboot). So I've played a bit with that... I've also attached hdd drive, in order to have sda and sdb (and so booting from sdb1) Note1: the only USB port where the drive is detected is the upper port (the one closest to Ethernet port). USB drive is not always recognized atby ztof - Debian
A step further.. I've prepared a USB boot drive, as I don't know which dtb to use, I've tried with armada-385-wd-ex2100.dtb There is a usb0_boot command available usb0_boot=ext4load usb 0:1 $loadaddr /diag/uImage;ext4load usb 0:1 $fdtaddr /diag/device.dtb;setenv mtdids "$mtdids_nand;$mtdids_spi";setenv mtdparts "$mtdparts_nand;$mtdparts_spi";setenv bootby ztof - Debian
Hello, I've found this device Promise Apollo Cloud on a flea market. It's based on Armada 385 and features a good Toshiba 4To surveillance serie HDD. It has 2 USB3 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 GB of RAM, 128 MB of Nand. It is not really a NAS... but a kind of strange stuff. A NAS-like box that you can access anywhere remotely, with a centralized connection. But you cannot use iby ztof - Debian