| 09:09:26 | TomW | doh! I give up, how do you get the tuxscreen-image.jffs2 into the Tux flash? |
| 09:10:10 | LIM | well |
| 09:10:42 | TomW | I have an older Tux that is pre-single image, I used to use two images: kernel + ramdisk. |
| 09:10:42 | LIM | you need the serial port hooked up to some terminal...like minicom... |
| 09:10:55 | LIM | then you should prbably reblob |
| 09:11:00 | TomW | I installed the latest blob from the CVS source. |
| 09:11:09 | TomW | 2.0.5-pre3 |
| 09:11:13 | TomW | ? |
| 09:11:17 | LIM | ok, I guess, I haven't had to reblob mine. |
| 09:11:51 | TomW | status shows four flash regions: blob, param, kernel and ramdisk. |
| 09:12:09 | LIM | anyways, I think you erase kernel, and xdownload ramdisk |
| 09:12:14 | LIM | I dunno if that's it |
| 09:12:30 | LIM | I don't think I have param though |
| 09:12:45 | TomW | Hmmm, let me try only doing that: "erase kernel" then "xdo <image>" and see. |
| 09:13:03 | LIM | "xdownload ramdisk" yeah |
| 09:13:35 | LIM | this is the limit of my experience. |
| 09:13:50 | TomW | oh, "erase kernel" then "xdo ramdisk"? |
| 09:14:04 | TomW | You using the latest stuff? |
| 09:14:30 | TomW | the "tuxscreen-image.jffs2" ? |
| 09:15:38 | LIM | yes, single image |
| 09:15:49 | TomW | k |
| 09:16:13 | TomW | the "xdo kernel" fails about halfway through, I'll try the "xdo ramdisk" now. |
| 09:17:20 | LIM | no... |
| 09:17:27 | LIM | you "erase kernel" |
| 09:17:38 | LIM | then "xdo ramdisk" |
| 09:17:49 | TomW | yes, did that "erase kernel" now doing "xdo ramdisk". |
| 09:17:56 | LIM | ah |
| 09:18:09 | TomW | what does your "status" command show you? Four flash areas or less? |
| 09:18:28 | LIM | well, I don't have it hooked up to the serial port atm |
| 09:18:54 | LIM | I thought I had just blob and ramdisk |
| 09:19:50 | TomW | looks like it is going this time, it didn't fail after 900k. |
| 09:21:34 | TomW | I haven't worked on the tux stuff for about 5 months now. Easy to forget how to do stuff! |
| 09:23:15 | LIM | heh |
| 09:23:36 | LIM | I got mine, and it had the single image blob on it already :) |
| 09:23:51 | LIM | so all I need to do these days is xdo ramdisk |
| 09:23:57 | TomW | it is booting, good! Stuck right now looking for something on the ethernet, probably a DHCP server... |
| 09:24:05 | LIM | heh |
| 09:24:14 | LIM | or nfs mount? |
| 09:24:18 | TomW | I have a 10Gig internal IDE drive in this Tux. |
| 09:24:23 | LIM | big |
| 09:24:25 | LIM | I have 2GB |
| 09:24:27 | TomW | heh |
| 09:24:32 | LIM | and 10/100 |
| 09:24:52 | LIM | it's next to my bed |
| 09:25:13 | TomW | only 10BaseT here, I had a laptop PCMCIA card laying around. I do have a 28.8K modem that I want to try in the PCMCIA slot. |
| 09:25:23 | LIM | hmm |
| 09:25:56 | TomW | Computer show "cheapie", maybe it will work. |
| 09:26:03 | LIM | I had to buy a $35 net card, my old laptop one didn't power up (musta been 5V) |
| 09:26:11 | TomW | mmm |
| 09:26:29 | TomW | This is a DLINK DE-660, seems to work most of the time. |
| 09:26:40 | LIM | so you hacked a HD into it? or is it pcmcia? |
| 09:27:04 | TomW | Ok, time to dive into the linuxrc and see what they are attempting to connect to with the ethernet. Thanks for your help! |
| 09:27:12 | LIM | no prob :) |
| 09:27:15 | LIM | although |
| 09:27:16 | TomW | No, it is a hacked internal drive. |
| 09:27:20 | LIM | ah |
| 09:27:34 | LIM | did you remove the param and kernel parts from the blob? |
| 09:27:43 | TomW | ? |
| 09:27:46 | LIM | or does it now have wasted stuff? |
| 09:28:21 | LIM | I wonder...I dunno |
| 09:28:59 | TomW | it is wasted, haven't gotten that far yet. I am not too concerned, all I want is the kernel and some of the Tux specific hardware software. I plan to run Debian on this unit. I only need the kernel source for the debian to boot with. |
| 09:29:21 | LIM | yeah, that's what I do |
| 09:30:18 | TomW | I want to tinker with an initrd + lilo, or such, combination. Write them into flash and let them boot the kernel that is on the hard drive. |
| 09:31:00 | TomW | Dunno how far I can get with that idea, but it gives me something more to learn with linux. |
| 09:31:16 | LIM | hmm, I have pcmcia HD though |
| 09:33:27 | LIM | dev: size erasesize name |
| 09:33:27 | LIM | mtd0: 00020000 00010000 "BLOB boot loader" |
| 09:33:27 | LIM | mtd1: 003e0000 00020000 "rootfs" |
| 09:33:35 | LIM | that's from: cat /proc/mtd |
| 09:34:45 | TomW | yes, it is looking for a dhcp server, forever ... |
| 09:35:24 | TomW | Ah well, I remove the nic and it boots fine. So, tomorrow I will play with it some more. Good Nite! |
| 09:35:28 | LIM | I commented that out |
| 09:35:35 | LIM | lates |
| 13:56:57 | prpplague | GPSFan: lo |
| 13:57:03 | file | waves to GPSFan |
| 13:58:37 | file | mmm I guess my birthday present got past customs... |
| 14:00:27 | legodude | haha |
| 14:00:30 | legodude | whatcha get? |
| 14:00:34 | legodude | and when your bday? |
| 14:02:43 | file | legodude: dunno - my boss sent it |
| 14:02:53 | file | legodude: my birthday was weeks ago but it got sent back before - so he sent it via UPS this time |
| 14:03:01 | legodude | ahso |
| 14:03:05 | legodude | what is it? |
| 14:03:41 | file | he won't tell me |
| 14:04:46 | file | only weighs a pound... |
| 14:05:18 | prpplague | its cocaine |
| 14:05:29 | file | prpplague: you wish |
| 14:05:49 | prpplague | trustment i've been offered all kinds of stuff last night |
| 14:05:50 | legodude | what's street price on 1lbs cocaine? |
| 14:06:17 | | prpplague: i'm not following you... |
| 14:06:17 | prpplague | ibot: 1kilo .cocaine to .us |
| 14:06:29 | file | well it already passed customs so ha! |
| 14:06:30 | legodude | haha |
| 14:07:02 | | OK, prpplague. |
| 14:07:02 | prpplague | ibot: 1kilo .cocaine to .us is big trouble! |
| 14:07:05 | | 1kilo .cocaine to .us is big trouble! |
| 14:07:05 | prpplague | ibot: 1kilo .cocaine to .us |
| 14:07:16 | legodude | haha |
| 14:07:19 | legodude | hahaha |
| 14:07:32 | | prpplague: I forgot 1kilo .cocaine to .us |
| 14:07:32 | prpplague | ibot: forget 1kilo .cocaine to .us |
| 14:08:22 | | prpplague: huh? |
| 14:08:22 | prpplague | ibot: 1kilo .cocaine to .us <reply> I'm not a drug dealer you crack head! |
| 14:08:29 | | OK, prpplague. |
| 14:08:29 | prpplague | ibot: 1kilo .cocaine to .us is <reply> I'm not a drug dealer you crack head! |
| 14:08:35 | | I'm not a drug dealer you crack head! |
| 14:08:35 | prpplague | ibot: 1kilo .cocaine to .us |
| 14:08:56 | file | twitches as he can hear his watch tick |
| 14:10:09 | file | prpplague: how goes the work? |
| 14:19:57 | prpplague | having major permissions problems |
| 14:20:38 | file | :| |
| 14:23:11 | prpplague | other than that its going ok |
| 14:23:32 | prpplague | everything is about 10 times as fast on the same physical box, just that its running linux now |
| 14:26:28 | file | uh huh |
| 14:30:42 | GPSFan | Hi file: happy b-day.. |
| 14:37:11 | file | GPSFan: it was on the 6th, but thanks |
| 14:37:59 | prpplague | file: did you say you were 6? |
| 14:38:21 | GPSFan | file: sorry ;>0 |
| 14:38:34 | file | prpplague: ...you need to refine your reading techniques :p |
| 14:38:56 | GPSFan | prpplague: have you decided on a processor for your new board? |
| 14:40:18 | prpplague | GPSFan: ya we are sticking with the sa-1110 for now |
| 14:41:43 | GPSFan | prpplague: good, I think that now that all the Tus's are gone there needs to be an affordable SA11xx dev platform. If there is anything I can help with let me know (schematic review.. etc) |
| 14:41:58 | prpplague | GPSFan: cool, thanks |
| 14:42:47 | prpplague | GPSFan: we should have some protoboards done in a few weeks |
| 14:43:01 | prpplague | GPSFan: we already have the layout done |
| 14:43:28 | GPSFan | I've been lurking a lot lately, not really here, but busy with farm related stuff, did a big cleanup yesterday, and hopefully I'll be able to get my Tuxen extracted from the pile and working again. |
| 14:43:44 | prpplague | lol |
| 14:44:01 | prpplague | GPSFan: ya my computer room at the house is a disaster |
| 14:44:17 | prpplague | GPSFan: been working on too many projects at once |
| 14:45:19 | GPSFan | I saw a few references to your board flash by over the last few weeks, but wasn't able to respond. So many projects, so little beer.. |
| 14:46:51 | prpplague | lol yep |
| 14:47:07 | prpplague | GPSFan: when i get back to the office, i'll shoot you over the layout and schematics |
| 14:47:29 | prpplague | GPSFan: i'm gonna be looking for ppl to do gpl code and hacks |
| 14:47:48 | GPSFan | prpplague: when are you planning to have boards for eval? |
| 14:48:12 | prpplague | GPSFan: first full production run is scheduled for first of jan |
| 14:48:20 | prpplague | GPSFan: i'll be making 100 units |
| 14:48:20 | GPSFan | I'd be interested in doing some hardware GPL hacks. |
| 14:48:28 | prpplague | GPSFan: great |
| 14:48:39 | GPSFan | price? |
| 14:49:12 | prpplague | GPSFan: right now in the small qty's it'll be $400 |
| 14:49:46 | GPSFan | put me on the list for one, by Jan, I should have some time to play with it.. |
| 14:50:30 | prpplague | GPSFan: and something like $465 for what i'll call "the hack kit" which will include lots of little pieces such as a small lcd display and 4x4 keypad |
| 14:51:03 | prpplague | GPSFan: basically i'm shooting for kinda a high end version of the stamp processor kits |
| 14:51:33 | prpplague | GPSFan: package them with a cd that has everything to start learning arm-linux and a bunch of sample projects |
| 14:51:37 | GPSFan | swell, you do have all the GPIO's brought out? what sort of I/O interface connectors? |
| 14:52:08 | prpplague | GPSFan: yep all processor lines are brought out, we are using two pc/104 type connectors |
| 14:52:24 | prpplague | GPSFan: .1" so its easy for through hole and hand soldering |
| 14:53:12 | GPSFan | sounds good, how much Ram & Flash? Expandable? |
| 14:54:07 | prpplague | GPSFan: 64ram 16 flash, the external bus is probably not to good for expanding the flash or ram due to noise |
| 14:54:50 | GPSFan | I was thinking more along the lines of a SODIMM socket for the SDRAM so various sizes could be used. |
| 14:54:54 | prpplague | GPSFan: but the bus should be fine for additon of all the standard stuff such as pcmcia/cf and nic's |
| 14:55:19 | prpplague | GPSFan: ahh, ya i looked into that, but the cost of the socket was pretty high |
| 14:55:29 | prpplague | GPSFan: we may do that in later edition |
| 14:59:20 | prpplague | time for sleep |
| 14:59:28 | prpplague | later guys, be back in 12 hours |
| 16:41:51 | andersee | is away: I'm busy |