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15:28.27T0mWWow, this design is old!  68306 processor, 68681, 68562 chips.  AFAICT, most of this stuff went EOL a while back..
15:28.41T0mWa blazing 2.7 mips
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17:03.29TheCollectoris the metal shielding b/w the two boards in the tuxscreen necessary?
17:03.52TheCollectorI'm running without it, but my output from the serial line is all messed up...
17:05.07TimRikerif it hurts, don't do it. ;-)
17:05.38TimRikerI really don't know though.. I always left it there.
17:06.24TheCollectorok
17:07.00prpplagueTheCollector: its neccessary if you are using the DSP stuff
17:07.19prpplagueTheCollector: if you've moved the ucb chip to another area it should be ok without it
17:07.39prpplagueTheCollector: i basically just used the core board from tux and built daughter boards
17:07.51TheCollectorthe core being the bottom one?
17:07.59TheCollectoror the two together
17:11.19prpplagueTheCollector: core being the one with the cpu+ram_flash
17:11.28TheCollectorok
17:13.31TheCollectorso when I run 'flash_lock', I can see the sectors, and they're all unlocked - do I now run 'flash <blob filename>'?
17:14.11TheCollectoror do I still need to do that 12V trick?
17:14.51prpplagueTheCollector: well if they report unlocked, then i don't see any reason you can't flash it
17:18.19TheCollectorthat's what I thought - but 'flash <blob>' doesnt seem to do anything
17:19.04TheCollectorneither does 'jflash <blob>'
17:19.11prpplaguehehe
17:19.20TheCollector=\
17:19.56prpplagueTheCollector: you should issue the command flash followed by the actual name of the binary image for blob
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17:20.17prpplagueTheCollector: i.e. if you blob is called blob-20030401.bin then thats what you put
17:20.44prpplagueTheCollector: and jflash is a seperate application to be used with a jtag interface
17:22.47TheCollectorprpplague: yeah, I've been specifying the filename
17:23.03TheCollector& I've got the jtag
17:23.34prpplagueTheCollector: ahh
17:24.01prpplagueTheCollector: so when you run jflash you don't get any results?
17:24.21TheCollectornope - it closes as soon as it opens
17:24.49TheCollectorsame as flash
17:25.51prpplaguecloses?
17:26.09prpplagueTheCollector: are you running it from window in x?
17:27.43TheCollectorno, that gave an error about problems opening an xterm
17:27.53TheCollectorthis is from a regular terminal
17:27.56TimRikerwith jflash iirc you need to pipe from the file. ie: jflash < blob-20030401.bin
17:28.03TheCollectorah
17:28.13prpplagueTimRiker: hmm, the jflash i have you don't
17:28.25TimRikerok. there are different versions.. =/
17:28.33prpplagueTimRiker: hmm
17:28.51prpplagueTimRiker: iirc the one that was part of the tuxscreen software was heavily modified
17:28.53TheCollectorTimRiker: thanks!
17:28.59prpplagueTimRiker: so i'm sure thats different
17:29.17TheCollectorthe pipe didnt work w/ jflash, but seems to work w/ regular flash
17:30.35TimRikercool
17:31.13TheCollectorw00t!
17:31.25TheCollectornow I need a kernel and rootfs
17:31.25TimRikeriirc there are command line options to set the offset, but blob wants 0 which is the default.
17:31.30TimRiker=)
17:31.33CosmicPenguinwow - cool - I may have just lost us a customer
17:31.39TheCollectoreep =\
17:32.09TimRikerTheCollector: http://tuxscreen.net/download/v0.6/
17:34.02TheCollectorTimRiker: got blob and the two jffs2 FS that are in there
17:34.46TimRikercool. the smaller jffs2 just has a shell, and the large one has x
17:34.49TheCollectorthe one I just flashed is blob-20020709 - does it have a kernel in the image?
17:34.55TheCollectornice
17:35.02TimRikerthe kernel is in the jffs2 image, yes.
17:36.18TheCollectorok - and do I just flash the image to the address where blob starts looking for the kernel (0x000e0000 on my board)
17:37.12TheCollectorah - bet instructions are in the wiki somewhere
17:37.13TimRikerwell, it'll be faster over serial with xdownload
17:37.20TheCollectorok
17:38.22TimRikerhttp://www.tuxscreen.net/wiki/view/InstallingLinux
17:38.52TheCollectorthanks
17:39.51TimRikerthat page had old and really old info intermixed.. =(
17:41.00TimRikerjust connect at 115200n81 do "xdownload ramdisk" then send xmodem, then "erase ramdisk" and "flash ramdisk"
17:41.25TheCollectorthanks
17:44.58TimRikerI recommend folks do the "erase" cause with jffs2 you want the remaining blocks nicely erased. "flash" only erases blocks it actually writes to.
17:47.22TheCollectorok
17:47.51TheCollectoron the wiki, it mentions 'uuencode zImage foo > /dev/ttyS0'
17:48.28TheCollectorbut the 'zImage' part apparently isnt valid, & its not in the man pages - is it necessary?
17:51.08TheCollectorguess it is, cause w/o it, blob gives an "invalid argument" error right after downloading it
17:52.51TimRikerTheCollector: that's old stuff. use xdownload
17:54.04TimRikerdo NOT send a separate kernel over for basic flashing. just xdownload the jffs2 image which includes it.
17:54.05TheCollectoroh, xdownload on the pc side?
17:54.28CosmicPenguinhehe
17:54.29CosmicPenguinuuencode
17:54.49TimRikerno, on the pc side use an xmodem send. in minicom that's ctrl-a then s  and you need lrzsz installed.
17:55.18TheCollectorgotcha
17:55.31TimRikeriirc blob still supports text upload using uuencode, but don't do that unless your xmodem is messed up.
17:55.36TheCollectorok
17:55.55TheCollectorI'll document all this stuff too, & update the wiki
17:59.19prpplaguehehe
17:59.21prpplague~slashdot
18:01.11TimRikerk. we likely want to make an OldInstall or something and just leave the new stuff on a page.
18:21.01CosmicPenguinprpplague: heh - I hope I don't get fired
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18:24.28TheCollectorhowdy, sorphin
18:38.15sorphinlo
18:48.15chouimathi sorphin
18:48.48sorphinchouimat: lo
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18:52.39sorphins/appear/appeal/
18:54.23sorphinCP|Laptop: afternoon mr penguin
18:54.55CosmicPenguinafternoon back at cha
18:55.16sorphinstupid blocking sockets
18:57.03sorphincgi forks and spawns server, cgi then tries to connect to server (it's a proxying thing, so this is done this way for a reason), however, cgi cant' connect to server till cgi dies, and then tries again, wtf would the server be blocking (which is what it looks like it's doing)?
19:02.39TheCollectorwhen the tuxscreen boots, does the kernel continue to display data to the serial port? (mine is currently headless, & I'm not sure whats happening)
19:04.08[g2]netconsole may be your friend :)
19:06.42TheCollector[g2]: no network interface
19:07.27[g2]TheCollector, that makes it a little more challenging :)
19:07.35[g2]leds and morse code ?
19:07.37[g2]:)
19:09.04TheCollectorhehe - mebbe I should just wait to work on it when I get home and can put its head on
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19:13.55TheCollectorTimRiker: does the kernel send any data to serial when its starting, or does it all go to the touchscreen?
19:16.24CosmicPenguinother way around
19:16.24CosmicPenguinit all goes to the serial port
19:16.24TheCollectordamn
19:18.23CosmicPenguinAt least it should - maybe Tim configured his kernel differenlty
19:18.27TheCollectorI'm not getting anything, and i 'xdownload kernel' & 'flash kernel', but it doesn't display anything on serial
19:19.11prpplagueCosmicPenguin: fired?????fired???
19:19.16prpplagueCosmicPenguin: what did you do this time
19:20.20prpplagueTimRiker: hehe is elinux getting hammered?
19:20.35sorphinlo dave
19:20.50CosmicPenguinprpplague: I totally lost a huge customer
19:22.28Crofton_thats no good
19:22.29[g2]CP sorry to hear that :(
19:22.38TimRikerTheCollector: don't recall which way the command line options were compiled in. certianly goes to the screen, and you can build a kernel that logs to both, none, or either.
19:22.45prpplagueCosmicPenguin: yikes
19:23.14sorphinCP got made redundant? ouch
19:23.19[g2]sorphin, um to minutes ago ?
19:23.34sorphin[g2]: wasn't in my scrollback
19:23.50[g2]right after you "lo dave"
19:24.03sorphin[g2]: that just says he lost a customer
19:24.12TimRikerTheCollector: you did see info from blob to flash, yes? then do you see blob output on the next boot?
19:24.32[g2]sorphin, mine says 'huge customer"
19:25.19[g2]huge referring to large hence important
19:25.20sorphin[g2]: yeah, but the fired bit was before that
19:25.20TimRikeror just heavyset
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19:26.21prpplagueCosmicPenguin: on the geode side of things?
19:27.01CosmicPenguinwell, a customer is a customer, right? :)
19:27.43TheCollectorTimRiker: I do 'flash ramdisk' and then a 'boot' - then I see "unable to find kernel... loading raw data & hoping for the best loaded 0x000e0000" then it says "starting kernel..." and I see nothing else
19:28.00TheCollectorCosmicPenguin: hope thinkd work out for ya
19:28.09TheCollectors/thinkd/things
19:28.10[g2]CP did you ever hear the story about Jack Welch and the senior VP ?
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19:29.34TimRikerTheCollector: that's bad... it need to find a kernel inside the jffs2 image.
19:30.35TheCollectorkinda what I thought, so I grabbed a kernel from 0.4 and did 'xdownload kernel' & 'flash kernel' & i ended up getting the same stuff
19:32.20TheCollectorone thing i noticed is that the address that it starts looking at (0x000e0000) is not the same as where the ramdisk is put (0x00040000, I think)
19:32.31TimRikerTheCollector: try xdownloading blob and "reblob" to see if it runs ok, then redownload, erase blob and flash blob. then re-xdownload, erase and flash the jffs2
19:32.42TheCollectorok
19:34.24prpplagueCosmicPenguin: bummer dude
19:35.24prpplaguesorphin: hey, btw
19:35.47prpplagueTimRiker: hehe, i bet elinux.org is getting hammered
19:36.03TimRikerBBWhy?
19:36.46TimRikerahh. /. link. fine. it's on sf. it'll handle it.
19:36.50prpplague~slashdot
19:36.59prpplaguejuicebox hacking
19:38.14TimRikerwatch it for spamming. might have to lock the site for a while.
19:39.11prpplagueTimRiker: ok
19:49.51TheCollectorTimRiker: the above doesn't work
19:50.23TheCollectoris there a way to configure blob to look to a certain address for a kernel w/o recompiling it?
19:58.44TimRikerTheCollector: nope. if you compile in environment support, then yes. but Tux doesn't.
19:59.07TimRikerTheCollector: explain "doesn't work"
20:00.43TheCollectorok - I xdownloaded blob, 'reblob'ed, redownloaded, erased and flashed - I got the same problem (unable to find kernel) as before
20:01.33TheCollectorI continued and followed the jffs2 instructions. same problem (no kernel) so i tried w/ another image, and got the same problem
20:05.08TheCollectori just downloaded, erased & flashed another jffs2 image. it says it is downloaded at 0xd0000000, and it looks like the flash reserved for it is at 0x00020000, while blob is looking at 0x00010000 for a kernel
20:06.31TheCollectorblob seems to sit at 0x00000000, params (whatever that is) sits at 0x00010000, and both kernel & ramdisk seem to be at 0x00020000
20:07.41TheCollectormebbe I should feed it a kernel for a 'xdownload params'
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20:20.34TimRikerthe new blobs for the tux do not look directly for a kernel. they look for a jffs2 image with a kernel inside.
20:21.04TimRikerthey download into ram, then flashing them puts them in the real location.
20:22.26TimRikerI didn't think the release blob up there used params. if so, then you can set stuff like command line args at runtime.
20:22.40TimRikerI don't have a tux here, or I'd check it out. =(
20:23.11TheCollectorok - know if the args are documented on the wiki?
20:24.12TheCollectorif not, i can probably compile my own
20:26.33TimRikerI don't understand why you are having these issues. I've flashed many a tux with nothing but the blob and jffs2 images from that directory. They should work.
20:26.53TimRikerperhaps your flash is not fully unlocked? and blob can't save some of the jffs2 image?
20:27.31TimRikeryou should be able to xdownload a kernel and then boot it without flashing.
20:27.39TheCollectorok
20:27.47TimRikerI've been working with uboot so much I forget the blob syntax.
20:28.31TheCollectorhmm - i'll check it
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20:48.33CosmicPenguinheh - 19 people have the JuiceBox wiki bookmarked on del.icio.us
20:50.56CosmicPenguinhttp://www.users.bigpond.com/tobbe/aisin_gps.htm
20:52.03prpplaguehehe
20:52.29prpplaguewish i had more time to hack, but i'm seriously behind on work
20:52.37CosmicPenguinwhere oh, where could that au1200 datasheet be?
20:53.11prpplagueCosmicPenguin: did ya loose some face with the company when you lost that customer?
20:54.05CosmicPenguinlike I said - my future here is not certain
20:54.50prpplagueCosmicPenguin: yikes, that bad?
20:55.12prpplagueCosmicPenguin: was it a personality problem with the customer or something tech wise?
20:57.49CosmicPenguinprpplague: just me being an idiot
21:02.03prpplagueCosmicPenguin: sorry d00d
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21:11.34CosmicPenguinprpplague: I've had a good run.. :)
21:26.13prpplagueCosmicPenguin: still....
21:26.25prpplagueCosmicPenguin: think you'll be able to get some work there in the area?
21:26.33prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i know you jsut built a house
21:30.07CosmicPenguinyeah, if worse comes to worse, there are good gigs in the area
21:35.18prpplaguehehe, those guys on /. seem to always miss the point
21:35.35prpplaguethey are all pissing about playing videos and music on the device
21:35.50prpplaguei'm like, who cares about that, they are a cheap dev platform
21:39.26CosmicPenguinheh
21:39.32CosmicPenguinleave it to /.
21:39.36prpplagueyea
21:40.41prpplagueCosmicPenguin: seems like geekdom has been attracting alot more ......whats the phrase....socially agressive personalities
21:42.20CosmicPenguinIts the internet - one can fairly anonmously be a jackass
21:42.46CosmicPenguinAnd its empowering
21:43.42CosmicPenguinMany geeks have a aggressive personality with things they are familiar with
21:43.43sorphinany perl monkeys? (advanced perl)
21:44.24CosmicPenguinBut they also tend to be socially inept and introverted - but on the internet (where they are familiar with the landscape) they can let their personality shine through
21:44.37CosmicPenguinMe, for example
21:46.33prpplagueCosmicPenguin: yea yea, but only our esteemed friend sorphin is very agreesive here!
21:46.43prpplaguesorphin: where ya been lately?
21:47.47sorphinprpplague: work, house, wife, wash, rinse, repeat, and seeing as our last contact wasn't on the best of nature, i've stayed out of the channel
21:49.00prpplaguesorphin: contact with me?
21:49.14prpplaguesorphin: or the channel?
21:49.59sorphinYOU
21:50.03sorphin'sorry
21:50.08sorphindamn sun keyboard
21:50.13sorphindidn't mean to cap that
21:50.26prpplaguesorphin: really?
21:51.09prpplaguesorphin: yikes i must have been A) really tired B) drunk or C) both A and B
21:51.27sorphinyeah, i made some joke, you /quit and people prodded me
21:51.34sorphiniirc
21:51.47prpplaguesorphin: hmm, i don't recall that
21:51.55prpplaguesorphin: what were the jokes about?
21:53.29sorphinwas something relating to your move and a record or something, i forget, but it hit you the wrong way apparently
21:53.49sorphinok, this perl is gonna be teh death of me, i swear
21:53.50prpplaguehmm
21:53.54prpplaguehehe
21:54.12sorphinscript spawns off a server via fork
21:54.21sorphinscript tries to connect to server via socket
21:54.42sorphinscript can't connect, but an external version of the script (i.e. one that didn't spawn the server), can
21:55.27prpplaguesorphin: well for future reference, we could have a knock down drag out argument and leave on bitter terms in the evening, but next morning, its all over for me
21:56.15sorphinok
21:56.37prpplaguesorphin: hehe, elinux-buds
21:56.45sorphin;)
22:46.30CosmicPenguinOh - I remember that
22:46.36CosmicPenguinyeah, that was bad
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