Re: [ECOS] RedBoot partition corrupted with bad image

[Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>]

Bhanu Prakash Adhikari wrote:
> My redboot partition got corrupted with my experiments to load custom
> build redboot.
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> I copied the RedBoot image from Linux using /dev/mtd0. The bad part is
> that the two boards I have, got RedBoot partition screwed.
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> 1.    How can I make my boards come alive?
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> 2.    My board allows loading through http, tftp, and serial but not
> from disk. I tried to load RedBoot using xmodem but got strange
> characters. Ethernet was also not accessible as the NPE drivers were not
> properly integrated with RedBoot. How can I successfully load the
> redboot (ROM/RAM images) using serial, since I don't have JTAG?
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> 3.    I tried to load SnapGear image on the board through xmodem so that
> I can manipulate mtd0; but failed to load snapgear image. What's going
> wrong?
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> SETUP -
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> Avila GW2348-4-A
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> 16MB Flash
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> IXP425
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> RedBoot 2.02
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> SnapGear 3.4.0
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> LOGS
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> -------
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> -------
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> ---------------------------------------
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> SNAPGEAR Loading
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> ---------------------------------------
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> RedBoot> load -m xmodem -r -b 0x1600000
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> CC_Raw file loaded 0x01600000-0x01706e37, assumed entry at 0x01600000
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> xyzModem - CRC mode, 8413(SOH)/0(STX)/0(CAN) packets, 2 retries
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> RedBoot> load -m xmodem -r -b 0x800000
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> CC_Raw file loaded 0x00800000-0x00a4b987, assumed entry at 0x00800000
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> xyzModem - CRC mode, 18804(SOH)/0(STX)/0(CAN) packets, 2 retries
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> RedBoot> go -n 0x1600000
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>
> $T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fff
> ffffe;0d
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> :ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;
> #58$T0a0
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> f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe
> ;0d:ffff
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> ffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T
> 0a0f:fff
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> ffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:f
> fffffff;
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> #58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:
> fffffffe
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> ;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffff
> ff;#58$T
>
> 0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffff
> ffe;0d:f
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> fffffff;#58$T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58
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> ---------------------------------------
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> REDBOOT Loading
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> ---------------------------------------
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> RedBoot> load -r -b 0x00020000 -m xmodem
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>
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> CCC_Raw file loaded 0x00020000-0x0006d6d7, assumed entry at 0x00020000
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> xyzModem - CRC mode, 2478(SOH)/0(STX)/0(CAN) packets, 3 retries
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> RedBoot> go -n 0x20000
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> $T0a0f:fffffffe;0d:ffffffff;#58
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> ---------------------------------------
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> BOARD Logs
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> ---------------------------------------
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> RedBoot> version
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> RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM]
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> Non-certified release, version UNKNOWN - built 02:13:17, Mar  2 2007
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> Platform: IXDP425 Development Platform (XScale) BE
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> Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Red Hat, Inc.
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> Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 eCosCentric Limited
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> RAM: 0x00000000-0x10000000, [0x00017440-0x0ffd1000] available
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> FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x51000000, 128 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.

Are you sure that the images you are loading aren't formatted?
e.g. S-record or ELF images?  If they are, you should not be
using the raw flag (-r)

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