Bug 4989 - Problems with booting Yocto Linux for Arrow SoC kit
Summary: Problems with booting Yocto Linux for Arrow SoC kit
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: BSPs
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bsps-runtime (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 arm
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 1.5
Assignee: Saul Wold
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Reported: 2013-08-06 12:22 UTC by Engineering
Modified: 2013-08-15 00:44 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)


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putty_stop_kernel-3-7 (55.19 KB, image/png)
2013-08-06 12:22 UTC, Engineering
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Description Engineering 2013-08-06 12:22:02 UTC
Created attachment 1412 [details]
putty_stop_kernel-3-7

We followed the manuals of RocketBoards.org to compile and bake a linux kernel, root filesystem etc. But if we create our own SD-card image of these parts booting on the Arrow SoC kit fails. In the next step we used a working SD-card image from terasiC and updated it only partially. Everything works fine with our self-compiled root filesystem. All the other parts, especially the kernel, don’t work with the SD-card.
For our self-compiled kernel (dylan-altera from [1]) we get the following error message when booting from SD-card after the attempt to read the uImage:

“Wrong Image Format for bootm command
ERROR: can't get kernel image!”

We followed the instructions given in [3]. 



For our self-compiled kernel (kernel 3.7 from [2]) we see the following when booting from SD-card after the attempt to read the uImage (start procedure stops at this step):

- for the output see the attached png file 'putty_stop_kernel-3-7' -

We don’t see our mistake because we followed the instructions of RocketBoards exactly and all the other parts on the SD-card image as uboot work fine.

[1] http://git.rocketboards.org/?p=poky-socfpga.git;a=summary
[2] http://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/AlteraSoCDevelopmentBoardYoctoGettingStarted
[3] http://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/GitGettingSTarted
Comment 1 Engineering 2013-08-06 12:23:59 UTC
We have bitbake version 1.18.0, which was not selectable.
Comment 2 Saul Wold 2013-08-09 15:14:13 UTC
Have you been in contact with Rocketboards to discuss this issue? This appears to be an issue with their kernel. The Yocto Project supports the core qemu and 4 reference hardware devices.  Please check with Rocketboards.org.  Also not quite sure what the bitbake reference and selectivity is about.
Comment 3 Saul Wold 2013-08-15 00:44:56 UTC
Since this is an issue with the ARROW SOC BSP, I am going to close this, if the 
issue is in oe-core, please file a new bug.