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Date: Mon,  3 Jun 2013 05:34:59 -0700
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From: Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot
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yes, sorry; i was going from memory -- which isn't as reliable as it once
was.


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:

> > you'll need the uboot sd image that Richard put together
> > (/n/sources/contrib/miller/uboot.img)
>
> No, that file is just an executable binary of uboot.  An SD image
> for pxe-type loading  is /n/sources/extra/pi.uboot.sd.img.gz as
> mentioned in booting(8).
>
> I just tried this to check it still works, and found that you
> need a vgasize= definition in the /cfg/pxe/NNNNNN file if you're
> booting with uboot and want an HDMI screen.  I'm not sure that
> was documented anywhere. If you just boot a 9pi kernel from the
> SD card without using uboot, vgasize= isn't needed because the
> screen size can be detected automagically.
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">yes, sorry; i was going from memory -- which isn&#39;t as =
reliable as it once was.<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Richard Miller <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:9fans@hamnavoe.com" target=3D"_blank">9fans@=
hamnavoe.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">&gt; you&#39;ll need the u=
boot sd image that Richard put together<br>
&gt; (/n/sources/contrib/miller/uboot.img)<br>
<br>
</div>No, that file is just an executable binary of uboot. =A0An SD image<b=
r>
for pxe-type loading =A0is /n/sources/extra/pi.uboot.sd.img.gz as<br>
mentioned in booting(8).<br>
<br>
I just tried this to check it still works, and found that you<br>
need a vgasize=3D definition in the /cfg/pxe/NNNNNN file if you&#39;re<br>
booting with uboot and want an HDMI screen. =A0I&#39;m not sure that<br>
was documented anywhere. If you just boot a 9pi kernel from the<br>
SD card without using uboot, vgasize=3D isn&#39;t needed because the<br>
screen size can be detected automagically.<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div>

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