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authorPaul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>2014-04-04 15:26:26 +0100
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-04-04 15:32:40 +0100
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README.hardware: tweak edgerouter instructions
* You need a rollover cable for the serial port * Some minor grammar / typo / formatting fixes (From meta-yocto rev: 79f01604e672ce0eb7af787c27ec561063222796) Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -240,11 +240,12 @@ Load the kernel and dtb (device tree blob), and boot the system as follows:
240 => bootm 1000000 - 2000000 240 => bootm 1000000 - 2000000
241 241
242 242
243EdgeRouter Lite(edgerouter) 243Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter Lite (edgerouter)
244===================================== 244==============================================
245 245
246The EdgeRouter Lite is part of the EdgeMax series. It is an MIPS64 router(Cavium Octeon) 246The EdgeRouter Lite is part of the EdgeMax series. It is a MIPS64 router
247with 512MB of RAM, which uses a USB pendrive for storage. 247(based on the Cavium Octeon processor) with 512MB of RAM, which uses an
248internal USB pendrive for storage.
248 249
249Setup instructions 250Setup instructions
250------------------ 251------------------
@@ -252,8 +253,8 @@ Setup instructions
252You will need the following: 253You will need the following:
253* NFS root setup on your workstation 254* NFS root setup on your workstation
254* TFTP server installed on your workstation 255* TFTP server installed on your workstation
255* Straight-thru 9-conductor serial cable (DB9, M/F) connected from your 256* RJ45 -> serial ("rollover") cable connected from your PC to the CONSOLE
256 PC to UART1 257 port on the board
257* Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board 258* Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board
258 259
259--- Preparation --- 260--- Preparation ---
@@ -290,16 +291,17 @@ Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows:
290 291
291--- Booting from USB root --- 292--- Booting from USB root ---
292 293
293NOTE: Since the USB disk is inside the edgerouter box, its inconvenient for us to 294NOTE: Since the USB disk is inside the edgerouter box, it's inconvenient to
294 plug and unplug the USB disk. So in the following instructions I assume that 295 plug and unplug the USB disk. So in the following instructions it is
295 you already boot the box from NFS. Additionally, since vmlinux is not installed 296 assumed that you have already booted the device from NFS. Additionally,
296 to core-minal-image-xxx by default, so its neccessary for us to copy it to USB 297 since vmlinux is not contained in core-image-xxx by default, it is
297 disk. 298 necessary to copy it to the USB disk separately.
298 299
299Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows: 300Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows:
300 1. Booting from NFS root
301 301
302 2. Mount usb disk partition 2 and then extract the contens of 302 1. Boot from NFS root
303
304 2. Mount the USB disk partition 2 and then extract the contents of
303 tmp/deploy/core-image-XXXX.tar.bz2 into it. 305 tmp/deploy/core-image-XXXX.tar.bz2 into it.
304 306
305 Before starting, copy core-image-minimal-xxx.tar.bz2 and vmlinux into 307 Before starting, copy core-image-minimal-xxx.tar.bz2 and vmlinux into
@@ -314,10 +316,12 @@ Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows:
314 # reboot 316 # reboot
315 317
316 3. Reboot the board and press a key on the terminal when prompted to get to the U-Boot 318 3. Reboot the board and press a key on the terminal when prompted to get to the U-Boot
317 command line 319 command line:
320
318 # reboot 321 # reboot
319 322
320 4. Load the kernel and boot: 323 4. Load the kernel and boot:
321 324
322 => ext2load usb 0:2 $loadaddr boot/vmlinux 325 => ext2load usb 0:2 $loadaddr boot/vmlinux
323 => bootoctlinux $loadaddr coremask=0x3 root=/dev/sda2 rw rootwait mtdparts=phys_mapped_flash:512k(boot0),512k(boot1),64k@3072k(eeprom) 326 => bootoctlinux $loadaddr coremask=0x3 root=/dev/sda2 rw rootwait mtdparts=phys_mapped_flash:512k(boot0),512k(boot1),64k@3072k(eeprom)
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