[Elphel-support] Elphel 393 Nand upgrade

[Mohamed Morsy]

No it does not boot from flash.
The card does work with other boards.

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 3:46 PM Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com>
wrote:

> Hi Mohamed,
>
> Does the board boot fine from flash?
> Does the same uSD card work with other rev B boards?
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 1:30 PM Mohamed Morsy <mmorsy at redzone.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Oleg,
>>
>> I'm having another issue with another Elphel. It doesn't seem to boot up
>> completely. When I connect the USB cable, open minicom, and power on the
>> Elphel, it starts booting up for 2 seconds then stops and minicom says
>> "Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0!" The last thing on minicom before it stops is:
>>
>> [    2.034545] elphel393-pwr elphel393-pwr at 0: Probing elphel393-pwr
>>
>> This is a Rev B Elphel running on a uSD card. Do you know what the issue
>> might be?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mohamed
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 9:48 AM Mohamed Morsy <mmorsy at redzone.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That worked. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Mohamed
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 5:30 PM Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wrong file. My bad. Try this one.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 3:17 PM Morsy, Mohamed K <MKM89 at pitt.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Oleg,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried replacing the devicetree.dtb file in the nand folder from elphel393_20180511
>>>>> with the one you sent. I tried the ipaddress/update_software.html
>>>>> tool again but nothing changed. When I log into the elphel from minicom and
>>>>> try ifconfig I still only get the local address at 127.0.0.1. This is on a
>>>>> Rev C board. Do you have any other ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also I meant to send the previous email from my Redzone email so I'll
>>>>> CC myself to this chain.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mohamed Morsy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com>
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 4, 2018 2:51 PM
>>>>> *To:* Morsy, Mohamed K
>>>>> *Cc:* elphel support-list
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Elphel-support] Elphel 393 Nand upgrade
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mohamed,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it's not related.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most likely you need an updated device tree (devicetree.dtb). The
>>>>> newest boards are revC - they have a different PHY reg address compared to
>>>>> revB (and older). The recovery cards came with updated devicetree - and so,
>>>>> the network is working.
>>>>> The revision letter is printed near the network connector on top of
>>>>> the board. For revC - try devicetree.dtb from the attachment.
>>>>>
>>>>> fix_net_config.tar.gz - just moves network configuration from
>>>>> /etc/elphel393/init_elphel393.py to /etc/network/interfaces which is a more
>>>>> conventional place for linux. And it will be included in the next release.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having trouble upgrading the NAND memory on an elphel 393. I've
>>>>> tried it with multiple boards. I used the ipaddress/update_software.html
>>>>> tool. When I flash the board, I shut it down, remove the uSD card, and
>>>>> reboot it. But it doesn't boot up correctly. I'm able to log in on minicom
>>>>> but when I try ifconfig I find that the board doesn't have an ip address.
>>>>> Do you know how to resolve this issue? I noticed there's a recent upload at
>>>>> community.elphel.com/files/393
>>>>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.elphel.com%2Ffiles%2F393&data=02%7C01%7CMKM89%40pitt.edu%7C69e9fd539853460af0b808d65a21ddbc%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C1%7C636795498844445600&sdata=nmNC%2B4fi8iv%2FKJk2i5mVpAEVZ4r1A5H%2FCS3woLV3%2Bhc%3D&reserved=0>
>>>>> called fix_net_config.tar.gz. Is that related to my issue?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Mohamed Morsy
>>>>> RedZone Robotics
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>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Oleg Dzhimiev
>>>> Electronics Engineer
>>>> phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
>>>> Elphel, Inc.
>>>>
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