[Gta04-owner] QtMoko v49

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi Radek,

Am 20.11.2012 um 08:56 schrieb Radek Polak:

> On Monday, November 19, 2012 10:39:19 PM Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> 
>> There is no specific timing.
>> 
>> Just press AUX before the power button and leave it pressed until
>> you see the graphical u-boot menu. Then, release the button (or leave
>> it pressed as long as you like :)
> 
> I have finally managed to flash the new bootloader and i have to say i like it 
> very much. Good work! Now i am working on the gta04-init changes.
> 
> I have one question - would it be possible to trigger displaying the bootmenu 
> e.g. when some file exists?
> 
> Currently QtMoko has option "Reboot to bootmenu", it would be nice if it could 
> reboot the phone to the uboot menu. It's not critical, just asking if there is 
> simple way to implement it then it would be nice...

Hm. U-Boot can check for existence of files and can read them, but it can't
delete it after a single use.

I think that should be done or otherwise it will be difficult to boot without
menu if anything did go wrong.

Another option would be to set a flag in the u-boot environment. The
Linux kernel can mount it but I don't know if there is a debian tool to
manipulate it easily. I.e. a "set-uboot-env name value && save-uboot-env".

> 
>> Maybe the main problem is that the new boot system is lacking a complete
>> and easily understandable description.
>> 
>> There are already some words in the latest GTA04A4 manual.
> 
> I guess it will take a few more weeks until people get used to it and start 
> using it.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Radek