[Letux-kernel] U-Boot Watchdog?

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> Am 17.03.2017 um 23:09 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
> 
> Have found it :)
> 
> The ca. 9 seconds was the hint...
> 
> The PCB didn't fit exactly in the case and hence the Power button was
> always pressed. This triggers the 8-seconds emergency power-down - after
> enabling it by MLO which differs a little in timing between NAND and MMC
> boot.
> 
> Ok. We have learned something :)

And I finally have again a completely working GTA04A4 for testing the most recent
hw-test tool. I have two other GTA04A3 where WLAN or Bluetooth is broken...

There is only one remaining issue with our latest U-Boot and Kernel: the NAND
ECC mode does not match between U-Boot and Kernel (OneNAND has no choice for that).

Therefore I currently can't read the U-Boot environment (fw_printenv) and flash
kernel/NAND rootfs from the kernel.

BR,
Nikolaus

> 
> BR,
> Nikolaus
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 17.03.2017 um 23:06 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 17.03.2017 um 22:55 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>>> Am 17.03.2017 um 22:45 schrieb Belisko Marek <marek.belisko at gmail.com>:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Nikolaus,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 8:18 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have one strange problem on one of my GTA04A4 devices.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I can boot from NAND or MMC and break into U-Boot.
>>>>> 
>>>>> But after ca. 5-10 seconds the boards simply reboots.
>>>>> It is quite reproducible and looks like a watchdog
>>>>> timer...
>>>> watchdog timeout is set to 60secs so it's unlikely it's reboot by
>>>> watchdog (drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c)
>>> 
>>> It is just sufficient time to break into the U-Boot console
>>> and start typing.
>>> 
>>> Or approx. the same time booting into Linux.
>>> 
>>> So it is more a 10 second "timeout" triggered by U-Boot having initialized :)
>>> 
>>>> it's reproducible 100% only on one board? thanks.
>>> 
>>> Yes. I have never seen that on any other board. Even when swapping the
>>> boot-SD card to others.
>>> 
>>> Maybe something in the twl4030 is broken?
>>> 
>>> What I have not tried to find out is if power consumption raises. Or
>>> if the charging circuits are damaged. That might decrease system voltage
>>> below the auto-power-off. But then it should no start over.
>>> 
>>> And, I should try to find out if the delay until reboot is always the
>>> same.
>> 
>> It appears to be always 7-8 seconds after inserting battery. Independent
>> of using the AUX button for the U-Boot Menu. Or using a different battery.
>> 
>> The only small difference is when booting from SD-Card. Then it is 9 seconds.
>> 
>> It also doesn't matter if NAND is flashed :(
>> 
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is the first time in 6 years I have seen this...
>>>>> 
>>>>> And: it is exactly the same SD card I had used to reflash
>>>>> and test two other boards before.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>> 
>>>>> BR,
>>>>> Nikolaus
>>>>> 
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>>>> BR,
>>>> 
>>>> marek
>>> 
>>> BR and thanks,
>>> Nikolaus
>>> 
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