[RFT PATCH 0/3] usb: misc: usb3503: Fix missing device when TFTP booting

Hans Verkuil hverkuil at xs4all.nl
Mon May 2 06:40:01 PDT 2016


On 05/01/16 18:42, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 06:01:08PM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>> Sorry, I meant the hanging issue I got in 4.6, not the ethernet issue.
>>> I get the same problem with linux-next. Can you mail me the .config you are using?
>>
>> Never mind.
>>
>>> After some more testing I don't think it is hanging, instead it seems that the mmc
>>> isn't enabled/found and so it just sits waiting for the root partition to appear.
>>
>> That was fun. There are two problems that both caused the boot to end at the same
>> place: first of all the root partition is now called mmcblk1p1 instead of mmcblk0p1
>> in 4.6, so it was just waiting for the root partition to appear. Nothing to do with
>> your patch series, just unexpected.
> 
> Yes, annoying issue and unfortunately this is known... recommended
> solution is to use root=PARTUUID=xxxx (you can get the PARTUUID with
> blkid)... or replace the mmc device.
> 
>> The second is that enabling CONFIG_VIDEO_S5P_FIMC causes the boot to hang at that
>> same place. I suspect there is a deadlock somewhere. I'm digging deeper into that
>> but again, unrelated to your patch series.
>>
>> Anyway, after disabling that config option I was finally able to test your patch
>> series:
>>
>> Tested-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil at cisco.com>

BTW, one thing I noticed is that to have u-boot detect the network device I
need to call 'usb reset' twice. This is with u-boot 2016.1 release.

Not a big deal, but I wondered if you see the same.

Regards,

	Hans



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