On T, 2020-06-02 at 22:33 -0500, Matt Krenik wrote: > Hello Arti, > > Thanks so much for your detailed reply. I tried the first suggestion > of just zeroing out the initial SPL loader. Its not clear if I > accessed the correct location, because there is no /dev/mmcblk0. > Instead I tried a few different options, including: '/dev/block/by- > name/boot' '/dev/block/by-name/bootloader' and '/dev/block/nanda'. > In each of the cases, I believe the device is getting past the > initial SPL loader, but is getting stuck on the main bootloader. I'll > keep trying to find out what memory device could store the initial > SPL loader.
Its possible that SPL is stored in raw NAND or in a SPI Flash chip. You probably have to hook up serial console to figure that out. > I did notice that when I probe 'lsusb' when the device is first > starting, the device appears in flash mode for a small window of time > before loading the bootloader. I have been unable to figure out a way > to take advantage of this to flash the device (I tried starting the > sunxi-livesuite gui), since it proceeds to the bootloader. This was > surprising to me according to the documentation on the Sunxi linux > wiki. Its clear that I'm working with some custom/vendor firmware > that might differ from what is standard. > > Again, thanks for your help. It seems that I'm on my own since I'm > working with hardware that differs from what this community supports. > But if you have any tips on what I can investigate, I would find it > extremely helpful. > > Best, > Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/linux-sunxi/5281ce053fc8cb663a862c8130a8107abbcf0c44.camel%40gmail.com.
