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@@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ FIXME
FreeScale iMX31ADS (mx31ads)
===========================
-FIXME - needs testing
+The correct serial port is the top-most female connector to the right of the
+ethernet socket.
-It is assumed a serial connection to the board is available (115200 8N1), a
-TFTP server is available at 192.168.9.1 and the board is to be given an IP
-address of 192.168.9.2. To set the IP address, run:
+For uploading data to RedBoot we are going to use tftp. In this example we
+assume that the tftpserver is on 192.168.9.1 and the board is on192.168.9.2.
+
+To set the IP address, run:
ip_address -l 192.168.9.2/24 -h 192.168.9.1
@@ -159,6 +161,47 @@ To load and boot a kernel from a TFTP server with the rootfs over NFS:
load -r -b 0x100000 zimage
exec -b 0x100000 -l 0x200000 -c "noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.9.1:/mnt/nfsmx31 rw ip=192.168.9.2::192.168.9.1:255.255.255.0"
+Alternative flash (NAND)
+~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+
+The instructions above are for using the (default) NOR flash on the board,
+there is also 128M of NAND flash.
+
+It is possible to install Poky to the NAND flash which gives more space for the
+rootfs.
+
+To switch to the NAND flash:
+
+ factive NAND
+
+This will then restart RedBoot using the NAND rather than the NOR. If you
+have not used the NAND before then it is unlikely that there will be a
+partition table yet. You can get the list of partitions with 'fis list'.
+
+If this shows no partitions then you can create them with:
+
+ fis init
+
+The output of 'fis list' should now show:
+
+Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point
+RedBoot 0xE0000000 0xE0000000 0x00040000 0x00000000
+FIS directory 0xE7FF4000 0xE7FF4000 0x00003000 0x00000000
+RedBoot config 0xE7FF7000 0xE7FF7000 0x00001000 0x00000000
+
+Partitions for the kernel and rootfs need to be created:
+
+fis create -l 0x1A0000 -e 0x00100000 kernel
+fis create -l 0x5000000 -e 0x00100000 root
+
+You may now use the instructions above for flashing. However it is important
+to note that the erase block size for the NAND is different to the NOR so the
+JFFS erase size will need to be changed to 0x4000
+
+You will also need to update the kernel command line to use the correct root
+filesystem. This should be '/dev/mtdblock7' if you adhere to the partitioning
+scheme shown above. If this fails then you can doublecheck against the output
+from the kernel when it evaluates the available mtd partitions.
Marvell PXA3xx Zylonite (zylonite)
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