Re: help: routerboard 532 with NetBSD

["Garrett D'Amore" <garrett_damore%tadpole.com@localhost>]

I don't know for sure, but I'd first guess that you want to check the 
endianness.

The pb1000 image is almost certainly wrong -- start with the Malta 
image, I'd think.

It also doesn't look like you have yamon, so I'm doubtful that evbmips 
is the right port for you.  (Unless "RouterBOOT" is somehow yamon based, 
or at least provides the same vector entry points for console io and 
environment variable format.)

   -- Garrett

Tomas D wrote:

> Hi, I've just bought Routerboard 532 ( 
> http://www.routerboard.com/images/rb532_s.jpg ) for those
> who don't know it's MIPS 32 4Kc based board with IDT's ( http://www.idt.com/ ) 
> mips processor.
> Board itself has 32mb of ram and 266mhz cpu.
>
> I'm trying to netboot this board and here are the results...
>
> Trying to load kernel from:
> ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-3/200510200000Z/evbmips-mipseb/binary/kernel
>
> RouterBOOT booter 1.5
>
> RouterBoard 532
>
> CPU frequency: 264 MHz
>  Memory size:  32 MB
>
> Press any key within 5 seconds to enter setup.....
> trying dhcp protocol... OK
> resolved mac address 00:50:8D:48:0D:90
> transfer started .................. transfer ok, time=0.7s
> setting up elf image... wrong architecture elf image
> kernel loading failed
> gave up loading other kernels because obviously it's wrong arch.
>
> so I had a go on:
> ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-3/200510200000Z/evbmips-mipsel/binary/kernel
>
> booting netbsd malta, pb1000 and aumac kernels I've got following:
> RouterBOOT booter 1.5
>
> RouterBoard 532
>
> CPU frequency: 264 MHz
>  Memory size:  32 MB
>
> Press any key within 5 seconds to enter setup.....
> trying dhcp protocol... OK
> resolved mac address 00:50:8D:48:0D:90
> transfer started .................. transfer ok, time=0.7s
> setting up elf image... OK
> jumping to kernel code
> and here it just stops and does nothing... (pressing space and all other 
> buttons did not make any
> affect on it)
>
>
> booting netbsd.srec* kernels I've got following:
> RouterBOOT booter 1.5
>
> RouterBoard 532
>
> CPU frequency: 264 MHz
>  Memory size:  32 MB
>
> Press any key within 5 seconds to enter setup.....
> trying dhcp protocol.... OK
> resolved mac address 00:50:8D:48:0D:90
> transfer started ..................................................... transfer 
> ok, time=2.0s
> setting up elf image... not an elf header
> kernel loading failed
>
> I was trying to boot other MIPS netbsd ports, I think 2 or so gave last line as:
> jumping to kernel code
> others, would complain:
> setting up elf image... wrong architecture elf image
>
>
> if anyone would have any idea where to go from here to get netbsd working on 
> this board I'd much
> appreciate it, I'm sure there are plenty of people who just hang there and wait 
> for somebody to
> get netbsd running on this little beast and then they'll get one for themselves.
> Debian is runnin on it so I guess there's no reason why NetBSD shouldn't.
>
> p.s. openbsd runs on it too.
>
>
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