[ts-7000] Re: New SD card driver.

["dawydiuk" <>]

In this post I mentioned on a TS-7400 one can run the tsbootrom-update
-s utiltity to update the bootrom. I should have mentioned this will
update the bootrom on the TS-7400 to the SDBOOT bootrom. This is not
the default bootrom and will expect to load a kernel and initial
ramdisk from an SD card where the default bootrom(FLASHBOOT) loads a
kernel and initial ramdisk from the onboard flash. If you aren't sure
if this is what you want to do or don't understand, then don't run the
tsbootrom update on a TS-7400.

//Eddie

--- In  "dawydiuk" <> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> 
> Note: I posted this messages yesterday, I checked our mail logs and I
> see the yahoo mail server accepted the email but I haven't seen it on
> the list yet. So I apologize if this email shows up twice...
> 
> We've recently released a new SD card driver, it provides faster write
> speeds and support for larger SD cards.
> 
> We've received reports recently that SD write speeds were very slow. We
> found the write speeds varied depending upon the SD card. We measured
> write
> speeds from 33KB/s to 1MB/s, using an ext2 filesystem with contiguous
> writes. Running the same tests on the same SD cards with the new driver
> we've measured write speeds are around 1.5MB/s. In addition to faster
> write
> speeds large SD cards are supported. In the original driver
> SD cards up to 1GB were supported, in the new driver SD cards up to 4GB
> are supported.
> 
> The new SD driver can be downloaded here
> ftp://oz.embeddedarm.com/tmp/sdcard.o
> 
> If you are using a TS-7300 or TS-7400 the bootrom will also need to be
> updated. You can download a utility to do this here
> ftp://oz.embeddedarm.com/tsbootrom-update. To update your bootrom you
> can run the following command on your TS-7300 or TS-7400.
> 
>         tsbootrom-update -s
> 
> To update your sdcard driver on a TS-7300 or TS-7400 you can copy the
> driver
> to your SD card, FTP it up, or use wget. You will then need
> to copy the driver to the initial ramdisk as well as the /lib/modules.
> 
> e.g.
>   #Download the driver and utility
>   :root# wget -q ftp://oz.embeddedarm.com/tsbootrom-update
>   :root# wget -q ftp://oz.embeddedarm.com/tmp/sdcard.o
> 
>   #verify the md5sums match
>   :root# md5sum sdcard.o
>   192b5815a54bbeb33a8c8bb6e994382e  sdcard.o
>   :root# md5sum tsbootrom-update
>   fa73d32fbdec4af1a369a3ead5cdace3  tsbootrom-update
> 
>   #update the bootrom
>   :root# tsbootrom-update -s
>   verifydat=0x5ef72b7
>   lockdat=001073646c6f636b7465737473646c6f636b5e0e
>   verifylen=0
>   mac="00:d0:69:40:62:a2"
> 
>   #update the sdcard driver
>   :root# mount /dev/sdcard0/disc0/part2 /mnt/
>   :root# cp sdcard.o /mnt/
>   :root# cp sdcard.o
> /lib/modules/2.4.26-ts11/kernel/drivers/block/
> 
> At this point your SD card driver is up to date as well as your bootrom.
> If you have any questions or problems let me know.
> 
> //Eddie
>




------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups.  See the new email design.
http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/CFFolB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

 
Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums &amp; communities. Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
     
    

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums &amp; 
communities. is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/