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[OMAPL137] Booting

S.Chandrasekar
Prodigy 50 points

 

I tried to boot the OMAP L137 from U-Boot prompt. But I got the following messages:

BOOTP broadcast 1

BOOTP broadcast 2

.

.

BOOTP broadcast 10

count exceeded.. retry again

Is there any solution to this problem. 

 

  • 0
    TI__Mastermind 24340 points

    This usually means that u-boot is not finding the kernel to boot according to your boot args.

    For example, my bootargs are set to boot the kernel via tftp, if I disconnect the Ethernet cable from my board (then it can not find the kernel file via tftp) I get the same message.

    So you need to check how your bootargs are set and make sure you have the connections correctly, if the file is where you are telling it is, etc.

    Please also make sure you have completed the steps in the:

    http://tiexpressdsp.com/index.php/Getting_Started_Guide_for_OMAP-L137

  • 0 in reply to Mariana
    Intellectual 840 points

    Hello Mariana, 

                  I am also getting the same BOOTP broadcast messages, but my tftp srver is working properly. I have tested my tftp server by giving command in the u boot prompt to download the kernel, the u boot is able to download the kernel but may be it is not able to locate the NFS server. I have done NFS server getting according to the user guide but still the above error exists. 

    If anyone who is able to solve the above issue please reply

     

    Regards

    Jitendra

     

  • 0 in reply to Jitendra Jagasia
    TI__Mastermind 41665 points

    Jitendra Jagasia said:
    I am also getting the same BOOTP broadcast messages, but my tftp srver is working properly. I have tested my tftp server by giving command in the u boot prompt to download the kernel, the u boot is able to download the kernel but may be it is not able to locate the NFS server. I have done NFS server getting according to the user guide but still the above error exists.

    Does your network have a DHCP server on it that is functioning properly? The BOOTP messages are actually Bootstrap Protocol messages, where the board is trying to configure its network interface dynamically. If you get a lot of these messages it likely means that your network is missing a DHCP server (for example, an off the shelf broadband router), or that the DHCP server does not support the legacy BOOTP protocol for some reason. You can try to get around this by either using an appropriate DHCP server, or by configuring your kernel to use a static ip address.