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README.hardware: tweak edgerouter instructions 

* You need a rollover cable for the serial port
* Some minor grammar / typo / formatting fixes

(From meta-yocto rev: 79f01604e672ce0eb7af787c27ec561063222796)

Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Paul Eggleton 2014-04-04 15:26:26 +01:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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@ -240,11 +240,12 @@ Load the kernel and dtb (device tree blob), and boot the system as follows:
=> bootm 1000000 - 2000000
EdgeRouter Lite(edgerouter)
=====================================
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter Lite (edgerouter)
==============================================
The EdgeRouter Lite is part of the EdgeMax series. It is an MIPS64 router(Cavium Octeon)
with 512MB of RAM, which uses a USB pendrive for storage.
The EdgeRouter Lite is part of the EdgeMax series. It is a MIPS64 router
(based on the Cavium Octeon processor) with 512MB of RAM, which uses an
internal USB pendrive for storage.
Setup instructions
------------------
@ -252,8 +253,8 @@ Setup instructions
You will need the following:
* NFS root setup on your workstation
* TFTP server installed on your workstation
* Straight-thru 9-conductor serial cable (DB9, M/F) connected from your
PC to UART1
* RJ45 -> serial ("rollover") cable connected from your PC to the CONSOLE
port on the board
* Ethernet connected to the first ethernet port on the board
--- Preparation ---
@ -290,16 +291,17 @@ Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows:
--- Booting from USB root ---
NOTE: Since the USB disk is inside the edgerouter box, its inconvenient for us to
plug and unplug the USB disk. So in the following instructions I assume that
you already boot the box from NFS. Additionally, since vmlinux is not installed
to core-minal-image-xxx by default, so its neccessary for us to copy it to USB
disk.
NOTE: Since the USB disk is inside the edgerouter box, it's inconvenient to
plug and unplug the USB disk. So in the following instructions it is
assumed that you have already booted the device from NFS. Additionally,
since vmlinux is not contained in core-image-xxx by default, it is
necessary to copy it to the USB disk separately.
Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows:
1. Booting from NFS root
2. Mount usb disk partition 2 and then extract the contens of
1. Boot from NFS root
2. Mount the USB disk partition 2 and then extract the contents of
tmp/deploy/core-image-XXXX.tar.bz2 into it.
Before starting, copy core-image-minimal-xxx.tar.bz2 and vmlinux into
@ -314,10 +316,12 @@ Load the kernel, and boot the system as follows:
# reboot
3. Reboot the board and press a key on the terminal when prompted to get to the U-Boot
command line
command line:
# reboot
4. Load the kernel and boot:
=> ext2load usb 0:2 $loadaddr boot/vmlinux
=> bootoctlinux $loadaddr coremask=0x3 root=/dev/sda2 rw rootwait mtdparts=phys_mapped_flash:512k(boot0),512k(boot1),64k@3072k(eeprom)