That's not really surprising -- the bootloader talks to external hardware. We already have two different bootloaders for hardware differences. Unless you're using the wrong bootloader (and the other one will work), this issue needs to be transferred to the bootloader. Careful hardware review is needed. You will probably want to single step through the bootloader with a debugger on the 4917 and make sure that every GPIO use and SPI use is correct. Probably there are power control things that need to be done.
That's not really surprising -- the bootloader talks to external hardware. We already have two different bootloaders for hardware differences. Unless you're using the wrong bootloader (and the other one will work), this issue needs to be transferred to the bootloader. Careful hardware review is needed. You will probably want to single step through the bootloader with a debugger on the 4917 and make sure that every GPIO use and SPI use is correct. Probably there are power control things that need to be done.