Re: Allwinner H3 support added to -current

[Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

You mentioned the other day that it worked for you, correct? Do you know 
the date that it stopped working?

I can reproduce the problem with the 201707131300Z evbarm-earmv7hf 
snapshot.

Cheers,
Jared


On Sun, 16 Jul 2017, Yuqing.Guo wrote:

> Hi Jared
>
> The release build worked, but can not boot installer....
>
> Please confirm the dmesg attached in this mail.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Your Yuqing.
>
>
> On 07/16/2017 03:41 PM, Yuqing.Guo wrote:
> > Hi Jared
> >
> > Thank you very much. It works now.
> >
> > Yours Yuqing.
> >
> >
> > On 07/09/2017 06:42 PM, Jared McNeill wrote:
> > > Hi Yuqing --
> > >
> > > You must be using bash as /bin/sh to get that error? If so I've checked in 
> > > a fix. Thanks for the report!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jared
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 9 Jul 2017, Yuqing.Guo wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Jared
> > > >
> > > > I try to do an release building today, but it failed with the flowing 
> > > > error.
> > > >    >> src/distrib/utils/embedded/conf/armv7.conf: unexpected '}'
> > > >
> > > > unless to comment out the "populate_sunxi()" function in armv7.conf.
> > > >
> > > > Can you check out this?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > > Your Yuqing.
> > > >
> > > > On 07/08/2017 07:52 AM, Yuqing.Guo wrote:
> > > > > Hi Jared
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh, this is an excellent feature!
> > > > > I will update my source tree and confirm this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for your effort^_^
> > > > >
> > > > > Yours Yuqing
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 07/07/2017 06:55 AM, Jared McNeill wrote:
> > > > > > This should all be working now -- there should now be an 
> > > > > > installation/ramdisk/ramdisk.ub as part of your release build.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Jared
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Jared McNeill wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Fantastic news Yuqing! I'll hook this up to the build once I figure 
> > > > > > > out how :)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > Jared
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Yuqing.Guo wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi Jared:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It is great!!
> > > > > > > > Using ramdisk to boot the installer SUCCEED!
> > > > > > > > See the attached dmesg, please.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thank you, Thank you!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > And wait your commit for including a ramdisk.fs/ramdisk.ub in the 
> > > > > > > > release build.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Yours Yuqing.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 07/05/2017 08:06 PM, Jared McNeill wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi Yuqing --
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thank you for the dmesg. Very excited to see other boards working 
> > > > > > > > > with no changes.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I've committed support for another way to boot the installer, but 
> > > > > > > > > haven't tested the entire process yet. Please try it and let me know 
> > > > > > > > > how it goes.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If you do a full release build, there should be a 'ramdisk.fs' 
> > > > > > > > > somewhere in the obj directory (I think). This is normally used as 
> > > > > > > > > an embedded ramdisk image in the *_INSTALL kernels.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Instead, add a legacy U-Boot header to the ramdisk.fs file (make 
> > > > > > > > > sure your mkubootimage is up to date, I checked in a fix for this 
> > > > > > > > > last night):
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >  $ mkubootimage -A arm -C none -O linux -T ramdisk -a 0 -n 
> > > > > > > > > "NetBSD/sunxi ramdisk" ramdisk.fs ramdisk.ub
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Copy 'ramdisk.ub' along with the 'netbsd.ub' from the SUNXI kernel 
> > > > > > > > > to your SD card. Try booting like this:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >  setenv kernel netbsd.ub
> > > > > > > > >  setenv ramdisk ramdisk.ub
> > > > > > > > >  fatload mmc 0:1 ${kernel_addr_r} ${kernel}
> > > > > > > > >  fatload mmc 0:1 ${fdt_addr_r} ${fdtfile}
> > > > > > > > >  fdt addr ${fdt_addr_r}
> > > > > > > > >  fatload mmc 0:1 ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${ramdisk}
> > > > > > > > >  bootm ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${fdt_addr_r}
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If all goes well, it should use the ramdisk.ub file for the root fs 
> > > > > > > > > and start the installer.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If this works, I'll remove the SUNXI_INSTALL kernel and include a 
> > > > > > > > > ramdisk.fs/ramdisk.ub in the release build instead.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > > > Jared
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Yuqing.Guo wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hi Jared:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I attached the dmesg of booting Orange Pi PC Plus.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I will try the flowing method as you mentioned to boot an 
> > > > > > > > > > install.ub.
> > > > > > > > > > Thank you again!
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Yours Yuqing.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On 07/05/2017 07:15 AM, Jared McNeill wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Jul 2017, Jared McNeill wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Not sure yet how to boot with "go". I tried converting the .bin 
> > > > > > > > > > > > to a Legacy U-Boot image like this:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >  $ mkubootimage -A arm -C none -O linux -T kernel -a 40008000 -n 
> > > > > > > > > > > > "NetBSD/sunxi install" install.bin install.ub
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Oops, there's a typo in that command -- the -a value needs to be 
> > > > > > > > > > > specified in hex, so the correct command would be:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >   $ mkubootimage -A arm -C none -O linux -T kernel -a 0x40008000 
> > > > > > > > > > > -n "NetBSD/sunxi install" install.bin install.ub
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Still need to increase CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN though.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > > > > > Jared