#radxa on 2014-10-14 — irc logs at freenode.irclog.whitequark.org

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13:24 <jceel_> ganbold_: ping

13:50 <ganbold_> jceel_: pong

13:57 <jceel_> ganbold_: I've recently bought Radxa Rock Lite without NAND

13:57 <jceel_> ganbold_: is it possible to run FreeBSD on it?

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14:13 <ganbold_> jceel_: yes

14:14 <ganbold_> jceel_: did you check wiki?

14:14 <ganbold_> jceel_: wait

14:14 <ganbold_> jceel_: sorry, I was thinking about different thing

14:14 <ganbold_> jceel_: I think we should ask naobsd

14:15 <ganbold_> naobsd: is it possible to boot from usb or sd on RR lite?

14:16 <jceel_> ganbold_: it is possible to boot from sd

14:17 <jceel_> ganbold_: but I have no clue how to prepare sd correctly

14:17 <jceel_> ganbold_: also, I've tried OTG mode in the way described on the wiki

14:17 <jceel_> ganbold_: and it seems that in OTG mode RR Lite just writes to SD instead of NAND

14:17 <jceel_> but I'm getting "invalid tag" errors from loader

14:19 <naobsd> jceel_: did you do "rkcrc -k kernel.bin kernel.img"?

14:19 <jceel_> naobsd: yes

14:20 <naobsd> jceel_: how did you write parameter?

14:20 <jceel_> naobsd: rkcrc -p param.txt param.bin && rkflashtool w 0x0 0x2 < param.bin

14:20 <jceel_> also tried rkflashtool P < param.txt

14:20 <jceel_> with newer version of rkflashtool

14:21 <naobsd> ah, you need to flash valid image to boot even if you don't use it

14:21 <naobsd> flash kernel image to boot partition

14:21 <naobsd> kernel.img which has valid header

14:22 <naobsd> or any data is ok if it has valid header (rkcrc -k)

14:22 <jceel_> ok, I have kernel.img from miniroot which should fit

14:22 <jceel_> how should I write it using rkflashtool?

14:23 <naobsd> rkflashtool w boot < boot.img

14:24 <jceel_> btw, I'm writing kernel using: rkflashtool w 0x4000 0x5000 < kernel.img

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14:25 <naobsd> any method is ok if it works

14:25 * jceel_ wonders if there's rk3188 boot process explained somewhere

14:35 <naobsd> invalid tag error is fixed?

14:36 <jceel_> naobsd: I've flashed boot.img from here: http://androtab.info/miniroot/

14:36 <jceel_> to boot partition

14:36 <jceel_> and still have:

14:36 <jceel_> start_linux=====49959

14:36 <jceel_> SHA ERROR!

14:36 <jceel_> E:Invaid tag(0x4D524150)!

14:36 <jceel_> Load failed!

14:37 <naobsd> well

14:38 <naobsd> you used rkcrc -p for parameter, and rkcrc -k for kernel?

14:38 <jceel_> yes

14:38 <jceel_> written kernel at 0x4000 and parameter at 0x0

14:38 <naobsd> please

14:39 <naobsd> rkflashtool r 0x0 0x1 | hexdump -C | head -1

14:39 <naobsd> rkflashtool r 0x4000 0x1 | hexdump -C | head -1

14:40 <jceel_> jceel@oxidev:~/src/rkflashtool% sudo ./rkflashtool r 0x0 0x1 | hexdump -C | head -1

14:40 <jceel_> 00000000 50 41 52 4d ae 01 00 00 46 49 52 4d 57 41 52 45 |PARM....FIRMWARE|

14:40 <jceel_> jceel@oxidev:~/src/rkflashtool% sudo ./rkflashtool r 0x4000 0x1 | hexdump -C | head -1

14:40 <jceel_> rkflashtool: info: reading flash memory at offset 0x0000400000000000 4b 52 4e 4c e4 03 42 00 00 90 a0 e1 01 80 a0 e1 |KRNL..B.........|

14:41 <jceel_> jceel@oxidev:~/src/rkflashtool% sudo ./rkflashtool r boot | hexdump -C | head -1

14:41 <jceel_> rkflashtool: info: reading flash memory at offset 0x0000200000000000 4b 52 4e 4c 61 62 18 00 1f 8b 08 00 a3 7d 77 53 |KRNLab.......}wS|

14:43 <naobsd> rkflashtool p |grep CMDLINE

14:44 <jceel_> CMDLINE:console=ttyFIQ0,115200 console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init mac_addr=de:ad:de:ad:be:ef initrd=0x62000000,0x00800000 mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00008000@0x00002000(boot),-@0x0000A000(linuxroot)

14:44 <naobsd> ah

14:44 <naobsd> hm

14:45 <naobsd> ganbold_:

14:46 <naobsd> well

14:47 <naobsd> jceel_: edit parameter mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00008000@0x00002000(boot),-@0x0000A000(linuxroot) -> mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00008000@0x00002000(kernel),-@0x0000A000(linuxroot)

14:48 <naobsd> and reflash parameter after rkcrc -p, then reflash kernel with rkflashtool w kernel < kernel.img

14:48 <naobsd> you don't have kernel partition at 0x4000

14:50 <jceel_> naobsd: now the 'SHA ERROR' is gone, but I still have E:Invaid tag(0x4D524150)!

14:51 <naobsd> :(

14:51 <naobsd> hmm

14:51 <jceel_> naobsd: what does that mean?

14:51 <jceel_> 0x4D524150 == 'PARM'

14:54 <naobsd> mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00008000@0x00002000(kernel),0x00008000@0x0000a000(boot),-@0x00012000(linuxroot)

14:55 <naobsd> and flash boot.img to boot

14:56 <jceel_> naobsd: so kernel and boot partitions will overlap?

14:56 <naobsd> no

14:56 <jceel_> both are at 0x8000?

14:56 <naobsd> kernel start at 0x2000, boot start at 0xa000

14:56 <jceel_> ah

14:56 <jceel_> right

14:57 <jceel_> it's length@offset

14:58 <ganbold_> naobsd: :) my ES had 0x4000

14:58 <jceel_> hah, now it says 'CRC failed'

14:58 <jceel_> seriously, do we even now how it works?

14:59 <naobsd> kernel or boot may be broken, reflash them

15:06 <jceel_> ok, something is wrong with boot.img

15:06 <jceel_> because 'CRC error' disappeared after clearing boot partition

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15:14 <naobsd> worked?

15:14 <jceel_> naobsd: nope. I've tried following things:

15:15 <jceel_> 1) dd if=/dev/zero of=dummy.bin && rkcrc -k dummy.bin dummy.img && rkflashtool w boot < dummy.img ---> CRC error & "Invaid Tag"

15:15 <jceel_> 2) rkflashtool e boot -> only "Invaid Tag"

15:16 <jceel_> 3) rkflashtool w boot < boot.img (obtained from http://androtab.info/miniroot/) -> CRC error & "Invaid Tag"

15:16 <jceel_> in 1), it was 1MB zero-filled .bin

15:17 <naobsd> please try to flash parameter, kernel.img, and boot.img from that miniroot page...

15:20 <jceel_> naobsd: still CRC error. but I've tried earlier to put these manually on the sd

15:20 <jceel_> naobsd: and it worked (at least kernel booted)

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15:24 <naobsd> please tell me what you typed

15:26 <jceel_> naobsd: rkflashtool w 0x0 0x2 < parameter.img && rkflashtool w kernel < kernel_lite.img && rkflashtool w boot < boot.img

15:26 <jceel_> and then rkflashtool b

15:30 <AstralixNB> jceel_ your kernel command line misses a rootwait token after root=/dev/mmcblk0p1

15:30 <jceel_> hah!

15:30 <jceel_> it booted!

15:30 <jceel_> naobsd: i've written parameter file, kernel and boot.img directly to sd card

15:31 <AstralixNB> correct

15:31 <jceel_> naobsd: according to this guide: http://androtab.info/radxa_rock/sdboot/

15:31 <jceel_> naobsd: but with freebsd kernel instead of miniroot one

15:31 <jceel_> and it booted

15:31 <jceel_> but still no luck with OTG

15:31 <AstralixNB> that is the right way, but omit passing invalid parameters to the kernel command line in parameters

15:31 <naobsd> maybe USB writing doesn't work with SD

15:32 <jceel_> AstralixNB: well, kernel cmdline is not meaningful at all with FreeBSD

15:32 <jceel_> naobsd: maybe..

15:32 <AstralixNB> Ok, that I didn't know

15:32 <jceel_> btw

15:32 <jceel_> rk3188 has the most fucked up boot process I've ever seen

15:32 <AstralixNB> naobasd, what I figures out is, that Loader can write to parameter of SD, but not the rest of the images

15:33 <jceel_> it seems that nobody fully understands it

15:33 <jceel_> can I have just regular u-boot there?

15:33 <AstralixNB> at least it killed a kernel that I wrote by using rkflashtool but the kernel worked by dd-ing it to the card

15:34 <naobsd> jceel_: boot process is simple, just different to others

15:34 <AstralixNB> not even that. It is only hidden in closed source. uboot does the same steps just more open and flexible

15:35 <jceel_> btw

15:35 <AstralixNB> probably loader can even correctly write sd-card but you have to use a different offset calculation

15:35 <jceel_> is it possible to connect JTAG to radxa?

15:36 <AstralixNB> JTAG at RK is AFAIK only a debug port. It cannot be used for more than the fiq-debug port can be used for.

15:37 <naobsd> jceel_: you may try http://files.androtab.info/radxa/sdboot_rk3188.zip

15:37 <AstralixNB> but if you like to check youself:

15:38 <naobsd> jceel_: you may send images via USB like this https://github.com/linux-rockchip/u-boot-rockchip/commit/63c3f3619c646546377126ab747463900251a84d

15:38 <jceel_> naobsd: alredy tried, doesn't work for me either :)

15:38 <AstralixNB> jceel_: TDI = GPIO1_B0, TDO = GPIO1_B1, TRSTn = GPIO3_D4, TCK = GPIO3_D5 and TMS = GPIO3_D6

15:39 <naobsd> jceel_: what you tried?

15:39 <jceel_> naobsd: load plain kernel binary (without rkcrc header) to address it's expected to be loaded (0x60400000) and then rkflashtool B 0x60400000

15:40 <naobsd> jceel_: you need u-boot bin in my zip

15:40 <AstralixNB> naobsd, does the uboot code you have use the uboot header instead of the rkcrc?

15:41 <jceel_> naobsd: FlashBoot_uboot.bin?

15:41 <jceel_> naobsd: I'll try!

15:41 <jceel_> naobsd: anyway, thanks for all your support

15:42 <naobsd> jceel_: and 0x60400000 may conflict u-boot, you should use kernel with rkcrc -k, my u-boot hack relocate it

15:43 <naobsd> AstralixNB: no, RK header(KRNL) or fastboot header(ANDROID!)

15:43 <AstralixNB> naobsd, I've moved my internal NAND to the external sd card and modified the kernel command line, so the loader and kernel reside in NAND, the working rootfs on SD.

15:43 <AstralixNB> So I am pretty much ready to start again kernel-ing :)

15:44 <jceel_> btw

15:44 <jceel_> can I write regular MBR to offset 0x0 on SD card?

15:44 <jceel_> and it won't overwrite something belonging to boot process?

15:44 <AstralixNB> yes

15:44 <naobsd> jceel_: yes of course

15:44 <jceel_> ok, thanks

15:44 <jceel_> ah, I seee... everything starts at 0x2000

15:44 <jceel_> for loader

15:44 <AstralixNB> parameter is in the boot sector that is not targeted by the partiton table

15:45 <naobsd> jceel_: don't overlap header, parameter, kernel, etc. that's all.

15:45 <AstralixNB> careful!

15:45 <AstralixNB> kernel is overlapping a normal partition

15:45 <AstralixNB> you have to keep some free space in front of the first partiton

15:45 <naobsd> well, yes, it's ok to overlap if you understand well :)

15:46 <naobsd> e.g. 1st partition for parameter, 2nd partition for kernel etc

15:46 <naobsd> don't format them ;)

15:47 <jceel_> I think I'll just add first MBR partition starting at 40MB

15:47 <jceel_> which seems safe

15:47 <naobsd> agree

15:47 <AstralixNB> right, that is what is written at radxa wiki too. keep abt. 32MB free in front of first partiton

15:48 <AstralixNB> btw... starting Sclipse on NAND: 2min. starting Eclipse on SD: 34s

15:48 <naobsd> lol

15:49 <naobsd> I'm using USB HDD for root fs

15:49 <AstralixNB> cross-compiling mid size AVR project on NAND: 36s, on SD: 26s

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15:51 <AstralixNB> I'll upgrade to your rkflashtool tonight and check what I have left on my drives from my improvements for it from last year

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15:51 <AstralixNB> Then I will probably figure out some short cuts to download and start a kernel image. These M commands look very promising!

15:52 <naobsd> I'll improve "fastboot boot", then my USB boot hack will be obsoleted ;)

15:53 <AstralixNB> with external sd you should not need any initramfs as the rootfs is available after starting the driver

15:53 <AstralixNB> while NAND needs installation of the rknand.ko

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15:55 <naobsd> maybe /dev/ need to be populated

15:56 <naobsd> it depend how distro rootfs boot

15:56 <AstralixNB> could be. I check that later

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16:04 <ganbold_> jceel: booted freebsd?

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16:12 <naobsd> ganbold_: is he FreeBSD committer?

16:12 <ganbold_> naobsd: yes

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