OH GUYS! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!!!
Finally I've found the solution!
So,*_first for all SPI flash should be ERASED_*: fedora aarch64 does
not have spi boot images (at 2019-11-27). To erase spi follow this link:
Second, install fedora-arm-installer package, then create a new ad-hoc
script; this script for rock64 that I have made works well:
File is placed into folder /usr/share/arm-image-installer/boards.d/ and
named rock64-rk3328
# write uboot
echo "= Writing idbloader.img for $TARGET .... on media $MEDIA"
dd if=$PREFIX/usr/share/uboot/$TARGET/idbloader.img of=$MEDIA seek=64;
sync; sleep 5
echo "= Writing u-boot FIT image for $TARGET .... on media $MEDIA"
dd if=$PREFIX/usr/share/uboot/$TARGET/u-boot.itb of=$MEDIA seek=16384;
sync; sleep 5
# set console for Rockchips
SYSCON=ttyS2,115200n8
I'm not sure about SYSCON because my serial adapter does not works at
1500000 baudrate, so I can't test it. I have leaved it at default. Hope
someone can test and correct it if required.
References to find right dd seek:
Next, download fedora aarch64 31 minimal xz image and:
arm-image-installer --image=Fedora-Minimal-31-1.9.aarch64.raw.xz
--resizefs --media=/dev/THE_SD_MEDIA --target=rock64-rk3328 --addconsole
(and other stuff)
Insert sd into Rock64 and power on!
Connect HDMI cable, IT WORKS AND YOU CAN BOOT (a part of it)!!!
Wait a bit (by default search for ipv6 ip).
Connect Keyboard and follow on screen setup to set root password,
Timezone etc...
AT THE END ALL WORKS!!!!!
Benson, feel free to integrate it to Pagure, and make a new
fedora-arm-image-installer package.
Really guys, I am very very very happy!
Have a fantastic day!!!
Agharta
Il 15/11/19 09:18, agharta82(a)gmail.com ha scritto:
Interesting thing.
Following Your idea, i've dowloaded the spi boot
https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-u-boot/releases/download/2017.09-r...
After decompressing it, if I do a 'cfdisk u-boot-flash-spi-rock64.img'
I can see sectors where images starts:
So, first boot image starts at sector 64, second at sector at 8192. Nice.
I need to investigate over it, to find a solution.
Thanks,
Agharta
Il 14/11/19 22:42, Nigel Sollars ha scritto:
> Could you not grab the uboot and what nots from Ayufan,
>
>
https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-u-boot
>
> ( perhaps build and test ), my original build ( current ) used this method..
>
> Nige
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 8:51 AMagharta82(a)gmail.com <agharta82(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>> I'm seriously thinking that the problem is how u-boot images are created.
>>
>> I've searched inside usr/share/uboot/rockpro64-rk3399/ of sd-card, same
>> chip manufacturer. FYI all series of 3399 have same content (rock960,
>> rock-pi-4, roc, puma, orangepi, etc.. see usr/share/uboot filder).
>>
>> The content is here:
>>
>> idbloader.img
>> spl_sd.img
>> spl_spi.img
>> u-boot-dtb.img
>> u-boot-spl.bin
>> u-boot.bin
>> u-boot.dtb
>> u-boot.img
>> u-boot.itb
>>
>>
>> The rock64 content is different:
>>
>> idbloader.img
>> u-boot-dtb.img
>> u-boot-spl.bin
>> u-boot.bin
>> u-boot.dtb
>> u-boot.img
>> u-boot.itb
>>
>> Missing files: spl_sd.img, spl_spi.img
>>
>>
>> I think that the uboot build for rock64 was made only for eMMC module,
>> not for sd card.
>>
>>
>> How to known how uboot build was made?
>>
>> Where are the build sources?
>>
>>
>> Many thanks again,
>>
>> Agharta
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Il 13/11/19 16:41,agharta82@gmail.com ha scritto:
>>> I've found this thread:
>>>
>>>
http://u-boot.10912.n7.nabble.com/help-with-serial-on-the-rockchip64-td38...
>>>
>>>
>>> Seems seek value for dd are correct.
>>>
>>> sudo dd if=idbloader.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 seek=64
>>> sudo dd if=u-boot.itb of=/dev/mmcblk0 seek=16384
>>>
>>> The question is if idbloader was built dorm mmc or for sdcard too....
>>>
>>> Mmm.... as soon as I've resolved serial spi boot problem I think I can
>>> tell You why Fedora does not boot.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Agharta
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Il 13/11/19 13:58, Nigel Sollars ha scritto:
>>>> Yes the output I gave you in my first post is a Rock64 4GB with a 64GB
>>>> eMMC running Arch Linux. I can get you all the info you need when I
>>>> get back to the house.
>>>>
>>>> Nige
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 7:55 AMagharta82(a)gmail.com
>>>> <agharta82(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks Nigel, but nope.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the output:
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> ]��UեUQR����(�(��U*U�U��L�\� �ꨊ婪����ժ�)U�UQQ
>>>>> Q�ժw�UUQQQ���U�(J�*�(�U*�e�E���
>>>>> U� �WE���i���+� �
>>>>>
�UU(�UU�i+�*��*���Uj�*�E�*�J���BZ���U��.�ծ���������(���U��UTQQ���i-���U��UTQQ�%��(��u,�U��
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not good....
>>>>>
>>>>> Benson, i would contribute to Pagure..... if something works!
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually I've found boot images of Rock64 inside fedora sdcard
but I
>>>>> can't made them working.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nigel, do You have a Rock64 sbc? Does Your serial console works
>>>>> during SPI boot?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks to both.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Agharta
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Il 13/11/19 04:49, Benson Muite ha scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/13/19 2:29 AM, Nigel Sollars wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Serial console / uart setup,
>>>>>
>>>>> 1500000 8n1
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Nigel.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nige
>>>>>
>>>>> Agharta, Please let us know if it works, and if so can you
>>>>> contribute to the Pagure repository?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 2:08 PM agharta agharta
>>>>> <agharta82(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Benson,
>>>>>
>>>>> No, unfortunately seems not working.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried with seek (16348, 64, 512, etc). No luck.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the problem is related how to boot images are builded.
>>>>>
>>>>> Should I write sidbloader.img?
>>>>>
>>>>> Following Your link about ARMv8, i see at row 3:
>>>>>
>>>>> dd if=$PREFIX/usr/share/uboot/$TARGET/spl.img of=$MEDIA seek=64;
>>>>> sync; sleep 5
>>>>>
>>>>> But spl.img is not available in usr/share/uboot/ in my sdcard.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I still searching over web.
>>>>>
>>>>> Meanwhile, did You known that serial console speed of
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Il 12/11/19 07:46, Benson Muite ha scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Agharta,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the update. Responses below. Hope you are successful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Benson
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/11/19 7:09 PM,agharta82(a)gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Benson,
>>>>>
>>>>> You helped me a lot!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Following Your suggestion, I've investigate over $TARGET and
$MEDIA.
>>>>>
>>>>> After writing sdcard with pine64-lts, inside usr/share/uboot/ (of
>>>>> sdcard) i can see rock64-rk3328 (my sbc), rockpro64-rk3399 and many
>>>>> other sbc not listed into arm-image-installer folder
>>>>> (/usr/share/arm-image-installer/boards.d/)!!!!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> So, rock64 is really supported by fedora (31, minimal, aarch64)!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Another interesting thing: if I create a file called rock64-rk3328
>>>>> into my /usr/share/arm-image-installer/boards.d/ and set
>>>>> --target=rock64-rk3328, arm-image-installer executes IT!
>>>>>
>>>>> So, next step: I've copied pine64-lts into rock64-rk3328.
>>>>>
>>>>> One question: rock64-rk3328 folder does not have sunxi-spl.bin, but
>>>>> a file called idbloader.img. Should I 'dd' it insead of
sunxi-spl.bin?
>>>>>
>>>>> Following this link seems yes
>>>>>
http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Boot_option
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, this seems helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems needed to add some extra stuffs too (seek):
>>>>>
>>>>> dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
>>>>> dd if=u-boot.itb of=sdb seek=16384
>>>>>
>>>>> So, script become as follow:
>>>>>
>>>>> # write uboot
>>>>> echo "= Writing idbloader.img for $TARGET ...."
>>>>> dd if=$PREFIX/usr/share/uboot/$TARGET/sidbloader.img of=$MEDIA bs=8k
>>>>> seek=64; sync
>>>>> echo "= Writing u-boot FIT image for $TARGET ...."
>>>>> dd if=$PREFIX/usr/share/uboot/$TARGET/u-boot.itb of=$MEDIA bs=8k
>>>>> seek=16384; sync; sleep 5
>>>>> # set console for allwinner
>>>>> SYSCON=ttyS0,115200
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks similar to what is at:
>>>>>
>>>>>
https://pagure.io/arm-image-installer/blob/master/f/socs.d/Rockchips-ARMv8
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
https://pagure.io/arm-image-installer/blob/master/f/socs.d/Rockchips-ARMv7
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Might need to change seek value. I do not have that board, so cannot
>>>>> try this out, but hope it works. If it does work, can you contribute
>>>>> the script back? I believe additions are also needed here:
>>>>>
>>>>>
https://pagure.io/arm-image-installer
>>>>>
>>>>>
https://pagure.io/arm-image-installer/blob/master/f/boards.d
>>>>>
>>>>> Tomorrow I'll try!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot for Your support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Agharta
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Il 11/11/19 16:21, Benson Muite ha scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Agharta,
>>>>>
>>>>> I used an earlier Fedora release on Banana pro (after first using
>>>>> Fedora combined with a different kernel). It worked ok, but took a
>>>>> bit of time for the Arm image to support Banana pro.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/11/19 4:04 PM,agharta82(a)gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Benson
>>>>>
>>>>> a) Yes, but I can't specify Rock64 as --target parameter.
>>>>>
>>>>> "A number of Pine64 boards are supported, but you might use as
a
>>>>> bass to get something for rock64" Can You explain me how? Is it
>>>>> possibile without manual recompilation, etc...? (see why in b) and c)
)
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a message earlier on the list that support had been added
>>>>> for rock 64. Thus you might be able to take the configuration for
>>>>> Pine64 and modify that for Rock 64, though can also wait. After
>>>>> installing the arm image installer, as indicated at
>>>>>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Installation in a
>>>>> terminal I can type
>>>>>
>>>>> $ls /usr/share/arm-image-installer/boards.d/
>>>>>
>>>>> to get a listing of supported boards. Typing
>>>>>
>>>>> $more /usr/share/arm-image-installer/boards.d/pinebook
>>>>>
>>>>> gives settings for Pinebook, which are
>>>>>
>>>>> # write uboot
>>>>> echo "= Writing sunxi-spl.bin for $TARGET ...."
>>>>> dd if=$PREFIX/usr/share/uboot/$TARGET/sunxi-spl.bin of=$MEDIA bs=8k
>>>>> seek=1; sync
>>>>> echo "= Writing u-boot FIT image for $TARGET ...."
>>>>> dd if=$PREFIX/usr/share/uboot/$TARGET/u-boot.itb of=$MEDIA bs=8k
>>>>> seek=5; sync; sleep 5
>>>>> # set console for allwinner
>>>>> SYSCON=ttyS0,115200
>>>>>
>>>>> The commands for pine_h64, pine64_plus and pine64-lts are the same,
>>>>> so you might try these for your Rock 64.
>>>>>
>>>>> b) Yes, an Armbian kernel....but I'd like to use a
'standard' kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok.
>>>>>
>>>>> c) Yes, is possibile, but i still prefer a community delivered rpm
>>>>> (and maintained).
>>>>>
>>>>> Noted. Thanks for using and reporting where work is still required.
>>>>> Sorry cannot be much more help at present.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for Your support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Agharta
>>>>>
>>>>>
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