allwinner/nanopi neo boot issues

Sat Sep 1 14:12:37 UTC 2018

> On 1 Sep 2018, at 16:50, Jakob Alvermark <jakob at alvermark.net> wrote:
> 
> On 8/29/18 2:22 PM, Daniel Braniss wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 29 Aug 2018, at 15:17, Jakob Alvermark <jakob at alvermark.net <mailto:jakob at alvermark.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/24/18 10:02 AM, Daniel Braniss wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 24 Aug 2018, at 09:34, Daniel Braniss <danny at cs.huji.ac.il <mailto:danny at cs.huji.ac.il>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> hi,
>>>>> with the latest current r338243 no longer boots via ubldr, efi does
>>>>> but with overlays I have to manually enter the root partition.
>>>>> 
>>>>> this is where it hangs via ubldr:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Autoboot in 8 seconds, hit [Enter] to boot or any other key to stop
>>>>> 
>>>>> Loading kernel...
>>>>> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8a0950 data=0xae160+0x184520 syms=[0x4+0xa6d70+0x4+0x109f17]
>>>>> Loading configured modules...
>>>>> /boot/entropy size=0x1000
>>>>> /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb size=0x601b
>>>>> Loaded DTB from file 'sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb'.
>>>>> Kernel entry at 0x42400180...
>>>>> Kernel args: (null)
>>>>> 
>>>>> older - r337232 - boots fine,
>>>>> 
>>>>> any ideas where to look?
>>>> should have done an update before writing!
>>>> 
>>>> with the latest (and greatest) all is back to normal!
>>>> so now on to test orange pi one(h3), nanopi neo 2 (h5) and nanopi neo a64
>>>> 
>>>> thanks,
>>>> 	danny
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am trying to get an Orange Pi R1 going, I get the same.
>>> 
>>> Loading kernel...
>>> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x89ee40 data=0xae620+0x1f5ba0 syms=[0x4+0xa6d20+0x4+0x109e51]
>>> Loading configured modules...
>>> Could not load one or more modules!
>>> /boot/dtb/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-r1.dtb size=0x6333
>>> Loaded DTB from file 'sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-r1.dtb'.
>>> Kernel entry at 0x42400180...
>>> Kernel args: (null)
>>> 
>>> This is at r338369.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> try booting via efi;
>> 	make sure to copy /boot/loader.efi to /boot/msdos/EFI/BOOT/bootaa64.efi
>> 	remove /boot/msdos/boot.scr
>> good luck,
>> 	danny
> I tried the ALPHA4 snapshot, this happens:
> 
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
> switch to partitions #0, OK
> mmc0 is current device
> Scanning mmc 0:1...
> 25395 bytes read in 4 ms (6.1 MiB/s)
> Found EFI removable media binary efi/boot/bootarm.efi
> Scanning disks on usb...
> Disk usb0 not ready
> Disk usb1 not ready
> Disk usb2 not ready
> Disk usb3 not ready
> Scanning disks on mmc..
> MMC Device 2 not found
> MMC Device 3 not found
> Found 3 disks
> 508704 bytes read in 26 ms (18.7 MiB/s)
> ## Starting EFI application at 42000000 ...
> Consoles: EFI console  
> failed to allocate staging area: 14
> failed to allocate staging area
> ## Application terminated, r = 5
> EFI LOAD FAILED: continuing...
> 
> 
> Tried manually loading ubldr.bin:
> 
> => fatload mmc 0 0x42000000 ubldr.bin
> 306972 bytes read in 15 ms (19.5 MiB/s)
> => go 0x42000000
> Loading kernel...
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x85d7f0 data=0xaf620+0x24e1e0 syms=[0x4+0xa87d0+0x4+0x10c603]
> Loading configured modules...
> /boot/kernel/umodem.ko text=0x1bf4 text=0x1320 data=0x1080+0xf88 syms=[0x4+0x1070+0x4+0xbcd]
> loading required module 'ucom'
> /boot/kernel/ucom.ko text=0x1f8c text=0x2e90 data=0x1080+0x17bc syms=[0x4+0x14f0+0x4+0xc5d]
> Could not load one or more modules!
> 
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...               
> /boot/dtb/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-r1.dtb size=0x6333
> Loaded DTB from file 'sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-r1.dtb'.
> Kernel entry at 0x42400180...
> Kernel args: (null)
> And then it reboots...

first, I gave you wrong info,
	cp /boot/loader.efi  /boot/msdos/bootarm.efi
I just booted r338421 - ALPHA4

and though some messages might be misleading, it boots ok.
BTW, make sure you installed the lated u-boot from ports

U-Boot SPL 2018.07 (Aug 21 2018 - 11:44:53 +0300)
DRAM: 512 MiB
Trying to boot from MMC1

U-Boot 2018.07 (Aug 21 2018 - 11:44:53 +0300) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 1680)
Model: FriendlyARM NanoPi NEO
DRAM:  512 MiB
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0
Loading Environment from FAT... *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

Failed (-5)
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   phy interface0
eth0: ethernet at 1c30000
starting USB...
USB0:   USB EHCI 1.00
USB1:   USB OHCI 1.0
scanning bus 0 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
      scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
Scanning mmc 0:1...
24603 bytes read in 3 ms (7.8 MiB/s)
Found EFI removable media binary efi/boot/bootarm.efi
[18tScanning disks on usb...
Disk usb0 not ready
Disk usb1 not ready
Disk usb2 not ready
Disk usb3 not ready
Scanning disks on mmc...
MMC Device 1 not found
MMC Device 2 not found
MMC Device 3 not found
Found 3 disks
508608 bytes read in 26 ms (18.7 MiB/s)
## Starting EFI application at 42000000 ...
[?25hConsoles: EFI console  
[?25hFreeBSD/arm EFI loader, Revision 1.1
(Sat Aug 25 11:39:01 IDT 2018 danny at pe-44)

  Command line arguments: l
  EFI version: 2.70
  EFI Firmware: Das U-Boot (rev 0.00)
  Console: efi (0)
  Load Path: /\efi\boot\bootarm.efi
  Load Device: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/USB(0x6,0x0)/HD(1,0x01,0,0x800,0x19000)
Trying ESP: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/USB(0x6,0x0)/HD(1,0x01,0,0x800,0x19000)
Setting currdev to disk0p1:
Trying: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/USB(0x6,0x0)/HD(2,0x01,0,0x19800,0x5e6800)
Setting currdev to disk0p2:
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
Loading /boot/device.hints
Loading /boot/loader.conf
Loading /boot/loader.conf.local