allwinner/nanopi neo boot issues

[Jakob Alvermark]

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 1 not found
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...