allwinner/nanopi neo boot issues

Mon Sep 3 07:01:48 UTC 2018


> On 2 Sep 2018, at 19:33, Jakob Alvermark <jakob at alvermark.net> wrote:
> 
> On 9/2/18 5:24 PM, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
>> On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 17:14:10 +0200
>> Jakob Alvermark <jakob at alvermark.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 9/1/18 10:46 PM, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 15:50:25 +0200
>>>> 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 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...
>>>>   I've just re-introduce the cache patches for u-boot as it appears that
>>>> some boards needs them (I've probably tested the wrong unpatched u-boot
>>>> when I removed them ...) so booting with ubldr.bin should work now.
>>>>   For the EFI issue I don't really know what is happening.
>>> 
>>> Thanks! With the updated U-boot it now boots with ubldr.bin.
>>> 
>>> How can I make it do this automatically?
>>  If you copy the boot.scr file from the port/package to the root of the
>> fat partition this will load ubldr.bin directly.
> 
> Thanks again! It works!
> 
> 
>>  I'm more interested to debug the efi problem, I'll try on a H2 board.
> 
> If there is anything I can do to help let me know.
> 
> I tried with boot1.efi as /efi/boot/bootarm.efi:
> 
> ## Starting EFI application at 42000000 ...
> >> FreeBSD EFI boot block
>    Loader path: /boot/loader.efi
> 
>    Initializing modules: UFS
>    Load Path: /\efi\boot\bootarm.efi
>    Load Device: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/USB(0x6,0x0)/HD(1,0x01,0,0x800,0x2000)
>    Probing 3 block devices.....* done
>     UFS found 1 partition
> Consoles: EFI console
> failed to allocate staging area: 14
> failed to allocate staging area
> Failed to start image provided by UFS (5)
> panic: No bootable partitions found!
> ## Application terminated, r = 1
> EFI LOAD FAILED: continuing…

shot in the dark:
	I found out that if the root partition is not freebsd-ufs the efi boot failed.
do a gpart show,

mine looks like this:
neo-001> gpart show
=>      63  15523777  mmcsd0  MBR  (7.4G)
       63      1985          - free -  (993K)
     2048    102400       1  fat32lba  [active]  (50M)
   104448   6187008       2  freebsd  (3.0G)
  6291456   9232384          - free -  (4.4G)

=>      0  6187008  mmcsd0s2  BSD  (3.0G)
       0  6187008         1  freebsd-ufs  (3.0G)


danny