From nobody Mon Oct 25 03:43:32 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0422A180AEFA for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:43:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "www.zefox.com", Issuer "www.zefox.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Hd15S6R55z3v4L for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:43:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 19P3hXGb008431 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:43:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.16.1/8.15.2/Submit) id 19P3hXAI008430; Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:43:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:43:32 -0700 From: bob prohaska To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Cc: bob prohaska Subject: Troubles booting Pi2 from USB using bootcode.bin method Message-ID: <20211025034332.GA8398@www.zefox.net> List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Hd15S6R55z3v4L X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fbsd@www.zefox.net has no SPF policy when checking 50.1.20.27) smtp.mailfrom=fbsd@www.zefox.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.90 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; WWW_DOT_DOMAIN(0.50)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(1.00)[1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[zefox.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[1.000]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7065, ipnet:50.1.16.0/20, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_WWW(0.50)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N I've got an early Pi2B (not plus) that has been booting reliably from a USB2 disk connected via a USB3 hub using just bootcode.bin and timeout on the DOS partition of the microSD card. A recently-configured USB3 disk was set up using FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-arm-armv7-GENERICSD.img but if it's plugged into the hub the Pi2 won't do anything at all on powerup. It's as if the Pi3 disk somehow locks up the Pi2 very early, before any output is presented on the serial console. If the USB3 disk is connected after boot is complete the disk seems to work normally, so I don't think anything is wrong with the disk. The same USB3 disk is in use on a pair of Pi4s without difficulty. I've updated the bootcode.bin file on the DOS partition of the microSSD card to the present version offered at https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#special-bootcode-bin-only-boot-mode but that made no difference. This probably isn't a FreeBSD issue at all, but if anybody has seen this or can offer suggestions on what to try it'd be much appreciated. Thanks for reading, bob prohaska