Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:06:20 +0300 From: Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> Cc: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> Subject: Re: Orange Pi One Message-ID: <78E5CA20-8ABC-490A-89D9-FE0EEE66C653@cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: <20160418094916.10dc9ae8@zeta.dino.sk> References: <20160413232414.3a37907e@zeta.dino.sk> <20160414062820.7b907ba9@X220.alogt.com> <20160414064405.202e4eef@zeta.dino.sk> <CABx9NuQWatjAhA1oL8EtUbv5kSbG8qX-KB%2BGBr9PTqVs4fnMNg@mail.gmail.com> <20160418094916.10dc9ae8@zeta.dino.sk>
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> On 18 Apr 2016, at 10:49, Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:51:09 -0700 > Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com <mailto:russ.haley@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> >> wrote: >>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:28:20 +0800 >>> Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:24:14 +0200 >>>> Milan Obuch <freebsd-arm@dino.sk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> today I got this cheap board. After verifying it works with >>>>> provided linux based image I am trying to put FreeBSD on it. I >>>>> would like to understand boot process, but I did not find much >>>>> info yet. > > [ snip ] > >>>> I think, all you want to know is u-boot. Sources for it are >>>> available. Just ask your search engine where to find it. >>>> >>>> Erich >>> >>> Well, I am going to investigate /sysutils/u-boot-* ports for some >>> guidance - I think this should be a bit easier for me and, probably, >>> helpfull a bit for others if I succeed. Basically you are right - >>> this board uses u-boot, so I need to learn a bit more about it. >> >> The cubieboard (Allwinner) u-boot seems to use the mainline denx code >> with some significant patches. The cubieboard2 just references the >> original cubieboard. >> >> Russ > > Hi, > > after some struggling I am able to produce working u-boot. With working > serial console, I see following when powering up the Orange Pi: > > U-Boot SPL 2016.01 (Apr 17 2016 - 10:18:49) > DRAM: 512 MiB > Trying to boot from MMC > > > U-Boot 2016.01 (Apr 17 2016 - 10:18:49 +0200) Allwinner Technology > > CPU: Allwinner H3 (SUN8I) > DRAM: 512 MiB > WARNING: Caches not enabled > MMC: SUNXI SD/MMC: 0 > reading u-boot.env > > ** Unable to read "u-boot.env" from mmc0:1 ** > Using default environment > > In: serial > Out: serial > Err: serial > Net: No ethernet found. > starting USB... > No controllers found > Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 > Booting from: mmc 0 ubldr > reading ubldr > ** Unable to read file ubldr ** > => > > So now it looks like I casn use neither ethernet nor USB boot, but as > long as SD is readable, which looks like it is, and after 'saveenv' on > u-boot prompt, it reduces a bit to > > U-Boot SPL 2016.01 (Apr 17 2016 - 10:18:49) > DRAM: 512 MiB > Trying to boot from MMC > > > U-Boot 2016.01 (Apr 17 2016 - 10:18:49 +0200) Allwinner Technology > > CPU: Allwinner H3 (SUN8I) > DRAM: 512 MiB > WARNING: Caches not enabled > MMC: SUNXI SD/MMC: 0 > reading u-boot.env > In: serial > Out: serial > Err: serial > Net: No ethernet found. > starting USB... > No controllers found > Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 > Booting from: mmc 0 ubldr > reading ubldr > ** Unable to read file ubldr ** > => > > I think now it's time to build ubldr, kernel and world for this board. > > This is just to let interested parties on partial success, if somebody > would like get some more details, just let me know. Just be prepared > for some dirty tricks used to overcome some issues :) when, and if, I receive mine (it’s probably moving via camel express) I will be able to help you. dannyhome | help
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