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Date:      Tue, 5 Jul 2022 15:45:25 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 13.1-RELEASE image fails to boot Rev 1.4 8 GiByte RPi4B (B0T vintage SOC) when dd'd to the example USB3 media then used to try to boot via USB3 port
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On 2022-Jul-5, at 14:17, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Summary for Rev 1.4 8 GiByte RPi4B (B0T vintage SOC) context:
>=20
> A) One type of USB3 media (USB2 compatible) works for booting via =
USB2-port.
> B) The same media fails for USB3-port based boot attempts.
> C) I boot the same type of media for main [so: 14] instead of =
13.1-RELEASE.
> D) An alternate type of USB3 media (USB2 compatible) booted via USB3 =
just
>  fine via 13.1-RELEASE.
>=20
> The details . . .
>=20
> I intended for for use in the Rev 1.4 8 GiByte RPi4B's
> by first going onto USB3 media (of the same kind I
> normally use on the RPi4B's with main and the like).
> So, I tried:=20
>=20
> # dd if=3DFreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img of=3D/dev/da0 \
> bs=3D1m conv=3Dsync status=3Dprogress
>=20
> and then tried to boot the RPi4B via the media and it gets
> the following (the kernel loads and runs but . . .):
>=20
> . . .
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs [rw]...
> uhub0: 5 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> ugen0.2: <vendor 0x2109 USB2.0 Hub> at usbus0
> uhub1 on uhub0
> uhub1: <vendor 0x2109 USB2.0 Hub, class 9/0, rev 2.10/4.21, addr 1> on =
usbus0
> Root mount waiting for: usbus0
> uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> Root mount waiting for: usbus0
> uhub_reattach_port: port 3 reset failed, error=3DUSB_ERR_TIMEOUT
> uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 3
> mountroot: waiting for device /dev/ufs/rootfs...
> Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs failed with error 19.
>=20
> Loader variables:
>  vfs.root.mountfrom=3Dufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs
>  vfs.root.mountfrom.options=3Drw
>=20
> Manual root filesystem specification:
>  <fstype>:<device> [options]
>      Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
>      and with the specified (optional) option list.
>=20
>    eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
>        zfs:zroot/ROOT/default
>        cd9660:/dev/cd0 ro
>          (which is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0 /)
>=20
>  ?               List valid disk boot devices
>  .               Yield 1 second (for background tasks)
>  <empty line>    Abort manual input
>=20
> mountroot>=20
>=20
> Plugging into the other USB3 port and attempting the
> power on boot just changes the port numbers from 3 to 2
> in the sequence.
>=20
> Plugging into a USB2 port does not have the problem and
> it completes the boot and operates. (The media is USB3
> but USB2 compatible as well.)
>=20
> Adding to /boot/loader.conf :
>=20
> # First, 3 additions:
> kern.cam.boot_delay=3D10000
> vfs.mountroot.timeout=3D10
> vfs.root_mount_always_wait=3D1
>=20
> and retrying via a USB3 port just results in:
>=20
> . . .
> Root mount waiting for: usbus0 CAM
> uhub_reattach_port: port 3 reset failed, error=3DUSB_ERR_TIMEOUT
> uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 3
> Root mount waiting for: CAM
> Root mount waiting for: CAM
> Root mount waiting for: CAM
> Root mount waiting for: CAM
> Root mount waiting for: CAM
> Root mount waiting for: CAM
> Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs failed with error 2; retrying for 10 =
more seconds
> Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs failed with error 2.
>=20
> Loader variables:
>  vfs.root.mountfrom=3Dufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs
>  vfs.root.mountfrom.options=3Drw
>=20
> Manual root filesystem specification:
>  <fstype>:<device> [options]
>      Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
>      and with the specified (optional) option list.
>=20
>    eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
>        zfs:zroot/ROOT/default
>        cd9660:/dev/cd0 ro
>          (which is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0 /)
>=20
>  ?               List valid disk boot devices
>  .               Yield 1 second (for background tasks)
>  <empty line>    Abort manual input
>=20
> mountroot>=20
>=20
> So: same problem.
>=20
> For reference, from the media being plugged into a different
> aarch64 FeeBSD machine running main:
>=20
> usb_msc_auto_quirk: UQ_MSC_NO_GETMAXLUN set for USB mass storage =
device Samsung PSSD T7 Touch (0x04e8:0x4001)
> ugen1.5: <Samsung PSSD T7 Touch> at usbus1
> umass0 on uhub4
> umass0: <Samsung PSSD T7 Touch, class 0/0, rev 3.20/1.00, addr 9> on =
usbus1
> umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks =3D 0x0100
> umass0:6:0: Attached to scbus6
> da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
> da0: <Samsung PSSD T7 Touch 0> Fixed Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device
> da0: Serial Number REDACTED
> da0: 400.000MB/s transfers
> da0: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors)
> da0: quirks=3D0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
>=20
> The RPi4B is of a vintage that has the "3 GiByte DMA" issue
> present, not that it would be likely to be contributing here.
>=20
>=20
> So I then tried the sequence using a different type of USB3
> media (also USB2 compatible), placed in a USB3 port to boot:
>=20
> usb_msc_auto_quirk: UQ_MSC_NO_GETMAXLUN set for USB mass storage =
device OWC Envoy Pro mini (0x1e91:0xa2a5)
> ugen1.5: <OWC Envoy Pro mini> at usbus1
> umass0 on uhub4
> umass0: <OWC Envoy Pro mini, class 0/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 11> on =
usbus1
> umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks =3D 0x0100
> umass0:6:0: Attached to scbus6
> da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
> da0: <OWC Envoy Pro mini 0> Fixed Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device
> da0: Serial Number REDACTED
> da0: 400.000MB/s transfers
> da0: 228936MB (468862128 512 byte sectors)
> da0: quirks=3D0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
>=20
> For this media, the sequence worked and booted successfully.
>=20
>=20
> So the issue is somehow specific to some USB3 media=20
> used in the USB3 ports but not to others. "reset failed,
> error=3DUSB_ERR_TIMEOUT" may need more time or better
> recovery if a wider range of boot devices are to be
> supported. May be the T7 Touch needs more than the
> standard amount of time to reset as a USB3 device or
> some such. (I've no clue about the details.)

I substituted a 13-STABLE kernel.txz expansion and got the
same result using that kernel. (There are not .img files
for this currently.)

But using:

FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20220701-9aa02d5120a-256480.img

does not have the problem.



=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com




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