| 08:10 | topi`> | does anyone remember how to enable the debug("") stuff in uboot's SPL code? |
| 08:10 | topi`> | I'll ask google but that'll just lead to frustration |
| 10:47 | bkeys> | Hello, does anyone here have experience setting up Fedora on a MACCHIATObin? |
| 10:49 | Ke> | bkeys: no, but should be trivial, just remember that you need to install removable grub and perhaps a custom kernel |
| 10:49 | Ke> | debian buster kernel has at least some support for mcbin |
| 10:50 | Ke> | (at least ethernet works, disk controller works and usb works) |
| 10:50 | Ke> | and sd controller |
| 10:50 | bkeys> | There was a guy on #fedora-arm who said he got it working, but I was asleep when he said it so I didn't get into a dialogue with him |
| 10:50 | suihkulokki> | follow the instructions from http://wiki.macchiatobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=Setup+alternative+boot+sources to make UEFI boot from SD card |
| 10:51 | bkeys> | He didn't mention a custom kernel though |
| 10:51 | bkeys> | I need to get UEFI in the first place, I am trying to flash it now |
| 10:51 | Ke> | you can also boot UEFI from SD or eMMC, then saving EFI variables does not work |
| 10:52 | bkeys> | http://eciton.net/~leif/macchiatobin/flash-image-a8k-mcbin.bin_opp |
| 10:52 | Ke> | saving EFI variables works for some builds |
| 10:52 | bkeys> | A guy on #fedora-arm mentioned this file |
| 10:52 | bkeys> | And booting from SD, but I didn't know really what he meant |
| 10:52 | bkeys> | Do I dd the .bin file to my SD card? |
| 10:52 | bkeys> | Or do I just format it and copy it to the filesystem? |
| 10:52 | Ke> | dd to 2M offset |
| 10:53 | Ke> | I have a partition for it to protect it from other partitioning |
| 10:53 | suihkulokki> | bkeys: see the link above for partitioning the SD and dd'ing the .bin |
| 10:54 | suihkulokki> | it's a bit sad that we still don't have an "official" UEFI for macchiatobin, but rather builds from random dudes |
| 10:54 | bkeys> | Is there a prebuilt one you recommend? |
| 10:55 | bkeys> | I think the one I posted should work |
| 10:55 | suihkulokki> | at least people have had good experiences with it |
| 10:56 | suihkulokki> | I have also built my own, but it requires flashing to SPI flash |
| 10:56 | Ke> | I also build my own |
| 10:56 | suihkulokki> | and I should update it to latest edi |
| 10:56 | suihkulokki> | latest dtb |
| 10:57 | Ke> | how easily can you update the dtb in the EFI? |
| 10:57 | Ke> | can you just copy a file? |
| 10:58 | suihkulokki> | copy new dtb in place and rebuild |
| 10:59 | Ke> | that should be a lot easier than updating my grub.cfg after every build |
| 10:59 | Ke> | sorry after every update-grub |
| 10:59 | bkeys> | Alright I ran |
| 10:59 | bkeys> | sudo dd if=flash-image-a8k-mcbin.bin_opp of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=2M |
| 11:00 | Ke> | I still rather think that we should get master edk2 and openpkg working on mcbin |
| 11:00 | bkeys> | There aren't any partitions showing in the SD card after I dd'ed it |
| 11:01 | bkeys> | Is that okay? |
| 11:01 | Ke> | yes |
| 11:01 | bkeys> | Alright and I just drop the SD card in the mcbin and reboot? |
| 11:01 | Ke> | dd:ing content will not create a partition |
| 11:01 | bkeys> | Do I need to create a partition/ |
| 11:01 | bkeys> | ? |
| 11:01 | Ke> | you'll need to set proper boot order in the mcbin |
| 11:01 | Ke> | you don't need to, but I recommend you to |
| 11:01 | bkeys> | Which type? |
| 11:02 | bkeys> | fat32? or ext4? |
| 11:02 | Ke> | so you don't forget threre is some content there |
| 11:02 | Ke> | no filesystem, just partition |
| 11:02 | Ke> | but you can do that later |
| 11:02 | bkeys> | So an unformatted partition? |
| 11:02 | bkeys> | Is using a filesystem a bad thing? |
| 11:03 | Ke> | http://wiki.macchiatobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=MACCHIATObin+Interface+list#Boot_Selection |
| 11:03 | Ke> | formatting a filesystem there will overwrite your image |
| 11:03 | Ke> | it's either or thing |
| 11:03 | Ke> | either raw image or a filesystem |
| 11:03 | Ke> | in this case it needs to be the raw image |
| 11:04 | bkeys> | So can I create a ext4 filesystem then copy the .bin file to that filesystem? |
| 11:05 | Ke> | no, needs to be the raw image |
| 11:05 | bkeys> | So I am fine with just dd'ing it and inserting it as is? |
| 11:05 | Ke> | you can have a raw image on a partition without a filesystem |
| 11:05 | Ke> | yes |
| 11:05 | bkeys> | I'll do that then |
| 11:06 | Ke> | just set the boot order as described in the link above |
| 11:06 | bkeys> | Yeah I got the 1.3 so I don't have these switches, they got jumpers instead |
| 11:06 | Ke> | yes |
| 11:09 | bkeys> | Why is this necessary? Can't I just tell uboot to boot from SD card? |
| 11:10 | Ke> | you can tell u-boot to boot grub from the image as EFI payload |
| 11:10 | bkeys> | So this isn't necessary? I can accomplish the same with a uboot prompt? |
| 11:10 | bkeys> | Cause I have minicom and all that set up |
| 11:11 | Ke> | you can in theory, haven't tested |
| 11:11 | Ke> | we might not be able to help you as easily, if you are using a different setup |
| 11:11 | bkeys> | Well I got a row of pins, 10 wide and 2 tall |
| 11:12 | bkeys> | I am going to imply that SW2 is the bottom row of pins? |
| 11:12 | Ke> | if you use what others use, you will get more specific help |
| 11:12 | bkeys> | I am talking about |
| 11:12 | bkeys> | http://wiki.macchiatobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=MACCHIATObin+Interface+list#Boot_Selection |
| 11:12 | Ke> | bkeys: typically it reads on the board |
| 11:12 | bkeys> | The image |
| 11:12 | bkeys> | I think I see it |
| 11:12 | bkeys> | Oh they got a picture on the board itself, I didn't notice that |
| 11:14 | bkeys> | Alright, so the plungers are in place, the SD card is in with the image dd'ed |
| 11:14 | bkeys> | Gonna hook it up and get into a minicom prompt |
| 11:17 | bkeys> | https://8n1.org/12816/7165 |
| 11:18 | bkeys> | Ke: This is what my minicom output looks like when I press the reset button |
| 11:28 | Ke> | ok, perhaps that image is not of the proper type |
| 11:28 | Ke> | you could try some alternative image |
| 11:29 | Ke> | it could be that you were expected to eg. build ATF with that image as payload |
| 11:29 | Ke> | I'll go for lunch now, will be back after an hour or so |
| 11:30 | bkeys> | Do you have an image you could upload? |
| 11:31 | suihkulokki> | 11:59 < bkeys> sudo dd if=flash-image-a8k-mcbin.bin_opp of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=2M |
| 11:31 | suihkulokki> | bkeys, that's incorrect dd command |
| 11:31 | Ke> | yeah, seek=1 |
| 11:32 | Ke> | needs to be added |
| 11:32 | Ke> | if you used the partition, this problem could not occur |
| 11:32 | Ke> | =o) |
| 11:33 | bkeys> | The partition thing was confusing to me, I gotta wrap my head around it |
| 11:33 | Ke> | -> |
| 11:33 | bkeys> | I create an unformatted partition |
| 11:33 | bkeys> | Then dd the image to that parititon? |
| 11:33 | Ke> | yes |
| 11:33 | Ke> | partition needs to start at 2M |
| 11:33 | Ke> | and be sufficiently large |
| 11:34 | suihkulokki> | bkeys: just follow the instructions on the wikipage |
| 11:34 | Ke> | yeah that's probably better |
| 11:37 | bkeys> | If it gave me the fdisk commands that would have been nice |
| 11:37 | bkeys> | I will just use gparted and figure it out |
| 11:37 | Ke> | just remember that gparted might use different numbering scheme for sectors |
| 11:38 | bkeys> | Well I will do gparted, then see if it matches the fdisk output they say it should look like |
| 11:38 | Ke> | use fdisk -l to verify that it matches what the instructions tell it should match |
| 11:38 | Ke> | yes |
| 11:39 | Ke> | fdisk commands would be something like g ... n ... n ... w |
| 11:39 | Ke> | ... is some interactive questions, m will print help |
| 11:41 | Ke> | p to print what you have created |
| 11:41 | bkeys> | Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type |
| 11:41 | bkeys> | /dev/mmcblk0p1 4096 14340095 14336000 6.9G 83 Linux |
| 11:41 | bkeys> | /dev/mmcblk0p2 14340096 131071999 116731904 55.7G 83 Linux |
| 11:41 | bkeys> | That looks similar enough to what they want in the wiki |
| 11:42 | bkeys> | I figure the size of the partitions don't matter, only where the first one begins |
| 11:42 | Ke> | yeah the start of the /dev/mmcblk0p1 is 4096 that's enough |
| 11:42 | Ke> | yes |
| 11:42 | bkeys> | Now the wiki makes no mention of bs=2M or seek=1 |
| 11:42 | Ke> | definitely though 6.9G is way overkill |
| 11:42 | bkeys> | Do I add those anyway? |
| 11:43 | Ke> | no, if you use of=/dev/mmcblk0p1, no seek |
| 11:43 | Ke> | if you use of=/dev/mmcblk0, seek=1 bs=2M |
| 11:43 | Ke> | use what the wiki tells you to, so of=/dev/mmcblk0p1, no seek |
| 11:44 | Ke> | bs=2M does no harm |
| 11:44 | bkeys> | Alright, ran |
| 11:44 | bkeys> | sudo dd if=/tmp/flash-image-a8k-mcbin.bin_opp of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 conv=fdatasync |
| 11:44 | bkeys> | gonna put it in the mcbin and boot now |
| 11:44 | Ke> | yes |
| 11:44 | Ke> | my lunch got delayed a bit |
| 11:45 | bkeys> | my bad |
| 11:45 | Ke> | not really due to IRC, due to factors here locally |
| 11:45 | bkeys> | It booted UEFI! |
| 11:46 | bkeys> | It's booting Fedora! |
| 11:47 | bkeys> | I am hoping there isn't anything else I need to do before it's discoverable on the network |
| 11:47 | Ke> | anyway, if grub is not booting after install, the grub-install --removable is the solution |
| 11:48 | bkeys> | Do you think hooking it up to a monitor would give me any graphical output? |
| 11:48 | Ke> | do you have a graphics card there? |
| 11:48 | bkeys> | Yes |
| 11:48 | Ke> | I think there was something that needed to be done there, so not sure |
| 11:49 | Ke> | now off-> |
| 11:49 | bkeys> | Yee |
| 11:51 | bkeys> | It's certainly detecting the ATI card |
| 11:51 | bkeys> | But the monitor isn't lighting up |
| 12:10 | bkeys> | I am going to retry with the server image for Fedora, and see if that at least makes it accessible on the network |
| 14:15 | Ke> | bkeys: just remember, you can install on a VM and and just copy the image to mcbin |
| 14:17 | bkeys> | Well I got it so it lights up the monitor, I even get a shell |
| 14:17 | bkeys> | It's still not discoverable on the network |
| 14:19 | bkeys> | It's not reporting any issues with the ethernet port either |
| 14:19 | bkeys> | In fact it says the link is up, it just doesn't get an IP address |
| 14:20 | Ke> | I remember I had to wait a bit after setting the interface up |
| 14:21 | Ke> | systemd was able to do it properly, but there was some minor glitch there |
| 18:22 | vpeter> | Seems my idea for automouting hdd on lede can't be done with autofs - there is no such package included :( |