Re: Nanopi R5S support and build guide
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Date: Sat, 06 May 2023 02:03:47 UTC
On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 6:03 AM Matheus <lojas@arroway.org> wrote: > > > On May 5, 2023 2:23:15 AM GMT-03:00, Ganbold Tsagaankhuu < > ganbold@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 10:05 PM Matheus <lojas@arroway.org> wrote: > > > >> > On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 6:50 PM Matheus <lojas@arroway.org> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On May 1, 2023 1:47:12 PM GMT-03:00, "Søren Schmidt" < > >> >> soren.schmidt@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 30 Apr 2023, at 23.44, Matheus <lojas@arroway.org> wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Hi, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I am trying to have FreeBSD 14 running on this SBC. I could not > >find > >> >> >any guides in how to build images for it. I found the > >> >> >people.freebsd.org/~sos/ site that has some images, and one for > >it, > >> but > >> >> >that seldom boots my board, and when it did, there was no console > >over > >> >> >serial or vga. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> If anyone can give any hints. Unfortunately my dev skills are > >not > >> >> >good. But I can test and help build once I figure out how :) > >> >> > > >> >> >Hi Matheus > >> >> > > >> >> >The image at > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> > > > https://people.freebsd.org/~sos/ARM64/current-RK356X-images/nano5-sdcard.img.gz > >> >> > > >> >> >for the Nanopi R5S does indeed boot with both HDMI output and > >serial > >> >> >console (1500000baud). > >> >> > > >> >> >The boot loader (EDK2 in FDT mode) is very picky on SD card > >quality > >> >> >though from experience, I works for me with Sandisk Ultra / > >Extreme > >> >> >cards but not with Samsung and cheap noname SD cards YMMV. > >> >> > >> >> Hi Søren, > >> >> > >> >> I had really issues on sd carda. I got it to boot once, but I was > >> >> printing > >> >> characters on screen at one per second. So I rebooted and don't > >remember > >> >> why rewrote the card. I can't boot anymore. Tried different cards, > >> >> SanDisk > >> >> ultra, no luck. > >> >> > >> >> I can boot an 13.2 image from the guy at personalbsd though. But > >there I > >> >> have just one ethernet. > >> >> On 13.2 I cannot list the ethernets nics using pciconf -lv, > >including > >> >> the > >> >> one that works. Is this expected? > >> > > >> > > >> > Yes. Did you try > >> > > >> > > > https://personalbsd.org/download/Business/FreeBSD-aarch64-14.0-CURRENT-NanoPi-R5S-20230402.img.xz > >> > ? > >> > This image should have support for pcie and all ethernet should > >work > >> IIRC. > >> > > >> > Ganbold > >> > >> Hi Ganbold, > >> > >> I tried it and other 2 images and no success, including the image > >pointed > >> by Soren. Unfortunately I just got to boot one image from 14 but I > >> overwritten the sd card and can't remember which sd card and image :( > >> > >> The only image I can make it boot is from 13.2R, and I got it > >installed > >> fine (using an EFI image from personalbsd from March 23). > >> > >> Will wait for the next round of images for 14. > >> > > > >Above image works for me: > > > >root@NanoPi-R5S:~ # ifconfig > >re0: flags=8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=201b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,WOL_MAGIC> > > ether 62:73:64:e2:d4:87 > > inet 192.168.111.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.111.255 > > media: Ethernet autoselect > > status: no carrier > > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > >re1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu > >1500 > > options=201b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,WOL_MAGIC> > > ether 62:73:64:9a:5e:55 > > inet 192.168.2.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) > > status: active > > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > >eq0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu > >1500 > > options=80008<VLAN_MTU,LINKSTATE> > > ether 22:07:01:bb:41:76 > > inet 192.168.1.202 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) > > status: active > > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > >lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > > options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> > > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > groups: lo > > nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > >root@NanoPi-R5S:~ # uname -an > >FreeBSD NanoPi-R5S 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 > >main-n261950-4aeb939ecf8b-dirty: Sun Apr 2 17:42:01 MSK 2023 > >root@honeycomb.local > :/usr/crochet/work/obj/usr/crochet/src-current-14.0/arm64.aarch64/sys/EXPERT > >arm64 > >root@NanoPi-R5S:~ # kldstat > >Id Refs Address Size Name > > 1 8 0xffff000000000000 10cb350 kernel > > 2 1 0xffff0000010cd000 a9508 if_re.ko > > 3 1 0xffff0000c9e00000 24000 fdescfs.ko > > 4 1 0xffff0000c9e24000 22000 mac_ntpd.ko > >root@NanoPi-R5S:~ # > > > >Ganbold > > Hi Ganbold and others, > > I gave another try today and I got to see some stuff on the serial console > but the serial terminal itself is not usable. It prints unrecognizable > characters, but I could recognize the red beastie logo. > On the hdmi screen I have no output. Can you confirm the serial speed > line? > It was 115200 when I saw all that, and then tried 1500000 and despite it > was printing something that looks like the boot, just weird characters > appeared. With https://personalbsd.org/download/Business/FreeBSD-aarch64-14.0-CURRENT-NanoPi-R5S-20230402.img.xz image I use 115200. Ganbold > > > Thanks again, > > Matheus > > > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> matheus > >> > >> >> > >> >> I have little understanding of the arch, so my progress is much > >slow. > >> >> I got some dmesg from OpenBSD people where the nics show in > >ifconfig. > >> >> But > >> >> I couldn't get mine to behave this way. I can install though, > >using USB > >> >> nic. > >> >> I will try to buy a new sd card from the good list you pointed. > >> >> Another thing, I got the feeling that when I dd'ed the image using > >the > >> >> SD > >> >> card slot on the notebook it worked and when was through usb > >adapter did > >> >> not. Does it make sense? Using Linux mint as host for this. > >> >> Thanks so much for the answer and help, > >> >> > >> >> Matheus > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >You can build a stock ARM64 generic kernel and most things will > >be > >> >> >usable, however as Ganbold wrote the DTS files is not in there > >yet (and > >> >> >not even in linux where our DTS files are fetched from). > >> >> >However the EDK2 boot loader provided (and used in above image) > >on > >> >> > > >> >> > >>https://people.freebsd.org/~sos/ARM64/EDK2-RK356X/NANOPI-R5S_EFI.itbï > >> ¿¼ > >> >> >NANOPI-R5S_EFI > >> >> >File · 1,7 MB > >> >> > > >> >> >does hand over the “right†DTB file if you want to experiment. > >> >> > > >> >> >If you need the used DTS file and build guidance let me know in > >private > >> >> >mail... > >> >> > > >> >> >-- > >> >> >Søren Schmidt > >> >> >sos@deepcore.dk / sos@freebsd.org > >> >> >"So much code to hack, so little time" > >> >> > >> >> --- > >> >> "We will call you Cygnus, > >> >> the God of balance you shall be." > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> "We will call you Cygnus, > >> the God of balance you shall be." > >> ------------------------------ > >> "We will call you Cygnus, > >> the God of balance you shall be." > > --- > "We will call you Cygnus, > the God of balance you shall be." >