Re: Nanobsd for RPI4
- Reply: Andrew Hankinson : "Re: Nanobsd for RPI4"
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:49:22 UTC
On 16/01/24 11:34, Andrew Hankinson wrote:
>
>> On 16 Jan 2024, at 10:46, Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 16/01/24 10:30, Andrew Hankinson wrote:
>>>> On 16 Jan 2024, at 10:03, Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 16/01/24 09:52, Andrew Hankinson wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I saw a recent posting to this list about nanobsd for RPI3:
>>>>> Re: Nanobsd builds for rpi3 out of embedded blow up during build <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm/2024-January/003509html>
>>>>> lists.freebsd.org <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm/2024-January/003509.html>
>>>>> favicon.ico <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm/2024-January/003509.html>
>>>>> <https://lists.freebsdorg/archives/freebsd-arm/2024-January/003509.html>
>>>>> I just wanted to chime in to say I am seeing the exact same thing for a RPI4 build with both 14.0 release and 15.0 current. I asked about it on the forums, but there didn’t seem to be any solution.
>>>>> Has anyone here managed to get a nanobsd build working?
>>>>
>>>> I am using nanobsd with RPi3. Never tried RPi4. I did some customization to the nanobsd scripts and configuration to get it working though.
>>>>
>>>> Last time I rebuilt my image was in mid december. I'm going to build a new image in the next pair of weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Is the problem limited to the boot code?
>>> I haven't been able to get past the boot code bit, but up until this point it works OK. I've simply copied the RPI3.cfg file and changed a few variables.
>>> My build stops with the following logs:
>>> # cat /usr/embedded/rpi4/_.cust.dos_boot_part
>>> + dos_boot_part
>>> + local 'd=/usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-rpi4'
>>> + local 'f=/usr/embedded/rpi4/_.fat'
>>> + rm -rf /usr/embedded/rpi4/_.fat
>>> + mkdir /usr/embedded/rpi4/_.fat
>>> + chdir /usr/embedded/rpi4/_.fat
>>> + cp /usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-rpi4/README /usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-rpi4/metadata /usr/local/share/u-boot/u-boot-rpi4/u-boot.bin .
>>> + touch uEnv.txt
>>> + cp '/usr/embedded/rpi4/_.w/boot/dtb/*.dtb' .
>>> cp: /usr/embedded/rpi4/_.w/boot/dtb/*.dtb: No such file or directory
>>> This seems to be a problem with the dos_boot_part() function in /usr/src/tools/tools/nanobsd/embedded/common.
>>> Your code seems to bypass this and uses the rpi-firmware package dtbo files.
>>
>> I was seeing problems simlar to what you are describing, so I wrote my own function.
>>
>>> So I guess my questions are:
>>> 1. What changed that the .dtb files are no longer created in the regular build?
>>> 2. Should the dos_boot_part() function be changed to take the files from the rpi-firmware pkg instead?
>>> Not being familiar with the nanobsd building process, I'm not really sure what is the best way to go.
>>
>> I wrote this code some time ago and I don't remember the details, anyway my code does take the files from the pkg.
>>
>> I took idea from the release scripts for aarch64 from:
>>
>> src/release/release.sh
>> src/release/arm64/aarch64.conf
>> src/release/tools/arm.subr
>>
>> which have more current code.
>
> Would you be willing to share your full nanobsd config file? Or is that the only custom part you needed to get it working?
I have some more custom parts, but most are unrelated to RPi3.
Actually mine is a configuration I used with a PCEngine APU2 board, I
converted to RPi3.
The only other relevant configuration is this part:
calculate_partitioning ( ) (
)
create_code_slice ( ) (
pprint 2 "build code slice"
pprint 3 "log: ${NANO_OBJ}/_.cs"
(
IMG=${NANO_DISKIMGDIR}/_.disk.image
MNT=${NANO_OBJ}/_.mnt
mkdir -p ${MNT}
CODE_SIZE=${NANO_SLICE_CODE_SIZE}
if [ "${NANO_MD_BACKING}" = "swap" ] ; then
MD=`mdconfig -a -t swap -s ${CODE_SIZE} -x ${NANO_SECTS} \
-y ${NANO_HEADS}`
else
echo "Creating md backing file..."
rm -f ${IMG}
dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG} seek=${CODE_SIZE} count=0
MD=`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${IMG} -x ${NANO_SECTS} \
-y ${NANO_HEADS}`
fi
trap "echo 'Running exit trap code' ; df -i ${MNT} ; umount ${MNT}
|| true ; mdconfig -d -u $MD" 1 2 15 EXIT
gpart create -s bsd ${MD}
gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 64k -b 64k ${MD}
#gpart bootcode -b ${NANO_WORLDDIR}/boot/boot ${MD}
# Create first image
populate_slice /dev/${MD}${NANO_PARTITION_ROOT} ${NANO_WORLDDIR}
${MNT} "${NANO_ROOT}"
mount /dev/${MD}${NANO_PARTITION_ROOT} ${MNT}
echo "Generating mtree..."
( cd ${MNT} && mtree -c ) > ${NANO_OBJ}/_.mtree
( cd ${MNT} && du -k ) > ${NANO_OBJ}/_.du
nano_umount ${MNT}
if [ "${NANO_MD_BACKING}" = "swap" ] ; then
echo "Writing out _.disk.image..."
dd conv=sparse if=/dev/${MD} of=${NANO_DISKIMGDIR}/_.disk.image
bs=64k
fi
mdconfig -d -u $MD
trap - 1 2 15 EXIT
) > ${NANO_OBJ}/_.cs 2>&1
)
# Custom disk image command, from common embedded image
create_diskimage ( ) (
pprint 2 "build diskimage"
pprint 3 "log: ${NANO_LOG}/_.di"
(
IMG=${NANO_DISKIMGDIR}/${NANO_IMGNAME}
MNT=${NANO_OBJ}/_.mnt
mkdir -p ${MNT}
if [ "${NANO_MD_BACKING}" = "swap" ] ; then
MD=`mdconfig -a -t swap -s ${NANO_MEDIASIZE} -x ${NANO_SECTS} \
-y ${NANO_HEADS}`
else
echo "Creating md backing file..."
rm -f ${IMG}
dd if=/dev/zero of=${IMG} seek=${NANO_MEDIASIZE} count=0
MD=`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${IMG} -x ${NANO_SECTS} \
-y ${NANO_HEADS}`
fi
trap "echo 'Running exit trap code' ; df -i ${MNT} ; nano_umount
${MNT} || true ; mdconfig -d -u $MD" 1 2 15 EXIT
gpart create -s MBR ${MD}
gpart add -t '!12' -a 512k -s ${NANO_SLICE_EFI_SIZE} ${MD}
gpart set -a active -i 1 ${MD}
newfs_msdos -L efi -F 16 /dev/${MD}${NANO_SLICE_EFI}
gpart add -t freebsd -s ${NANO_SLICE_CFG_SIZE} ${MD}
gpart add -t freebsd -s ${NANO_SLICE_CODE_SIZE} ${MD}
gpart add -t freebsd -s ${NANO_SLICE_CODE_SIZE} ${MD}
mount_msdosfs /dev/${MD}${NANO_SLICE_EFI} ${MNT}
populate_boot_part ${MNT}
umount ${MNT}
echo "Writing code image..."
dd conv=sparse if=${NANO_DISKIMGDIR}/_.disk.image
of=/dev/${MD}${NANO_SLICE_ROOT} bs=64k
# Create Config slice
populate_cfg_slice /dev/${MD}${NANO_SLICE_CFG} "${NANO_CFGDIR}"
${MNT} "${NANO_SLICE_CFG}"
if [ "${NANO_MD_BACKING}" = "swap" ] ; then
if [ ${NANO_IMAGE_MBRONLY} ]; then
echo "Writing out _.disk.mbr..."
dd if=/dev/${MD} of=${NANO_DISKIMGDIR}/_.disk.mbr bs=512
count=1
else
echo "Writing out ${NANO_IMGNAME}..."
dd if=/dev/${MD} of=${IMG} bs=64k
fi
echo "Writing out ${NANO_IMGNAME}..."
dd conv=sparse if=/dev/${MD} of=${IMG} bs=64k
fi
mdconfig -d -u ${MD}
trap - 1 2 15 EXIT
) > ${NANO_LOG}/_.di 2>&1
)
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>> --
>> Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
>>
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Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>