Re: [Buildroot] EGLFS Could Not Find DRM Device!

[Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>]

Hello Scott,

On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:32:33 +0000, Scott Bartolett <SBartolett@thorlabs.com> wrote:

> Of course.  I should have realized that.
>
> Hope this doesn't turn out to be a stupid question also, but I just tried to run dtoverlay from the command prompt and it says command not found.  Searched for it on the target machine and did not find it.  Searched for it in the buildroot output folder and found this:
> ./output/build/rpi-firmware-1a46874494146f470d7a61b0b6f4f15a07dd8b35/hardfp/opt/vc/bin/dtoverlay
> ./output/build/rpi-firmware-1a46874494146f470d7a61b0b6f4f15a07dd8b35/opt/vc/bin/dtoverlay

Do not know about a dtoverlay command, the dtoverlay I know is a RPi bootloader
feature controlled by the config.txt file on the first/boot partition of
the SD card, once again:

> > > Edit the config.txt file on the first/boot partition on the SD card and add (for RPi4):
> > >
> > > 	dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d-pi4
> > >
> > > or (for Rpi3,...):
> > >
> > > 	dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d

Regards,
Peter


>
> I just tried the same using the default raspberrypi3_defconfig and get the same result.  Any idea why this would be the case?  I am assuming now that without dtoverlay, vc4-kms-v3d.dtbo is not loading and that is the cause of the DRM Device not found.
>
> We are trying to support a feature that requires rotating our GUI.  This is why we are trying to use the plugin eglfs which supports the rotate=X option.  LinuxFB does not appear to support this.  If I cannot get this to work today, we are going to abandon this feature for now.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Seiderer [mailto:ps.report@gmx.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 5:11 PM
> To: Scott Bartolett <SBartolett@thorlabs.com>
> Cc: buildroot@busybox.net
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] EGLFS Could Not Find DRM Device!
>
> Hello Scott,
>
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:28:12 +0000, Scott Bartolett <SBartolett@thorlabs.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes I have the BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DTB_OVERLAYS enabled and rpi-firmware/overlays entry in genimage.  If I search the buildroot output folder I find this:
> >
> > ./output/images/rpi-firmware/overlays/vc4-kms-v3d.dtbo
> > ./output/images/rpi-firmware/overlays/vc4-kms-v3d-pi4.dtbo
> > ./output/build/rpi-firmware-1a46874494146f470d7a61b0b6f4f15a07dd8b35/b
> > oot/overlays/vc4-kms-v3d.dtbo
> > ./output/build/rpi-firmware-1a46874494146f470d7a61b0b6f4f15a07dd8b35/b
> > oot/overlays/vc4-kms-v3d-pi4.dtbo
> >
> > But I do not find those files anywhere on the target machine.  I am using a root file system overlay.  Might that be my problem?
>
> The overlays are stored in the first/boot partition (vfat one where the dtb files, config.txt and cmdline.txt, bootcode.bin and start.elf and fixup.dat and zimage are found) and not on the second/root (ext4 one with the complte root file system) partition of the SD card...
>
> Regards,
> Peter
>
> >
> > I appreciate your help with this.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Seiderer [mailto:ps.report@gmx.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:11 PM
> > To: Scott Bartolett <SBartolett@thorlabs.com>
> > Cc: buildroot@busybox.net
> > Subject: Re: [Buildroot] EGLFS Could Not Find DRM Device!
> >
> > Hello Scott,
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:08:28 +0000, Scott Bartolett <SBartolett@thorlabs.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Peter,
> > >
> > > On a raspbian install I find the file vc4-kms-v3d.dtbo.  However on the buildroot install, I do not find any files that match vc4-kms-v3d*.   I've searched for and enabled additional items in the buildroot config that might be related, but nothing has helped yet.
> >
> > The buildroot config option is name
> > BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DTB_OVERLAYS,
> > do not forget to do a full re-build of the rpi-firmware package after enabling...
> >
> > For inclusion of the overlay files to the target/SD-card boot/first partition check/add the 'rpi-firmware/overlays' entry in the genimage file (see e.g.
> > board/raspberrypi3/genimage-raspberrypi3.cfg for an example)...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter Seiderer [mailto:ps.report@gmx.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 2:10 PM
> > > To: Scott Bartolett <SBartolett@thorlabs.com>
> > > Cc: buildroot@busybox.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Buildroot] EGLFS Could Not Find DRM Device!
> > >
> > > Hello Scott,
> > >
> > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:47:49 +0000, Scott Bartolett <SBartolett@thorlabs.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to run a Qt5 application on a Raspberry Pi running buildroot.  The application runs fine when I use the platform plugin linuxfb.  But when I try to use eglfs I'm getting the error that the DRM Device is not found.  I see this error message mentioned often when doing a search, but so far have not found any solution that works for me.  I've selected:
> > > > BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_V3D
> > > > BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_VC4
> > > > BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_KMSRO
> > > > BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_ES
> > > > BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_OPENGL_ES2
> > > > BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_EGLFS
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Edit the config.txt file on the first/boot partition on the SD card and add (for RPi4):
> > >
> > > 	dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d-pi4
> > >
> > > or (for Rpi3,...):
> > >
> > > 	dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
> > >
> > > See [1] for details...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > [1]
> > > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgi
> > > th
> > > ub.com%2Fraspberrypi%2Ffirmware%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fboot%2Foverlays%2F
> > > RE
> > > ADME&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSBartolett%40thorlabs.com%7C2be70acef94f4fd7
> > > a6
> > > 6e08d96262d8bf%7C411510044224448aa787d4279c1f087d%7C0%7C0%7C63764899
> > > 89
> > > 66807962%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzI
> > > iL
> > > CJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=TRayRYYU6JoOopJfA9zsp
> > > OI
> > > n%2FGObRgfP2zYF2bS%2BCEA%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Scott
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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