[meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Jean-Philippe Lebel]

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Hello,

I'm trying to create a simple image that uses the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option but the pi hangs with the rainbow image. I'm able to generate bootable images when not using the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option (but I need to use swupdate). I have the same problem with using the Hardknott branch, leading me to think the problem is not the layer but the way I use it.

For my last test, I used the latest meta-raspberrypi without any modification. In other words, I'm using the default/basic configuration.

the default local.conf file has been edited to add the following two lines at the end
MACHINE = 'raspberrypi4'
RPI_USE_U_BOOT = "1"

I'm building the image using
> bitbake core-image-base

And I'm burning the generated .wic image to my sd card.

What am I missing? Is there any other configuration I must do?

Thanks

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AW: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Matthias Klein]

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Hello Jean-Philippe,

>I'm trying to create a simple image that uses the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option but the pi hangs with the rainbow image. I'm able to generate bootable images when not using the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option (but I need to use swupdate).
>I have the same problem with using the Hardknott branch, leading me to think the problem is not the layer but the way I use it.

For me the combination of raspberrypi4-64 machine, U-Boot and RAUC (instead of swupdate) works.
I think the raspberrypi4 should also work (but haven't tested it).

I built and tested my (Poky master branch based) image this morning: https://github.com/matthiasklein/meta-yocto-coffee-rpi

I don't use HDMI output though, but a serial console (ENABLE_UART = "1").

Best regards,
Matthias


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Re: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Jean-Philippe Lebel]

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Thanks Matthias for your input.

I have the same problem using the raspberrypi4-64 target. On my end, the
mere fact of enabling RPI_USE_U_BOOT yields a non-bootable image.

The image I generated/burned can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6glmmgtx0pcd06t/core-image-base-raspberrypi4-64-20220112004201.rootfs.wic.bz2?dl=0

Thanks a lot.

-------------
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jp@lebel.pro
http://www.lebel.pro
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 3:59 AM Matthias Klein <matthias.klein@optimeas.de>
wrote:

> Hello Jean-Philippe,
>
>
>
> >I'm trying to create a simple image that uses the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option
> but the pi hangs with the rainbow image. I'm able to generate bootable
> images when not using the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option (but I need to use
> swupdate).
>
> >I have the same problem with using the Hardknott branch, leading me to
> think the problem is not the layer but the way I use it.
>
> For me the combination of raspberrypi4-64 machine, U-Boot and RAUC
> (instead of swupdate) works.
>
> I think the raspberrypi4 should also work (but haven't tested it).
>
>
>
> I built and tested my (Poky master branch based) image this morning:
> https://github.com/matthiasklein/meta-yocto-coffee-rpi
>
>
>
> I don't use HDMI output though, but a serial console (ENABLE_UART = "1").
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Matthias
>
>
>

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Re: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Jean-Philippe Lebel]

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For a reason I can't quite understand, everything stated working when I
added

ENABLE_UART = "1"

Does anyone understand the relation between ENABLE_UART = "1"  and
RPI_USE_U_BOOT = "1" ?

Thanks

-------------
Jean-Philippe



On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 3:59 AM Matthias Klein <matthias.klein@optimeas.de>
wrote:

> Hello Jean-Philippe,
>
>
>
> >I'm trying to create a simple image that uses the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option
> but the pi hangs with the rainbow image. I'm able to generate bootable
> images when not using the RPI_USE_U_BOOT option (but I need to use
> swupdate).
>
> >I have the same problem with using the Hardknott branch, leading me to
> think the problem is not the layer but the way I use it.
>
> For me the combination of raspberrypi4-64 machine, U-Boot and RAUC
> (instead of swupdate) works.
>
> I think the raspberrypi4 should also work (but haven't tested it).
>
>
>
> I built and tested my (Poky master branch based) image this morning:
> https://github.com/matthiasklein/meta-yocto-coffee-rpi
>
>
>
> I don't use HDMI output though, but a serial console (ENABLE_UART = "1").
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Matthias
>
>
>

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Re: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Jerome Oufella]

On Jan 12, 2022, at 3:37 PM, Jean-Philippe Lebel wrote: 

> For a reason I can't quite understand, everything stated working when I added
> ENABLE_UART = "1"
> 
> Does anyone understand the relation between ENABLE_UART = "1" and RPI_USE_U_BOOT
> = "1" ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -------------
> Jean-Philippe

The documentation mentions a relationship between enable_uart and
(lower) core frequency on some hardware variants - could there be a
side-effect (if yes, maybe gpu_freq/arm_freq could play a factor) ?

Jerome

Re: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Jean-Philippe Lebel]

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I finally received my UART cable, giving me more details about where the
boot sequence fails.

Just a quick summary of my tests
- Enabling UART does indeed "fix" the issue when working from the
meta-raspberrypi AND yocto master.
- Enabling UART has no impact when working from the meta-raspberrypi and
yocto hardknott branch (which I need to support) - image doesn't boot
- Backporting the meta-raspberrypi master branch to hardknott does NOT fix
the problem.

Here is the uboot log (failing).

U-Boot 2021.01 (Jan 11 2021 - 18:11:43 +0000)

DRAM:  1.9 GiB
RPI 4 Model B (0xb03114)
MMC:   mmcnr@7e300000: 1, emmc2@7e340000: 0
*Loading Environment from FAT... ** No partition table - mmc 0 ***
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   eth0: ethernet@7d580000
PCIe BRCM: link up, 5.0 Gbps x1 (SSC)
starting USB...
Bus xhci_pci: Register 5000420 NbrPorts 5
Starting the controller
USB XHCI 1.00
scanning bus xhci_pci for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
** No partition table - mmc 0 **
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110

Here is a normal uboot sequence

U-Boot 2021.10 (Oct 04 2021 - 15:09:26 +0000)

DRAM:  1.9 GiB
RPI 4 Model B (0xb03114)
MMC:   mmcnr@7e300000: 1, mmc@7e340000: 0
*Loading Environment from FAT... Unable to read "uboot.env" from mmc0:1...
In:    serial*
Out:   vidconsole
Err:   vidconsole
Net:   eth0: ethernet@7d580000
PCIe BRCM: link up, 5.0 Gbps x1 (SSC)
starting USB...
Bus xhci_pci: Register 5000420 NbrPorts 5
Starting the controller
USB XHCI 1.00
scanning bus xhci_pci for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
Scanning mmc 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot.scr
262 bytes read in 6 ms (42 KiB/s)
## Executing script at 02400000
23202304 bytes read in 997 ms (22.2 MiB/s)
Saving Environment to FAT... OK
Moving Image from 0x80000 to 0x200000, end=1960000
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 2eff3600
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x2eff3600
   Using Device Tree in place at 000000002eff3600, end 000000002f002f13

Starting kernel ...

Basically, the failing Uboot can't find the partition table.

Any idea why?

Thanks

-------------
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 4:45 PM Jerome Oufella <
jerome.oufella@savoirfairelinux.com> wrote:

> On Jan 12, 2022, at 3:37 PM, Jean-Philippe Lebel wrote:
>
> > For a reason I can't quite understand, everything stated working when I
> added
> > ENABLE_UART = "1"
> >
> > Does anyone understand the relation between ENABLE_UART = "1" and
> RPI_USE_U_BOOT
> > = "1" ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -------------
> > Jean-Philippe
>
> The documentation mentions a relationship between enable_uart and
> (lower) core frequency on some hardware variants - could there be a
> side-effect (if yes, maybe gpu_freq/arm_freq could play a factor) ?
>
> Jerome
>

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Re: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Marc Ferland]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:39 AM Jean-Philippe Lebel <jp@lebel.pro> wrote:
>
> I finally received my UART cable, giving me more details about where the boot sequence fails.
>
> Just a quick summary of my tests
> - Enabling UART does indeed "fix" the issue when working from the meta-raspberrypi AND yocto master.
> - Enabling UART has no impact when working from the meta-raspberrypi and yocto hardknott branch (which I need to support) - image doesn't boot
> - Backporting the meta-raspberrypi master branch to hardknott does NOT fix the problem.
>
> Here is the uboot log (failing).
>
> U-Boot 2021.01 (Jan 11 2021 - 18:11:43 +0000)
>
> DRAM:  1.9 GiB
> RPI 4 Model B (0xb03114)
> MMC:   mmcnr@7e300000: 1, emmc2@7e340000: 0
> Loading Environment from FAT... ** No partition table - mmc 0 **
> In:    serial
> Out:   serial
> Err:   serial
> Net:   eth0: ethernet@7d580000
> PCIe BRCM: link up, 5.0 Gbps x1 (SSC)
> starting USB...
> Bus xhci_pci: Register 5000420 NbrPorts 5
> Starting the controller
> USB XHCI 1.00
> scanning bus xhci_pci for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
>        scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> switch to partitions #0, OK
> mmc0 is current device
> ** No partition table - mmc 0 **
> Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110
>
> Here is a normal uboot sequence
>
> U-Boot 2021.10 (Oct 04 2021 - 15:09:26 +0000)
>
> DRAM:  1.9 GiB
> RPI 4 Model B (0xb03114)
> MMC:   mmcnr@7e300000: 1, mmc@7e340000: 0
> Loading Environment from FAT... Unable to read "uboot.env" from mmc0:1... In:    serial
> Out:   vidconsole
> Err:   vidconsole
> Net:   eth0: ethernet@7d580000
> PCIe BRCM: link up, 5.0 Gbps x1 (SSC)
> starting USB...
> Bus xhci_pci: Register 5000420 NbrPorts 5
> Starting the controller
> USB XHCI 1.00
> scanning bus xhci_pci for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
>        scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> switch to partitions #0, OK
> mmc0 is current device
> Scanning mmc 0:1...
> Found U-Boot script /boot.scr
> 262 bytes read in 6 ms (42 KiB/s)
> ## Executing script at 02400000
> 23202304 bytes read in 997 ms (22.2 MiB/s)
> Saving Environment to FAT... OK
> Moving Image from 0x80000 to 0x200000, end=1960000
> ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 2eff3600
>    Booting using the fdt blob at 0x2eff3600
>    Using Device Tree in place at 000000002eff3600, end 000000002f002f13
>
> Starting kernel ...
>
> Basically, the failing Uboot can't find the partition table.
>

Well is there a partition table? Can you share what you are doing to
flash your uSD? Maybe it's just some manipulation error.

Marc

Re: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Problem with RPI_USE_U_BOOT with RaspberryPi4

[Jean-Philippe Lebel]

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Hello Marc,

I doubt this is a manipulation issue (at least in regards to burning the
image).

meta-raspberrypi master, yocto master -> works (core-image-base, stock, no
modification beside RPI_USE_U_BOOT="1")

meta-raspberrypi hardknott, yocto hardknott -> doesn't work
(core-image-base, stock, no modification beside RPI_USE_U_BOOT="1")

That being said, I've inspected both the working image and the non-working
one and they look very similar (files and structure). I will take a closer
look at the format.

Thanks
-------------
Jean-Philippe Lebel, ing. MBA
jp@lebel.pro
http://www.lebel.pro
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:40 PM Marc Ferland <marc.ferland@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:39 AM Jean-Philippe Lebel <jp@lebel.pro> wrote:
> >
> > I finally received my UART cable, giving me more details about where the
> boot sequence fails.
> >
> > Just a quick summary of my tests
> > - Enabling UART does indeed "fix" the issue when working from the
> meta-raspberrypi AND yocto master.
> > - Enabling UART has no impact when working from the meta-raspberrypi and
> yocto hardknott branch (which I need to support) - image doesn't boot
> > - Backporting the meta-raspberrypi master branch to hardknott does NOT
> fix the problem.
> >
> > Here is the uboot log (failing).
> >
> > U-Boot 2021.01 (Jan 11 2021 - 18:11:43 +0000)
> >
> > DRAM:  1.9 GiB
> > RPI 4 Model B (0xb03114)
> > MMC:   mmcnr@7e300000: 1, emmc2@7e340000: 0
> > Loading Environment from FAT... ** No partition table - mmc 0 **
> > In:    serial
> > Out:   serial
> > Err:   serial
> > Net:   eth0: ethernet@7d580000
> > PCIe BRCM: link up, 5.0 Gbps x1 (SSC)
> > starting USB...
> > Bus xhci_pci: Register 5000420 NbrPorts 5
> > Starting the controller
> > USB XHCI 1.00
> > scanning bus xhci_pci for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
> >        scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
> > Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> > switch to partitions #0, OK
> > mmc0 is current device
> > ** No partition table - mmc 0 **
> > Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110
> >
> > Here is a normal uboot sequence
> >
> > U-Boot 2021.10 (Oct 04 2021 - 15:09:26 +0000)
> >
> > DRAM:  1.9 GiB
> > RPI 4 Model B (0xb03114)
> > MMC:   mmcnr@7e300000: 1, mmc@7e340000: 0
> > Loading Environment from FAT... Unable to read "uboot.env" from
> mmc0:1... In:    serial
> > Out:   vidconsole
> > Err:   vidconsole
> > Net:   eth0: ethernet@7d580000
> > PCIe BRCM: link up, 5.0 Gbps x1 (SSC)
> > starting USB...
> > Bus xhci_pci: Register 5000420 NbrPorts 5
> > Starting the controller
> > USB XHCI 1.00
> > scanning bus xhci_pci for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
> >        scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
> > Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
> > switch to partitions #0, OK
> > mmc0 is current device
> > Scanning mmc 0:1...
> > Found U-Boot script /boot.scr
> > 262 bytes read in 6 ms (42 KiB/s)
> > ## Executing script at 02400000
> > 23202304 bytes read in 997 ms (22.2 MiB/s)
> > Saving Environment to FAT... OK
> > Moving Image from 0x80000 to 0x200000, end=1960000
> > ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 2eff3600
> >    Booting using the fdt blob at 0x2eff3600
> >    Using Device Tree in place at 000000002eff3600, end 000000002f002f13
> >
> > Starting kernel ...
> >
> > Basically, the failing Uboot can't find the partition table.
> >
>
> Well is there a partition table? Can you share what you are doing to
> flash your uSD? Maybe it's just some manipulation error.
>
> Marc
>

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