Bug#851469: flash-kernel: ARM new boot.scr does not allow the device to boot
Am Montag, den 16.01.2017, 21:41 +0100 schrieb Karsten Merker:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 08:07:50PM +0100, permondes - sagen wrote:
> > Am Montag, den 16.01.2017, 00:14 +0100 schrieb Karsten Merker:
>
> > > Could you (after making an image backup of your SD card so that
> > > you can easily restore the previous setup) please try the
> > > following procedure on the LIME:
> > >
> > > $ sudo apt-get install u-boot-sunxi
> > > $ sudo dd if=/usr/lib/u-boot/A20-OLinuXino-Lime/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1k seek=8
> > > $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=128 seek=544 of=/dev/mmcblk0
> > > $ sudo flash-kernel
> > > $ sync
> > > $ sudo reboot
> > >
> > > This should (at least in theory) provide you with a booting
> > > system, unless there is some freedombox-specific mechanism
> > > that modifies the boot.scr behind flash-kernel's back.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Karsten
> >
> > Hi Karsten,
> > I followed your instructions to the letter:
> >
> > > $ sudo apt-get install u-boot-sunxi
> > > u-boot-sunxi ist schon die neueste Version (2016.11+dfsg1-3).
> > > 0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
> > >
> > > $ sudo dd if=/usr/lib/u-boot/A20-OLinuXino-Lime/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1k seek=8
> > > 471+1 Datensätze ein
> > > 471+1 Datensätze aus
> > > 482846 Bytes (483 kB, 472 KiB) kopiert, 0,0468861 s, 10,3 MB/s
> > >
> > > $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=128 seek=544 of=/dev/mmcblk0
> > > 128+0 Datensätze ein
> > > 128+0 Datensätze aus
> > > 131072 Bytes (131 kB, 128 KiB) kopiert, 0,0190237 s, 6,9 MB/s
> > >
> > > $ sudo flash-kernel
> > > DTB: sun7i-a20-olinuxino-lime.dtb
> > > Installing /usr/lib/linux-image-4.8.0-2-armmp-lpae/sun7i-a20-olinuxino-lime.dtb into /boot/dtbs/4.8.0-2-armmp-lpae/sun7i-a20-olinuxino-lime.dtb
> > > Taking backup of sun7i-a20-olinuxino-lime.dtb.
> > > Installing new sun7i-a20-olinuxino-lime.dtb.
> > > flash-kernel: installing version 4.8.0-2-armmp-lpae
> > > Generating boot script u-boot image... done.
> > > Taking backup of boot.scr.
> > > Installing new boot.scr.
> > >
> > > $ sync
> > >
> > > $ sudo reboot
> > > Connection to ... closed by remote host.
> > > Connection to ... closed.
> >
> > As I could not ssh into it even after 5 minutes (usually it
> > booted in 1-2 mins.), I tried with
> >
> > > nmap -p 80 --open -sV <IPadress>/24
> >
> > but the device was not shown. Also the router web interface did
> > not show it.
>
> That is indeed strange. I am sorry to have to say that we
> probably won't be able to debug this any further without access
> to the boot console. Flash-kernel and the boot script created by
> it work without problems on my A20-based systems which were
> installed with debian-installer, so it appears that the issue is
> probably something specific to the freedombox setup. It might
> have something to do with the way the SD card is partitioned or
> with the use of btrfs as the root filesystem and the additional
> kernel parameters that the freedombox-bootscript provides, but
> without a boot log the exact issue is very difficult to
> determine.
>
> > We can give up any time. I have a work around for the moment
> > and can ask the Freedombox people to generate a new image with
> > the current u-boot environment.
>
> Shall we keep the bug against flash-kernel open or shall we close
> it? If the former, I would tag it "moreinfo" as we effectively
> cannot solve the issue without further information about what
> exactly happens during the boot process on your system.
>
> Regards,
> Karsten
Please close the bug. I will try to get a fw_env.config or set up a new
system. The issue is probably Freedombox related and working on it does
not advance this project.
Thanks a lot for your support.
Dietmar
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