While an image layout based on MBR and 'bootfs' partition may be easy
to understand for users who are very used to the IBM PC and always have
the option to access the SD card outside of the device (and hence don't
really depend on other recovery methods or dual-boot), in my opinion
it's a dead end for many desirable features on embedded systems,
especially when managed remotely (and hence without an easy option to
access the SD card using another device in case things go wrong, for
example).
Let me explain:
* using a MSDOS/VFAT filesystem to store kernel(s) is problematic, as a
single corruption of the bootfs can render the system into a state
that it no longer boots at all. This makes dual-boot useless, or at
least very tedious to setup with then 2 independent boot partitions
to avoid the single point of failure on a "hot" block (the FAT index
of the boot partition, written every time a file is changed in
bootfs). And well: most targets even store the bootloader environment
in a file in that very same FAT filesystem, hence it cannot be used
to script a reliable dual-boot method (as loading the environment
itself will already fail if the filesystem is corrupted).
* loading the kernel uImage from bootfs and using rootfs inside an
additional partition means the bootloader can only validate the
kernel -- if rootfs is broken or corrupted, this can lead to a reboot
loop, which is often a quite costly thing to happen in terms of
hardware lifetime.
* imitating MBR-boot behavior with a FAT-formatted bootfs partition
(like IBM PC in the 80s and 90s) is just one of many choices on
embedded targets. There are much better options with modern U-Boot
(which is what we use and build from source for all targets booting
off SD cards), see examples in mediatek/mt7622 and mediatek/mt7623.
Hence rename the 'sdcard' feature to 'legacy-sdcard', and prefix
functions with 'legacy_sdcard_' instead of 'sdcard_'.
Tested-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Now that we have a generic sdcard upgrade method, which was copied from
the mvebu platform method, we can switch mvebu to the generic method.
Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
Keep 5.4 as stable until further validation.
Tested on Turris Omnia (Rui Salvaterra) and ESPRESSObin v5 (Tomasz
Maciej Nowak). Cortex-A{53,72} subtargets are only build-tested.
Reviewed-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra@gmail.com>
[added comment about tests]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Last reports with kernel 5.4 have all been positive [1], so let's open
this to a wider range of testers.
[1] https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/2804
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
There is no such role as target maintainer anymore, one should always
send corresponding changes for the review and anyone from the commiters
is allowed to merge them or eventually use the hand break and NACK them.
Lets make it clear, that it is solely a community doing the maintenance
tasks.
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
Acked-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Acked-by: Piotr Dymacz <pepe2k@gmail.com>
Lets bump kernel to 4.19 on targets which were run tested or got ACKed
so we've enough time to make it ready for next release:
armvirt/32 (runtested in qemu)
armvirt/64 (runtested in qemu)
ath79/generic (runtested on Carambola2)
gemini/generic (runtested on DIR-685, DNS-313, SQ201, SL93512R)
imx6/generic (runtested on Apalis)
ipq40xx/generic (runtested on nbg6617)
malta/be64 (runtested in qemu)
malta/be (runtested in qemu)
malta/le (runtested in qemu)
malta/le64 (runtested in qemu)
mpc85xx/generic (runtested on TL-WDR4900)
mpc85xx/p2020 (runtested on P2020RDB)
mvebu/cortexa53
mvebu/cortexa72
mvebu/cortexa10
octeon/generic (runtested on EdgeRouter Lite)
sunxi/cortexa53 (build tested only)
sunxi/cortexa7 (runtested on Lime2-K)
sunxi/cortexa8 (build tested only)
tegra/generic
x86/64 (runtested in qemu)
Acked-by: Zoltan HERPAI <wigyori@uid0.hu> [sunxi]
Tested-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> [gemini]
Tested-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tomek_n@o2.pl> [mvebu, tegra]
Tested-by: Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net> [octeon]
Tested-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@gmail.com> [mpc85xx/generic mpc85xx/p2020]
Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
Signed-off-by: Marko Ratkaj <marko.ratkaj@sartura.hr>
[added sfp related patches from Russell King]
Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun@nic.cz>
[rebase; rework patches; separate and cleanup kernel configs;
add espessobin dts; adjust venom dts]
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tomek_n@o2.pl>
Add initial support for Marvell MACCHIATObin, cortex-a72 based Marvell
ARMADA 8040 Community board. Comes in two forms: Single Shot and Double
Shot.
Specifications:
- Quad core Cortex-A72 (up to 2GHz)
- DDR4 DIMM slot with optional ECC and single/dual chip select support
- Dual 10GbE (1/2.5/10GbE) via copper or SFP
2.5GbE (1/2.5GbE) via SFP
1GbE via copper
- SPI Flash
- 3 X SATA 3.0 connectors
- MicroSD connector
- eMMC
- PCI x4 3.0 slot
- USB 2.0 Headers (Internal)
- USB 3.0 connector
- Console port (UART) over microUSB connector
- 20-pin Connector for CPU JTAG debugger
- 2 X UART Headers
- 12V input via DC Jack
- ATX type power connector
- Form Factor: Mini-ITX (170 mm x 170 mm)
More details at http://macchiatobin.net
Booting from micro SD card:
1. reset U-Boot environment:
env default -a
saveenv
2. prepare U-Boot with boot script:
setenv bootcmd "load mmc 1:1 0x4d00000 boot.scr; source 0x4d00000"
saveenv
or manually:
setenv fdt_name armada-8040-mcbin.dtb
setenv image_name Image
setenv bootcmd 'mmc dev 1; ext4load mmc 1:1 $kernel_addr $image_name;ext4load mmc 1:1 $fdt_addr $fdt_name;setenv bootargs $console root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rw rootwait; booti $kernel_addr - $fdt_addr'
saveenv
Signed-off-by: Damir Samardzic <damir.samardzic@sartura.hr>
This commit introduces new subtarget for Marvell EBU Armada Cortex A53
processor based devices.
The first device is Globalscale ESPRESSObin. Some hardware specs:
SoC: Marvell Armada 3700LP (88F3720) dual core ARM Cortex A53
processor up to 1.2GHz
RAM: 512MB, 1GB or 2GB DDR3
Storage: SATA interface
µSD card slot with footprint for an optional 4GB EMMC
4MB SPI NOR flash for bootloader
Ethernet: Topaz Networking Switch (88E6341) with 3x GbE ports
Connectors: USB 3.0
USB 2.0
µUSB port connected to PL2303SA (USB to serial bridge
controller) for UART access
Expansion: 2x 46-pin GPIO headers for accessories and shields with
I2C, GPIOs, PWM, UART, SPI, MMC, etc
MiniPCIe slot
Misc: Reset button, JTAG interface
Currently booting only from µSD card is supported.
The boards depending on date of dispatch can come with various U-Boot
versions. For the newest version 2017.03-armada-17.10 no manual
intervention should be needed to boot OpenWrt image. For the older ones
it's necessary to modify default U-Boot environment:
1. Interrupt boot process to run U-Boot command line,
2. Run following commands:
(for version 2017.03-armada-17.06 and 2017.03-armada-17.08)
setenv bootcmd "load mmc 0:1 0x4d00000 boot.scr; source 0x4d00000"
saveenv
(for version 2015.01-armada-17.02 and 2015.01-armada-17.04)
setenv bootargs "console=ttyMV0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait"
setenv bootcmd "ext4load mmc 0:1 ${fdt_addr} armada-3720-espressobin.dtb; ext4load mmc 0:1 ${kernel_addr} Image; booti ${kernel_addr} - ${fdt_addr}"
saveenv
3. Poweroff, insert SD card with OpenWrt image, boot and enjoy.
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tomek_n@o2.pl>
This triggers HAS_FPU=y, and unsets CONFIG_SOFT_FLOAT.
Considering all mvebu boards have an fpu, this is the desirable behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
replace all occurences of LINUX_VERSION with the cleaner
approach. future kernel upgrades must mostly touch only
one file. the only platform left is netlogic, because it
uses a intermediate kernel 3.14.16
Signed-off-by: Bastian Bittorf <bittorf@bluebottle.com>
SVN-Revision: 43047
205-fix-headers_install.patch is obseleted by upstream commit 3246a0352e3d58380b9386570f1db1faf7edf8a8
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
SVN-Revision: 41351
