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You are right, this is a strange DTS issue. U-Boot is working, but the kernel can't initialize the SD card, which is why it drops to the initramfs shell. Unfortunately, I can't reproduce this specific error myself, but I agree with your analysis. I suspect this is the same reason why newer U-Boot versions initially failed to boot for me. I will start working on fixing the DTS next week. Thanks for finding this bug!

@C127I just saw that @whywontitworkmessage and decided to try your image(0.3) directly in the sdcard ( emmc removed ) and that image does not boot. The UART is also stuck in starting kernel as mentioned by @whywontitwork, but I can get the HDMI output and the boot process drops to a initramfs shell because it can not find the root device. This is the console log. DDR 9fa84341ce typ 24/09/06-09:51:11,fwver: v1.18 ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 ch0 ttot7 LPDDR5, 2400MHz channel[0] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch1 ttot7 channel[1] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch2 ttot7 channel[2] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch3 ttot7 channel[3] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB Manufacturer ID:0xff DQS rds:h1,l0 CH0 RX Vref:24.6%, TX Vref:22.0%,22.0% DQ rds:h5 h2 h1 h2 h1 h4 l0 h7, h1 h1 h3 h3 h1 h1 h7 l0 DQS rds:l0,h2 CH1 RX Vref:27.9%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h4 l0 h2 h3 h6 l0 h7 l0, h7 h4 h4 h4 l1 h1 h6 h7 DQS rds:l0,h2 CH2 RX Vref:25.0%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h1 l0 h2 l2 h1 h1 h5 h1, l1 h6 l1 h3 l2 h1 h1 h2 DQS rds:l0,h1 CH3 RX Vref:27.9%, TX Vref:20.0%,20.0% DQ rds:h3 h1 h2 h1 h4 h1 h1 h1, h4 h7 h2 h2 h3 h5 l0 h5 stride=0x2, ddr_config=0x6 hash ch_mask0-1 0x20 0x40, bank_mask0-3 0x0 0x2400 0x44800 0x89000, rank_mask0 0x2000 change to F1: 534MHz ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 change to F2: 1320MHz ch0 ttot8 ch1 ttot8 ch2 ttot8 ch3 ttot8 change to F3: 1968MHz ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 change to F0: 2400MHz ch0 ttot7 ch1 ttot7 ch2 ttot7 ch3 ttot7 out U-Boot SPL 2024.04-armbian-2024.04-S2504-Pa35d-H29de-Vbf83-Bb703-R448a (Jul 02 2025 - 19:31:47 +0000) Trying to boot from MMC1 ## Checking hash(es) for config config-1 ... OK ## Checking hash(es) for Image atf-1 ... sha256+ OK ## Checking hash(es) for Image u-boot ... sha256+ OK ## Checking hash(es) for Image fdt-1 ... sha256+ OK ## Checking hash(es) for Image atf-2 ... sha256+ OK ## Checking hash(es) for Image atf-3 ... sha256+ OK INFO: Preloader serial: 2 NOTICE: BL31: v2.3():v2.3-868-g040d2de11:derrick.huang, fwver: v1.48 NOTICE: BL31: Built : 15:02:44, Dec 19 2024 INFO: spec: 0x13 INFO: code: 0x88 INFO: ext 32k is valid INFO: ddr: stride-en 4CH INFO: GICv3 without legacy support detected. INFO: ARM GICv3 driver initialized in EL3 INFO: valid_cpu_msk=0xff bcore0_rst = 0x0, bcore1_rst = 0x0 INFO: l3 cache partition cfg-0 INFO: system boots from cpu-hwid-0 INFO: bypass memory repair INFO: idle_st=0x21fff, pd_st=0x11fff9, repair_st=0xfff70001 INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[0].freq_mhz= 2400MHz INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[1].freq_mhz= 534MHz INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[2].freq_mhz= 1320MHz INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[3].freq_mhz= 1968MHz INFO: BL31: Initialising Exception Handling Framework INFO: BL31: Initializing runtime services WARNING: No OPTEE provided by BL2 boot loader, Booting device without OPTEE initialization. SMC`s destined for OPTEE will return SMC_UNK ERROR: Error initializing runtime service opteed_fast INFO: BL31: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world INFO: Entry point address = 0xa00000 INFO: SPSR = 0x3c9 ns16550_serial serial@feb50000: pinctrl_select_state_full: uclass_get_device_by_phandle_id: err=-19 U-Boot 2024.04-armbian-2024.04-S2504-Pa35d-H29de-Vbf83-Bb703-R448a (Jul 02 2025 - 19:31:47 +0000) Model: Xunlong Orange Pi 5 Pro DRAM: 16 GiB (effective 15.7 GiB) Core: 323 devices, 30 uclasses, devicetree: separate MMC: mmc@fe2c0000: 0 Loading Environment from nowhere... OK In: serial@feb50000 Out: serial@feb50000 Err: serial@feb50000 Model: Xunlong Orange Pi 5 Pro rockchip_dnl_key_pressed: no saradc device found Net: eth0: ethernet@fe1c0000 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Scanning for bootflows in all bootdevs Seq Method State Uclass Part Name Filename --- ----------- ------ -------- ---- ------------------------ ---------------- Scanning global bootmeth 'efi_mgr': No EFI system partition No EFI system partition Failed to persist EFI variables No EFI system partition Failed to persist EFI variables No EFI system partition Failed to persist EFI variables 0 efi_mgr ready (none) 0 <NULL> ** Booting bootflow '<NULL>' with efi_mgr Loading Boot0000 'mmc 0' failed EFI boot manager: Cannot load any image Boot failed (err=-14) Scanning bootdev 'mmc@fe2c0000.bootdev': 1 script ready mmc 1 mmc@fe2c0000.bootdev.part /boot/boot.scr ** Booting bootflow 'mmc@fe2c0000.bootdev.part_1' with script Boot script loaded from mmc 0:1 200 bytes read in 4 ms (48.8 KiB/s) 15754859 bytes read in 1321 ms (11.4 MiB/s) 39287296 bytes read in 3289 ms (11.4 MiB/s) 162018 bytes read in 28 ms (5.5 MiB/s) Working FDT set to 12000000 Trying kaslrseed command... Info: Unknown command can be safely ignored since kaslrseed does not apply to all boards. Unknown command 'kaslrseed' - try 'help' ## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 12180000 ... Image Name: uInitrd Image Type: AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 15754795 Bytes = 15 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 Verifying Checksum ... OK ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 12000000 Booting using the fdt blob at 0x12000000 Working FDT set to 12000000 Loading Ramdisk to ebf92000, end ece9862b ... OK Loading Device Tree to 00000000ebf02000, end 00000000ebf91fff ... OK Working FDT set to ebf02000 Starting kernel ... Setting loglevel=8 and verbose=8 shows this is console: [ 2.028301] dwmmc_rockchip fe2d0000.mmc: IDMAC supports 32-bit address mode. [ 2.029020] dwmmc_rockchip fe2d0000.mmc: Using internal DMA controller. [ 2.029624] dwmmc_rockchip fe2d0000.mmc: Version ID is 270a [ 2.030163] dwmmc_rockchip fe2d0000.mmc: DW MMC controller at irq 84,32 bit host data width,256 deep fifo [ 2.031384] dwmmc_rockchip fe2d0000.mmc: allocated mmc-pwrseq [ 2.031921] mmc_host mmc2: card is non-removable. [ 2.217056] dwmmc_rockchip fe2c0000.mmc: Busy; trying anyway [ 2.250531] mmc_host mmc2: Bus speed (slot 0) = 400000Hz (slot req 400000Hz, actual 400000HZ div = 0) [ 2.376463] mmc_host mmc2: Bus speed (slot 0) = 150000000Hz (slot req 150000000Hz, actual 150000000HZ div = 0) [ 2.409028] dwmmc_rockchip fe2d0000.mmc: Successfully tuned phase to 223 [ 2.423188] mmc2: new UHS-I speed SDR104 SDIO card at address 0001 [ 2.953845] mmc_host mmc0: Timeout sending command (cmd 0x202000 arg 0x0 status 0x80202000) [ 2.991412] mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card [ 3.527479] dwmmc_rockchip fe2c0000.mmc: Busy; trying anyway [ 4.257059] mmc_host mmc0: Timeout sending command (cmd 0x202000 arg 0x0 status 0x80202000) [ 4.271710] mmc_host mmc0: Bus speed (slot 0) = 300000Hz (slot req 300000Hz, actual 300000HZ div = 0) [ 4.831481] dwmmc_rockchip fe2c0000.mmc: Busy; trying anyway [ 5.560980] mmc_host mmc0: Timeout sending command (cmd 0x202000 arg 0x0 status 0x80202000) [ 5.575632] mmc_host mmc0: Bus speed (slot 0) = 200000Hz (slot req 200000Hz, actual 200000HZ div = 0) [ 6.140278] dwmmc_rockchip fe2c0000.mmc: Busy; trying anyway [ 6.869893] mmc_host mmc0: Timeout sending command (cmd 0x202000 arg 0x0 status 0x80202000)

Yes, it works correctly debian@orangepi5pro:~$ lsusb -t ... /: Bus 008.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 5000M |__ Port 001: Dev 002, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 5000M

@C127I forgot to ask. Is USB3 port working for you in your kernel ?

@Igor@amazingfate Can someone look at this issue please ? I am wondering if this is possibly affecting a large number targets or whether its just BananaPi-M7 / rockchip64 ? I have tried on another monitor also and am getting a black screen. On doing an `apt-get upgrade` on ssh terminal I happened to loose by HDMI display. AFAICT It looks like Ubuntu 'backgraded' gnome v46 (in Nobel release, and also in my older unofficial image) to v44. https://armbian.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/AR/issues/AR-2702?jql=project %3D "AR" ORDER BY created DESC

Sure. I am here to test it when you send. Next week I will be off for about 7 days, but we can test until that after that.

You are right, I was too focused on the eMMC. The fact that sdio is used for WiFi/BT on this board suggests a more complex problem with the main SDHCI controller in U-Boot. This means my U-Boot patch is still in a very early stage, and I need to do a deeper analysis of how all these interfaces are powered and configured. I will continue working on it and will let you know when I have a new patch to test.

Actually the 0.4 was trying to boot from MMC1 and the 0.5 from MMC2. is this expected ?

@C127 Tested, same problem DDR 9fa84341ce typ 24/09/06-09:51:11,fwver: v1.18 ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 ch0 ttot7 LPDDR5, 2400MHz channel[0] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch1 ttot7 channel[1] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch2 ttot7 channel[2] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch3 ttot7 channel[3] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB Manufacturer ID:0xff DQS rds:h1,l0 CH0 RX Vref:24.6%, TX Vref:23.0%,22.0% DQ rds:h5 h2 h1 h2 h1 h5 l0 h7, h1 h1 h3 h3 h1 h1 h7 l0 DQS rds:l0,h2 CH1 RX Vref:27.9%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h5 l0 h2 h2 h6 l0 h7 l0, h7 h5 h4 h4 l1 h1 h6 h7 DQS rds:l0,h2 CH2 RX Vref:25.4%, TX Vref:22.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h1 l0 h2 l2 h1 h1 h5 h1, l1 h7 l2 h4 l2 h1 h1 h3 DQS rds:l0,h1 CH3 RX Vref:27.9%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h3 h1 h1 h1 h4 h1 h1 h1, h5 h6 h2 h2 h3 h5 l0 h5 stride=0x2, ddr_config=0x6 hash ch_mask0-1 0x20 0x40, bank_mask0-3 0x0 0x2400 0x44800 0x89000, rank_mask0 0x2000 change to F1: 534MHz ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 change to F2: 1320MHz ch0 ttot8 ch1 ttot8 ch2 ttot8 ch3 ttot8 change to F3: 1968MHz ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 change to F0: 2400MHz ch0 ttot7 ch1 ttot7 ch2 ttot7 ch3 ttot7 out U-Boot SPL 2024.04-armbian-2024.04-S2504-Pdd14-H29de-Vbf83-Bb703-R448a (Jul 11 2025 - 23:38:46 +0000) Trying to boot from MMC2 Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110 spl: mmc init failed with error: -95 SPL: failed to boot from all boot devices ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###

Hello @salas, Thank you for the incredibly detailed testing and analysis! You are absolutely right, the problem is entirely aligned with U-Boot. Your observation that the kernel can see the eMMC after booting from the SD card is the key. It proves the hardware is fine and the kernel's eMMC driver is working correctly. The issue is that the U-Boot SPL (Secondary Program Loader) is not initializing the eMMC interface properly at boot time. Based on this, I've created a new patch (v0.5) that specifically targets this U-Boot initialization problem. I have adjusted the U-Boot device tree in an attempt to correctly enable the eMMC interface during the SPL phase. I have just updated the pre-compiled image in the "Releases" section of my build repository to v0.5. Thanks again for your amazing help!

Post not related to 0.4! Since yesterday I've been doing a few tests on your kernel patch against mainline kernel 6.16-rc5. here what I found out. I am testing against Johsua's ubuntu because this is my goal ( newer kernel on that image ) 1) Kernel compile and works , but I get a few warnings on the dtbs compilation DTC arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dts:235.3-13: Warning (reg_format): /mmc@fe2d0000/wifi@1:reg: property has invalid length (4 bytes) (#address-cells == 2, #size-cells == 1) arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dtb: Warning (pci_device_reg): Failed prerequisite 'reg_format' arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dtb: Warning (pci_device_bus_num): Failed prerequisite 'reg_format' arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dtb: Warning (i2c_bus_reg): Failed prerequisite 'reg_format' arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dtb: Warning (spi_bus_reg): Failed prerequisite 'reg_format' arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dts:233.17-241.4: Warning (avoid_default_addr_size): /mmc@fe2d0000/wifi@1: Relying on default #address-cells value arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588s-orangepi-5-pro.dts:233.17-241.4: Warning (avoid_default_addr_size): /mmc@fe2d0000/wifi@1: Relying on default #size-cells value 2) Your patch works and makes the system bootable from the SDCARD. U-boot reads the /boot from the sdcard, since it can not find the EMMC, but after booting I can have to / on the EMMC and that works. 3) Curiously after the uboot handoff to the linux kernel, emmc is available but the sdcard fails to initialize emmc initialize just fine with the / [ 10.225763] mmc2: new HS400 Enhanced strobe MMC card at address 0001 [ 10.228424] mmcblk2: mmc2:0001 A3A564 233 GiB [ 10.233239] mmcblk2: p1 p2 [ 10.234373] mmcblk2boot0: mmc2:0001 A3A564 4.00 MiB [ 10.237884] mmcblk2boot1: mmc2:0001 A3A564 4.00 MiB So I basically have a working system but it requires the sdcard to boot and I can not mount the sdcard after boot root@pi5pro1:~# uname -r 6.16.0-rc5 root@pi5pro1:~# cat /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION_ID="24.04" VERSION="24.04.1 LTS (Noble Numbat)" VERSION_CODENAME=noble ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy" UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble LOGO=ubuntu-logo

Hi, I'm facing the same issue with my BananaPI-M1 running ARMbian and I have another one bPI-M1 running ArchARM which is suffering exactly for the same issue (bPI is not supposed to be supported but it working pretty well but this HDMI issue and the miss of AXP209 exposition). I'm a bit lost about the current status : is the upstream 6.15 (or upcoming 6.16) already patched/corrected ? @eselarm The link seems dead 🙂

@C127 0.4 output. Still no boot DDR 9fa84341ce typ 24/09/06-09:51:11,fwver: v1.18 ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 ch0 ttot7 LPDDR5, 2400MHz channel[0] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch1 ttot7 channel[1] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch2 ttot7 channel[2] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB ch3 ttot7 channel[3] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=16 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=4096MB Manufacturer ID:0xff DQS rds:h1,l0 CH0 RX Vref:24.6%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h4 h2 h1 h2 h1 h5 l0 h7, h1 h1 h3 h3 h1 h1 h7 l0 DQS rds:l0,h2 CH1 RX Vref:27.9%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h4 l0 h2 h3 h7 l0 h7 l0, h6 h5 h4 h5 l1 h1 h6 h6 DQS rds:l0,h2 CH2 RX Vref:25.0%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h1 l0 h2 l3 h1 h2 h5 h1, l1 h7 l1 h4 l2 h1 h1 h3 DQS rds:l0,h1 CH3 RX Vref:27.5%, TX Vref:21.0%,21.0% DQ rds:h3 h1 h2 h1 h4 h1 h1 h1, h5 h6 h2 h2 h4 h4 l0 h5 stride=0x2, ddr_config=0x6 hash ch_mask0-1 0x20 0x40, bank_mask0-3 0x0 0x2400 0x44800 0x89000, rank_mask0 0x2000 change to F1: 534MHz ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 change to F2: 1320MHz ch0 ttot8 ch1 ttot8 ch2 ttot8 ch3 ttot8 change to F3: 1968MHz ch0 ttot6 ch1 ttot6 ch2 ttot6 ch3 ttot6 change to F0: 2400MHz ch0 ttot7 ch1 ttot7 ch2 ttot7 ch3 ttot7 out U-Boot SPL 2024.04-armbian-2024.04-S2504-P83ae-H29de-Vbf83-Bb703-R448a (Jul 03 2025 - 17:49:57 +0000) Trying to boot from MMC1 Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110 spl: mmc init failed with error: -95 SPL: failed to boot from all boot devices ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###

I will flash the new image now and let you know what happens,

I will gladly help you to test it. Just to let you know, on 0.3 apparently If i boot from the sdcard, after booting the emmc is available. So the kernel knows about it. just uboot does not ?

Thanks, I'll pursue with the thread you mentioned.

If you guys want Bionic, I can remove stretch, and link it. You should try to download stretch again, and try a different SD card before anything else.

Ricardo Martin Mantelli seria bueno saber que equipo estas usando, porque en mi caso con una MXQ 4K con Amlogic S805 me anduvo sin problemas.

Hello @salas Thanks a lot for testing and for the eMMC boot log! That's super helpful. I'm ready to tackle the eMMC boot issue. As you saw, it's failing very early in the U-Boot SPL, so it's definitely a hardware initialization problem. I'm creating a new fork to add a patch for this (Patch >=v0.4). Since I can't test it myself (I don't own an eMMC module), I would need your help to flash and test the new images. With a bit of luck and your feedback, we should be able to get it working.

@re.ADW You can generate and share the "SHA256" hash of the image that was used on your board, please...

Hello, One of my BananaPI is used to display a graphical dashboard. But after a system upgrade (apt update / apt upgrade), the HDMI output seems disabled after reboot : - the boot process is displayed, but it seems it's disabled as soon as the DRM driver is loaded. Any tips, help ? Thanks # uname -a Linux TdB 6.12.30-current-sunxi #1 SMP Thu May 22 12:29:54 UTC 2025 armv7l GNU/Linux # cat /etc/armbian-release # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BOARD=bananapi BOARD_NAME="Banana Pi" BOARDFAMILY=sun7i BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=1a8daf0 VERSION=23.02.2 LINUXFAMILY=sunxi ARCH=arm IMAGE_TYPE=nightly BOARD_TYPE=conf INITRD_ARCH=arm KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image BRANCH=current

i do not use armbian-config normally, but there is a 6.12.35 here http://beta.armbian.com/pool/main/l/linux-6.12.35/ (fix or edit or follow path/mirror youself)

@eselarm ok thats interesting. Is it not even listed if looking for alternative kernels via armbian-config? Scrolling through the collection of community creation builds does not appear to list anything for the M1 only for the Pro Model.

Just noticed I was not up to date, I did a armbian-upgrade and still no change. Here is an updated paste : https://paste.armbian.de/loderavavi