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> BTW: update will fail to bring Ethernet ATM. I think that's what's happened. Curiously DietPi uses what seems to be the same kernel (4.9.4), same config etc but network works. Also on DietPi all cpus are seen whereas on armbian dev only one is seen. I wonder what's different?

I got the latest sun8i-h3-nanopineo.dts from kernel.org 4.8.9 and it's different but it still has the same problem - no ethernet (eth0) device.

A touch of bravery got me to install mainline on my Nanopi Neo using the orangepi one dtb. It worked OK. Today I updated the system and got a nice new kernel 4.9.4 but also had bit of bother in the form of the absence of network devices. It seems there is an issue with the new sun8i-h3-nanopineo.dtb as reverting back to the orangepi one restores that capability. It's all a bit mysterious to me but I do notice that the alias "ethernet0" is absent from the nanopi dts and the configuration of ethernet further down seems quite different. I'd be quite interested in trying a new version of the dtb if someone's ahead of me with this.

Any idea when this update will be included in release?

no, so it would seem. It works OK in usb1 socket. I'm just wondering why. Maybe it's to do with the order the usb buses are started. Dunno. Anyway, I learned a lot from the whole exercise.

That's interesting. I removed everything and it didn't boot. Then I noticed that innocent looking keyboard dongle was still plugged in. Once removed it booted: U-Boot SPL 2016.05-armbian (Jul 05 2016 - 17:49:33) DRAM: 1024 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 U-Boot 2016.05-armbian (Jul 05 2016 - 17:49:33 +0200) Allwinner Technology CPU: Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 1680) Model: Xunlong Orange Pi Plus I2C: ready DRAM: 1 GiB MMC: SUNXI SD/MMC: 0 (SD), SUNXI SD/MMC: 1 *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: No ethernet found. starting USB... USB0: USB EHCI 1.00 USB1: USB EHCI 1.00 scanning bus 0 for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found scanning bus 1 for devices... Device NOT ready Request Sense returned 02 3A 00 2 USB 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/boot.scr 2444 bytes read in 182 ms (12.7 KiB/s) ## Executing script at 43100000 gpio: pin PL10 (gpio 298) value is 1 gpio: pin PG11 (gpio 203) value is 1 ** File not found /boot/.verbose ** ** File not found /boot/.next ** ** Unrecognized filesystem type ** ** File not found .next ** 37328 bytes read in 436 ms (83 KiB/s) 3134678 bytes read in 3137 ms (975.6 KiB/s) 5011576 bytes read in 5011 ms (976.6 KiB/s) Kernel image @ 0x48000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x4c7878 ] ## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 42000000 ... Image Name: uInitrd Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 3134614 Bytes = 3 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 Verifying Checksum ... OK Using machid 0x1029 from environment Starting kernel ... [sun8i_fixup]: From boot, get meminfo: Start: 0x40000000 Size: 1024MB ion_carveout reserve: 160m@0 256m@0 130m@1 200m@1 ion_reserve_select: ion chipid [0x2004620! ion_reserve_common: ion reserve: [0x50000000, 0x60000000]! Debian GNU/Linux 8 orangepiplus ttyS0 orangepiplus login: I tried it again with he dongle in the other USB socket (usb1) and it boots OK. It also boots OK if there is different device in usb2.

That was easier said than done. I've not seen that before (because I've been starting terminal emulator after applying power to OP+) U-Boot SPL 2016.05-armbian (Jul 05 2016 - 17:49:33) DRAM: 1024 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 U-Boot 2016.05-armbian (Jul 05 2016 - 17:49:33 +0200) Allwinner Technology CPU: Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 1680) Model: Xunlong Orange Pi Plus I2C: ready DRAM: 1 GiB MMC: SUNXI SD/MMC: 0 (SD), SUNXI SD/MMC: 1 *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: No ethernet found. starting USB... USB0: USB EHCI 1.00 USB1: USB EHCI 1.00 scanning bus 0 for devices... 5 USB Device(s) found scanning bus 1 for devices... Device NOT ready Request Sense returned 02 3A 00 2 USB Device(s) found Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 => I see it's trying to boot from emmc card rather than SD card. emmc card contains a lorobis system. I probably need to switch something back to default to SD card. How do I do that?

The only reason I used sys console was because it didn't boot and I was looking for some messages. It stops at the boot prompt. There's nothing special about this system - it's just an OP+ board an ethernet cable and a USB keyboard dongle. The PSU can supply 2.5A if needed - it powers peripherals like HDD OK when they're attached. I have no trouble booting other systems. The SD card is new - a Samsung EVO 16G. It looks genuine but who knows! I'll try another if I can find one. It is unproven in this case. OK, thanks - Sounds interesting - I'll look into that. Thanks

Hi, Just installed Armbian (5.14) on SD card and tried in my OrangePi plus. It doesn't start to boot - it does nothing. I can boot by initiating boot from the system console. I've upgraded to 5.16 but still doesn't boot. Also where do I get gpio? I notice /boot/boot.cmd uses gpio but it doesn't exist. Thanks