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Wow that was quick!  I didn't even have a chance to kick in....so what's next ?

[Olimex LCD Panel Support for A64]

Good catch....

 

"git checkout v2015.04 -b tmp" should be "git checkout v2020.10 -b tmp"

[Olimex LCD Panel Support for A64]

Thanks for that, Gediz,

 

In looking at the Olimex forum post https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=4463.0 regarding the A13, as well as http://linux-sunxi.org/LCD it would appear that the CONFIG_VIDEO_LCD_MODE is indeed part of the configuration for U-Boot, which requires U-boot to be custom built:

 

git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git
cd u-boot/
git checkout v2015.04 -b tmp

https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-a/9.2-2019.12/binrel/gcc-arm-9.2-2019.12-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu.tar.xz

tar -xvf gcc-arm-9.2-2019.12-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu.tar.xz

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- a64-olinuxino_defconfig

make menuconfig

 

This allows the configuration of U-boot where the LCD can be properly enabled.

 

I'm working on the next step, which is properly linking the compiler to build the U-boot image, as well as adding a user patch to armbian build tools to allow use of the custom U-boot binary.  Stay tuned.

 

 

 

 

[[Mostly solved] PineA64-LTS: Unable to get Pine64 LCD screen working]

Has anyone had any luck getting the LCD working on newer kernels?

[Armbian running on Pine64 (and other A64/H5 devices)]

Has anyone had any luck getting the LCD working on newer kernels?

[Olimex LCD Panel Support for A64]

One additional comment,

 

I noticed according to the hardware notes in armbian docs that CONFIG_VIDEO_LCD_MODE must be enabled in kernel configuration.

 

I just checked my kernel configuration and that option does not exist.

[Olimex LCD Panel Support for A64]

LCD support does not appear to be working in the latest builds (stable kernel 5.8.6, development kernel 5.9.7)

 

My understanding is that this has been an issue for a while with A64 boards, specifically the Pine64, but that it was working at one time.

 

Here's what I've tried so far:

 

-Followed instructions at https://docs.armbian.com/Hardware_Allwinner/  and added "setenv video-mode sunxi:480x272-24@60,monitor=lcd,hpd=1,edid=1" to boot.cmd and put "saveenv" at the end, re-compiled boot.scr

 

-Did a modprobe of panel-olimex-lcd-olinuxino

 

-Rebooted several times

 

-Ensured that LCD jumper was closed and verified LCD was working with Olimex builds.

 

Screen flickers at startup then stays white.

 

Any thoughts?

[Pine64+ A64 Kernel 5.9.x analog sound problem]

Levent Erenler thanks so much for sharing your discovery!

 

I was able to get audio working on my Lime-A64 using the provided overlay.

[Olinuxino Lime-A64 Analog Audio Output Not Functional]

On the 20.08.2 Buster release (Kernel 5.8.6) the headphone jack is not currently working.

HDMI audio seems to be supported.

aplay -L returns only the HDMI audio interface. (sun50i-a64-hdmi) but is not showing the headphone interface (should additionally show sun50i-a64-audio as in other working builds)

This is also the case with the current development build (Armbian_20.11.0-trunk.32_Lime-a64_buster_current_5.9.7)

 

A look at the device tree shows “<stdout>: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): Node /sound/simple-audio-card,dai-link@0 has a unit name, but no reg property” on the first line of the DTS of sun50i-a64-olinuxino, sun50i-a64-olinuxino-emmc, and sun50i-a64-olinuxino-2Ge8G device tree blobs. Not sure if this is a contributing factor.
 

The snippet it seems to be complaining about:
simple-audio-card,dai-link@0 {
format = "i2s";
frame-master = <0x11>;
bitclock-master = <0x11>;
mclk-fs = <0x80>;

 

I did some digging and found this patch from a few years ago: https://www.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2018-October/141047.html
The only major difference I see between the configuration added by the patch and my current device tree is that hex addresses are specified in place of pointer variables. (i.e. <0x12> vs <&dai>

 

Going on the advice of several forum posts, I tried adding "overlays=analog-codec" to /boot/armbianEnv.txt to no avail.

 

I suspect that analog audio needs to be enabled in kernel configuration.

[Olimex Lime A64 no usb and no emmc detected]

I am having this issue as well, and as far as I can tell, it has not been resolved yet.

 

Can anyone confirm whether there is a newer release than the Olimex/Armbian release with kernel 5.2.5 where USB/eMMC are functional?