A64-LTS/SOPine not booting on SD when eMMC inserted

[SecT0uch]

Hi everybody and thanks the armbian team for your work.

 

I'm owning a SOPine module (SOPine-A64-Rev C) with a SOPine Baseboard (Model A Rev B), with the 16Go eMMC module sold by Pine64.

 

I tried these builds with the same issue:

• Armbian_20.02.1_Pine64so_buster_current_5.4.20.img   (All the provided logs are from this build)
• Armbian_20.02.1_Pine64so_bionic_current_5.4.20.img
• Armbian_19.11.6_Pine64so_buster_current_5.4.7.img

 

I tried at first to write the image direclty to the eMMC  before noticing it wasn't the right way to do => I removed all the partitions from the eMMC.

 

When writing the image to the microSD card:

• If I insert microSD card only => System boots properly
• If I insert microSD card + eMMC module => Boot hangs after U-boot at :

 

Loading, please wait...
starting version 241
Begin: Loading essential drivers ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
Begin: Loading root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... Scanning for Btrfs filesystems

 

 

 

I also tried the image Armbian_20.05.0-trunk.117_Pine64so_focal_dev_5.6.5_minimal.img.

This image however hangs  1 or 2 minutes at:

Loading, please wait...
starting version 245.4-4ubuntu3

But ends by booting!

I have 2 relevant devices under /dev/:

• mmcblk0:
  • mmcblk0p1
• mmcblk2:
  • mmcblk2boot0
  • mmcblk2boot1

 

 

I would like to use if possible the Debian base, than the Ubuntu dev..

 

 While in U-boot console (with eMMC inserted):

• With Armbian_20.02.1_Pine64so_buster_current_5.4.20.img:

=> version
U-Boot 2019.10-armbian (Feb 17 2020 - 09:28:03 +0100) Allwiner Tchnology

aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 8.3-2019.03 (arm-rel-8.36)) 8.3.0
GNU ld (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 8.3-2019.03 (arm-rel-8.36)) 2.32.0.20190321
=> mmc dev
switch to patitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device

=> mmc list
mmc@1c0f000: 0 (SD)
mmc@1c11000: 1

=> mmc dev 1
switch to patitions #0, OK
mmc1 (part 0) is current device

=> mmc list
mmc@1c0f000: 0 (SD)
mmc@1c11000: 1 (eMMC)

                   => I have to change device  for eMMC to be recognised ?

 

• With Armbian_20.05.0-trunk.117_Pine64so_focal_dev_5.6.5_minimal.img:

=> version
U-Boot 2020.04-armbian (Apr 26 2020 - 09:12:13 +0200) Allwiner Tchnology

aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 8.3-2019.03 (arm-rel-8.36)) 8.3.0
GNU ld (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 8.3-2019.03 (arm-rel-8.36)) 2.32.0.20190321
=> mmc dev
switch to patitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device

=> mmc list
mmc@1c0f000: 0 (SD)
mmc@1c11000: 1 (eMMC)

=> eMMC recognised automatically.

 

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Edited April 27, 2020 by SecT0uch

[SecT0uch]

This issue seems resolved with the last armbian version.