rockpro64 Armbian 22.02 images doesn't boot

[nothin]

Hello,

 

Armbian 22.02 images doesn't boot on rockpro64. I have tried:

Armbian 22.02 Bullseye

Armbian 22.02 Jammy XFCE

 

It doesn't boot (not blinking white led).

 

Previous builds works correctly:

Armbian_21.08.1_Rockpro64_bullseye_current_5.10.60

[taltamir]

I have the same issue. I went to https://www.armbian.com/rockpro64/

and downloaded and flashed both

Armbian_22.02.2_Rockpro64_jammy_edge_5.16.17_xfce_desktop.img

and

Armbian_22.02.2_Rockpro64_focal_current_5.15.31_cinnamon_desktop.img

 

both of which got stuck at the same spot. first time I waited 24 hours in case it was just being slow. but no, it just gets stuck there and won't boot.

see attached image

 

[taltamir]

On 5/9/2022 at 1:10 AM, nothin said:

Previous builds works correctly:

Armbian_21.08.1_Rockpro64_bullseye_current_5.10.60

thanks for that info. I tried

Armbian_21.08.1_Rockpro64_focal_current_5.10.60_cinnamon_desktop.img

and it worked as well.

[dkebler]

yup,  it's stuck at the exact same place .   

 

`booting using the ftd blob...`

 

I used 5.18 (latest) so this hasn't been resolved with 5.18 jammy edge.   These are likely CI generated and only us who actually have boards know this isn't booting.

 

focal versions and dietpit versions are booting so only the jammy versions are the problem.

 

Not sure how we can resolve this.  I don't know enough to track down the problem.,

 

Thoughts?

 

 

[dkebler]

maybe one of the armbian dev's can help us troubleshoot/track down the issue.

 

 @admin

 

 

[dkebler]

I tried flashing the spi u-boot,  2020 arufan version.  Honestly not sure it took as I saw nothing on the monitor so had no idea if it was successful but now jammy server/cli version boots

[Iuliu]

I have the exact problem. doing some more searching, the problem seems to be in U-boot:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=973323;msg=22

 

but this should have been fixed...

[Igor]

2 hours ago, Iuliu said:

but this should have been fixed...

There are several ways, this is one of the fastest:

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/#building-armbian

[James P. Hutchinson]

There is a short cut to fixing things...

 

Grab this,  https://github.com/sigmaris/u-boot/releases/download/v2021.04-rockpro64-ci/flash_spi.img.gz

 

Flash it to a small spare SD card, remove the eMMC if there (or jumper around it), and boot.  

 

Then go back to Armbian.

 

Cheers

Anjin

[taltamir]

So, we got a bunch of workarounds. Any plan on getting this fixed in future releases?

 

I think I would stick to just using the older version that works, and just avoid updating until it is fixed.

[2play]

Same on Linux 5.15.93-rockchip64 aarch64 GNU/Linux - Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
With spi u-boot it boots. @James P. Hutchinson provided or @ayufan spi u-boot 

But u-boot on the armbian seems no go. (if i bridge 23-25 pins to disable spi u-boot)

PS Seems a newer uboot armbian build compile and apply to SD from armbian-config fixes the sd boot (no SPI) but on reboot the one I tried stays on black screen. OK from power off/on or by pressing reset button

Edited August 22, 2023 by 2play