Nano Pi Duo2 stable image?

[gounthar]

Hi there 👋

I've tried the CSC edge images Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Nanopiduo2_lunar_edge_6.1.8.img and Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Nanopiduo2_sid_edge_6.1.8.img and the machine does not want to boot.
Is there a more stable image somewhere? FriendlyCore boots on this board.
Thanks.

 

U-Boot SPL 2022.07-armbian (Jan 30 2023 - 06:49:28 +0000)
DRAM: 512 MiB
Trying to boot from MMC1


U-Boot 2022.07-armbian (Jan 30 2023 - 06:49:28 +0000) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 1680)
Model: FriendlyARM NanoPi NEO
DRAM:  512 MiB
Core:  60 devices, 17 uclasses, devicetree: separate
WDT:   Not starting watchdog@1c20ca0
MMC:   mmc@1c0f000: 0
Loading Environment from FAT... Unable to use mmc 0:1...
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   phy interface1
eth0: ethernet@1c30000
starting USB...
Bus usb@1c1a000: USB EHCI 1.00
Bus usb@1c1a400: USB OHCI 1.0
Bus usb@1c1d000: USB EHCI 1.00
Bus usb@1c1d400: USB OHCI 1.0
scanning bus usb@1c1a000 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus usb@1c1a400 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus usb@1c1d000 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus usb@1c1d400 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
Autoboot in 1 seconds, press <Space> to stop
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
Scanning mmc 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot/boot.scr
4077 bytes read in 2 ms (1.9 MiB/s)
## Executing script at 43100000
U-boot loaded from SD
Boot script loaded from mmc
234 bytes read in 2 ms (114.3 KiB/s)
18804544 bytes read in 780 ms (23 MiB/s)
8706400 bytes read in 363 ms (22.9 MiB/s)
Found mainline kernel configuration
Failed to load '/boot/dtb/allwinner/sun8i-h3-nanopi-duo2.dtb'
libfdt fdt_check_header(): FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC
No FDT memory address configured. Please configure
the FDT address via "fdt addr <address>" command.
Aborting!
504 bytes read in 8 ms (61.5 KiB/s)
Applying kernel provided DT overlay sun8i-h3-usbhost0.dtbo
No FDT memory address configured. Please configure
the FDT address via "fdt addr <address>" command.
Aborting!
504 bytes read in 8 ms (61.5 KiB/s)
Applying kernel provided DT overlay sun8i-h3-usbhost2.dtbo
No FDT memory address configured. Please configure
the FDT address via "fdt addr <address>" command.
Aborting!
504 bytes read in 8 ms (61.5 KiB/s)
Applying kernel provided DT overlay sun8i-h3-usbhost3.dtbo
No FDT memory address configured. Please configure
the FDT address via "fdt addr <address>" command.
Aborting!
Error applying DT overlays, restoring original DT
Failed to load '/boot/dtb/allwinner/sun8i-h3-nanopi-duo2.dtb'
Kernel image @ 0x42000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x84d960 ]
## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 43400000 ...
   Image Name:   uInitrd
   Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    18804480 Bytes = 17.9 MiB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
ERROR: Did not find a cmdline Flattened Device Tree
Could not find a valid device tree
SCRIPT FAILED: continuing...
No EFI system partition
BootOrder not defined
EFI boot manager: Cannot load any image

Device 0: unknown device
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
missing environment variable: pxeuuid
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/01-02-81-e1-0b-9c-e0
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/00000000
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/0000000
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/000000
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/00000
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/0000
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/000
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/00
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/0
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default-arm-sunxi-sunxi
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default-arm-sunxi
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default-arm
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Retrieving file: pxelinux.cfg/default
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
Config file not found
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout
sun8i_emac_eth_start: Timeout

 

Edited January 31 by gounthar

[Benben]

Hi,

 

Got same issue, looks like allwinner subdir is expected but not there. From a linux laptop, mounting the SD, I create a symlink dir named allwinner linked to /boot/dtb  :

 

root@nanopiduo2:/boot/dtb# ls -l allwinner
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Apr 16 15:15 allwinner -> .

 

[gounthar]

Thank you, I should try that.

[Jimmay]

I ran into this issue with the Armbian 23.5.1 Jammy image (`Armbian_23.5.1_Nanopiduo2_jammy_current_6.1.30.img.xz`) yesterday. Tried it twice, different SD cards, cleared them with "SD Card Formatter", burned and verified with BalenaEtcher, checked all SHA256 values, everything good.

 

This seems to be the part of the process where things start to go awry:

 

Found U-Boot script /boot/boot.scr
4121 bytes read in 3 ms (1.3 MiB/s)
## Executing script at 43100000
U-boot loaded from SD
Boot script loaded from mmc
234 bytes read in 2 ms (114.3 KiB/s)
16661873 bytes read in 694 ms (22.9 MiB/s)
8477464 bytes read in 354 ms (22.8 MiB/s)
Found mainline kernel configuration
Failed to load '/boot/dtb/allwinner/sun8i-h3-nanopi-duo2.dtb'
libfdt fdt_check_header(): FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC
No FDT memory address configured. Please configure
the FDT address via "fdt addr <address>" command.
Aborting!

 

So it looks like the exact same issue as gounthar and Benben. I didn't test out Benben's fix, but decided to build an image file directly using Armbian's Github `./compile` tool, and that worked fine as of 6 June 2023.

 

The options I used were: `./compile.sh build BOARD=nanopiduo2 BRANCH=current BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=jammy`

 

I'm not sure how repeatable builds from the compile system are, but SHA hash of mine is attached in case this helps anyone.

 

N.B. I just noticed that the version on the board page is now `Armbian_23.5.2_Nanopiduo2_jammy_current_6.1.30.img.xz` so perhaps this has been fixed there in the point release? I will try to test later.

Armbian_23.08.0-trunk_Nanopiduo2_jammy_current_6.1.30.img.sha

Edited June 6 by Jimmay
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[Werner]

7 hours ago, Jimmay said:

so perhaps this has been fixed there in the point release?

We hope so. Allwinner32 in general had boot issues.

https://armbian.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1765?focusedCommentId=11868

[Igor]

Duo2 was tested with 23.5.2 image that was uploaded yesterday.

[schunckt]

Armbian_23.5.2_Nanopiduo2_bookworm_current_6.1.30.img works, had to fix wired ethernet. 

See other topic if interested in  https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28911-nanopi-duo2-wired-ethernet-fix-bookworm-6130-tested/

 

also it seems armbian-config doesn't work properly. I had to enable spi and i2c overlays manually (not really a problem IMHO) .

 

 

  T.