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1 hour ago, RaptorSDS said:

What does the right led-conf from rk322x-config have to do with the wlan chipset pins and why can't we separate them from the LED config ? How can the DTB be changed through the armbianENV.txt or must all information be present and these options are just a switch ?

 

Can you maybe add in the rk322x config some information about the LED config so that we have a clue which wlan chip is activated (maybe an additional information page in the tool) ?

The question is absolutely relevant and very welcome.

 

The answer is quite simple although: for historic reasons, those overlays are called led-conf but actually, during time and studies on the boards, they should be more properly called gpio configs or board configs: they deal with the peculiarities of the specific boards and integrate the "base" device tree.

 

The led-conf dtbs overlays don't necessarily carry the information about the wlan chip: the boards are designed to host several different wifi chips and the wifi chips are in turn designed to be "drop in replaceable".

 

Wifi chips exchange data with the SoC via SDIO bus, but also have other pins for other essential purposes (power, reference clock, antennas, etc...). One of these pins is the enable pin.

The enable pin turn on and off the wifi chip. It is like a button, which is in turn connected to a SoC GPIO pin that can be controlled by the software: the linux kernel can turn on and off this pin which will turn on and off the wifi chip.

The problem is very simple: most boards use the same SoC GPIO pin to control the enable pin of the chip, but some others use another one, or swap its polarity. You need to tell the kernel which GPIO pin is the right one, otherwise the kernel just can't turn the wifi chip on and, in fact, the wlan0 device does not even appear to the system. The GPIO pin for this functionality is specific to the board design, hence it is described in the led-conf overlay.

 

As an example, the boards with T066 marking needs such treatment (led-conf4, see here), but also other boards require it (I count at least three different configurations in those overlays, plus the base one).

 

Using the right led-conf is usually enough to get the wireless appear and work, because the kernel can turn on the wifi chip, poke the SDIO bus for the device id and load the right driver.

 

In some other cases, there is the need for a supplementary dtb overlay to get full functionality for the wifi chip: rtl8723cs/rtl8703bs is right the case to get also the bluetooth working, because it requires some other bits for complete configuration.

 

Normally the rk322x-config script deal with this automatically. You may need to run it a second time after reboot to complete the configuration though, in case in the first run it was unable to detect the wifi/bluetooth chip.

 

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vor 5 Stunden schrieb jock:

The question is absolutely relevant and very welcome.

 

The answer is quite simple although: for historic reasons, those overlays are called led-conf but actually, during time and studies on the boards, they should be more properly called gpio configs or board configs: they deal with the peculiarities of the specific boards and integrate the "base" device tree.

Thank you ok understandable

 

vor 5 Stunden schrieb jock:

The led-conf dtbs overlays don't necessarily carry the information about the wlan chip: the boards are designed to host several different wifi chips and the wifi chips are in turn designed to be "drop in replaceable".

 

Wifi chips exchange data with the SoC via SDIO bus, but also have other pins for other essential purposes (power, reference clock, antennas, etc...). One of these pins is the enable pin.

The enable pin turn on and off the wifi chip. It is like a button, which is in turn connected to a SoC GPIO pin that can be controlled by the software: the linux kernel can turn on and off this pin which will turn on and off the wifi chip.

The problem is very simple: most boards use the same SoC GPIO pin to control the enable pin of the chip, but some others use another one, or swap its polarity. You need to tell the kernel which GPIO pin is the right one, otherwise the kernel just can't turn the wifi chip on and, in fact, the wlan0 device does not even appear to the system. The GPIO pin for this functionality is specific to the board design, hence it is described in the led-conf overlay.

 

As an example, the boards with T066 marking needs such treatment (led-conf4, see here), but also other boards require it (I count at least three different configurations in those overlays, plus the base one).

 

Using the right led-conf is usually enough to get the wireless appear and work, because the kernel can turn on the wifi chip, poke the SDIO bus for the device id and load the right driver.

 

In some other cases, there is the need for a supplementary dtb overlay to get full functionality for the wifi chip: rtl8723cs/rtl8703bs is right the case to get also the bluetooth working, because it requires some other bits for complete configuration.

wifi enable and GPIO state is clear for me  also the SDIO part , i done some testing with Martin Blumestangl (xdarklight) on AMlogic 805 (nand and he help me with wifi enable , had a rtl8723bs with inverted signial)  , but its not clear how a armbianENV can change /switch dtb things

 

vor 6 Stunden schrieb jock:

Normally the rk322x-config script deal with this automatically. You may need to run it a second time after reboot to complete the configuration though, in case in the first run it was unable to detect the wifi/bluetooth chip.

ok that was new for me that script do autodetect and that after config you have do start again the config sometimes

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@RaptorSDS 

Armbian env doesn't change anything.

 

Just add to an existing dtb very BASE some useful infos as an OVERLAY.

 

Is like to say : 

if dtb is GOOD MORNING 

well with an overlay add also NICE PEOPLE.

 

it will result 

good morning nice people.

 

was I clear in explaining ?

 

 

 

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jock

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8 hours ago, chrisrer said:

anyone knows when legacy version for jammy? i have a mxq-4k.....any suggestions the best way to install home assistant?

Well I stopped building and actively supporting the legacy image. The only missing thing is the NAND driver, for all other uses mainline kernel should be better.

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Hey @jock

 

Is possible to bring us gstreamer to legacy kernel from here?

 

 

We need gstreamer-rockchip and gstreamer-rockchip-extra for working...

 

I made a attempt to compile but always get some erros:

  

git clone https://github.com/JeffyCN/mirrors.git -b gstreamer-rockchip
cd gstreamer-rockchip
mkdir build
meson build
cd build
ninja
ninja install

../gst/rkximage/ximagesink.c:882:54: warning: unused parameter ‘usec’ [-Wunused-parameter]
  882 | sync_handler (gint fd, guint frame, guint sec, guint usec, gpointer data)
      |                                                ~~~~~~^~~~
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

../gst/rkximage/ximagesink.c:452:13: error: ‘GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_NV12_10LE40’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_NV12_10LE32’?
  452 |       fmt = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_NV12_10LE40;

 

Thanks a lot!!!

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primoitt

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9 minutes ago, fabiobassa said:

What Is the purpose of such request?

Hey @fabiobassa

 

It is for decoding and maybe encoding videos...

 

gstreamer is like ffmpeg.... good tool for recording, streaming, etc

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jock

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@primoitt perhaps you should consult first page on "Multimedia" paragraph.

The way to go on mainline kernel is, as suggested by @fabiobassa, use ffmpeg, but AFAIK you still have to patch it manually with some libreelec patches to let it work.

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primoitt

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@jock

 

I tried ffmpeg from 1s post (install_media.tgz) and works good for decoding..

 

Tried to compile ffmpeg for encoding but cant make it work... should be those libreelec patches you said..

 

Now I made attempt for gstreamer.. but its not easy for me.. this is why asked for help..

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http418

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hi, i'm new to the forum. i have an rk3228 emmc board, and im trying the the Installation (without SD card, board with eMMC) from 1st page. however, its stuck on the "Downloading bootloader" so i think the bootloader provided in the tutorial isn't comatible with it. i tried to pack a bootloader with rkdeveloptool, but its always saying "Saving entry (rk322x_ddr_400MHz_v1.09.bin) failed: Cannot get file size.". i dont have access to its serial console, i don't have a USB to TTL device.

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On 4/7/2023 at 10:57 PM, http418 said:

so i think the bootloader provided in the tutorial isn't comatible with it

Try this other bootloader: RK322XMiniLoaderAll_V2.51_spectek_en_ddr2_rd_odt_180703.bin

 

On 4/7/2023 at 10:57 PM, http418 said:

i dont have access to its serial console, i don't have a USB to TTL device.

Very useful tool to know what is going on. I suggest you to buy one or two or them.

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ToShuk

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Hi, sorry for my questing, Is there any bullseye build for my RK3229 device? I found only the legacy bullseye, or tell me how to build a fresh armbian for my TV BOX RK3229?

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sermayoral

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Hi friends!! I have installed this version (bullseye) and it works great on my HK1 Mini. But I realized it's the 32 bits version. Is the aarch64 version available? Thanks!!

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http418

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after banging my head against the wall for while, i realized that all armbian image i use is not working because of device tree files. if i use the provided rk322x-box.dtb (the board is rk3228 btw), it's not working at all, its only having a red led light. but if i use the dtb file from stock android rom, its showing blue led light but its stuck on splash screen. i don't have access to its console so i cant check the status but could anyone check my device tree to make it compatible with armbian?

heres the dts file: dt.dts

thanks in advance

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jock

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@http418 If you don't provide any logs, photos, description of the issue (you were talking about the loader before, now you talk about armbian dtb...) you will be banging the head for yet long time...

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@sermayoral if you search through this thread, you will see that box vendors are often altering the specs on purpose to fraud people, other time they are just coarse.

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@sermayoral if you search through this thread, you will see that box vendors are often altering the specs on purpose to fraud people, other time they are just coarse.


I see... Thanks! :-)

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http418

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On 4/17/2023 at 1:20 AM, jock said:

If you don't provide any logs, photos, description of the issue (you were talking about the loader before, now you talk about armbian dtb...) you will be banging the head for yet long time...

well the issue is every armbian image i tried, from legacy to current to nightly is not working. after flashing the image, it always just having a red led light. as for the loader, that was a different issue i first encountered. I dont have an sdcard adapter so i tried following installation without SD card. but the loader you provided is working, so that issue was fixed. i cant provide any logs since its not letting me boot. as for the photos, i only have a phone with crappy camera but here you go.
https://pasteboard.co/l8KSsAa4dRpl.jpg
https://pasteboard.co/OEJ7FqqOIQ8w.jpg
https://pasteboard.co/YaQJLnCNfKLP.jpg

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