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Posted
4 hours ago, umiddelb said:

I've booted the buildroot rootfs mentioned here and recognized that the ESPRESSObin was shipped with a Marvell wifi card:


I switched to your branch :) It's better than plain mainline I guess. I'll try later if I'll get more luck with my PCI cards.

Posted

OK, I'll try to provide you the relevant patches and put them in the right place.

More important, the board tends to crash silently with the marvell-linux 4.4 kernel after a couple of hours.

Posted

I forgot to mention that you have to pass the mtd partitioning information via the kernel command line, e.g.

console=ttyMV0,115200 earlycon=ar3700_uart,0xd0012000 root=UUID=99415e2c-d205-4dd4-84ba-6804c8e4bc79 rootwait rw fsck.repair=yes governor=ondemand no_console_suspend mtdparts=spi32766.0:1536k(uboot),64k(uboot-environment),-(reserved) net.ifnames=0 elevator=noop

 

Posted

Hi, I've tried "Armbian_5.32.170626_Espressobin_Ubuntu_xenial_default_4.4.73.img" and for me it works perfectly. WIFI (2,4 & 5GHz), CPU scaling and LAN, these I've just tried yesterday night. Thank you guys, Armbian is really awesome ;) I like it so much.

Posted

I have installed Netatalk 3.1.11 and tried the Helios Lan Test. The storage used by netatalk is an SSD (OCZ Vertex 128G) attached to the SATA port of espressobin (see the test results below).

 

Additionally, I manually uploaded a 2260MB file via the macOS finder (afpd) to espressobin in 52s (43MB/s) and downloaded it again to a MacPro in 20s (113 MB/s).

I guess that the write speed is limited by the SSD - read speed of netatalk/espressobin is pretty impressive ...

 

I have used the latest Armbian image (Armbian_5.32.170626_Espressobin_Ubuntu_xenial_default_4.4.73.7z) - If you have a more recent image to test, please let me know.

 

 

597266db16a77_HeliosLanTest.png.fcfde068c42bbf5690e58c93879f4f78.png

Posted

Following up on my previous post: SSD read and write performance is above 200MB/s - can not be the reason for slow write performance.

root@espressobin:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda 
/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   1128 MB in  2.00 seconds = 563.38 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 678 MB in  3.01 seconds = 225.51 MB/sec

root@espressobin:~# hdparm -tT --direct /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
 Timing O_DIRECT cached reads:   414 MB in  2.00 seconds = 206.64 MB/sec
 Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 634 MB in  3.01 seconds = 210.87 MB/sec

root@espressobin:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/ssd/var/cloud/afp/tempfile bs=1M count=1024 conv=fdatasync,notrunc 
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 5.11181 s, 210 MB/s

root@espressobin:~# echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches 
3

root@espressobin:~# dd if=/mnt/ssd/var/cloud/afp/tempfile of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1024
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 3.90237 s, 275 MB/s

iperf3 results reveal that the network is fine, but that there are issues if espressobin receives data:

MacPro:~ admin$ iperf3  -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.240.36 port 49537 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  27.6 MBytes   232 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  43.4 MBytes   364 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  45.8 MBytes   384 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  45.2 MBytes   379 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  47.0 MBytes   394 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  45.5 MBytes   382 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  45.4 MBytes   380 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  46.2 MBytes   387 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  48.4 MBytes   405 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  48.4 MBytes   407 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   443 MBytes   371 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   442 MBytes   371 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
MacPro:~ admin$ iperf3 -R  -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.240.42 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.240.36 port 49539 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   109 MBytes   910 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   111 MBytes   934 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   935 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   935 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Probably network related tasks need to be redistributed among espressobin cpu´s. 

I would like to test again with mainline kernel once available.

Posted

The puzzle seems to be solved - the ondemand governor does not scale up the cpu frequencies as expected.

Armbianmonitor -m always displays a maximum of 200MHz as the current cpu frequency:

root@espressobin:~# armbianmonitor -m
Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c]
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
15:26:36:  200MHz  0.16  13%   3%   9%   0%   0%   0%
15:26:41:    0MHz  0.14  13%   3%   9%   0%   0%   0%
15:26:46:  200MHz  0.13  13%   3%   9%   0%   0%   0%
15:26:51:  200MHz  0.20  13%   3%   9%   0%   0%   0%
15:26:56:    0MHz  0.39  14%   3%   9%   0%   0%   1%
15:27:01:    0MHz  0.36  14%   3%   9%   0%   0%   1%
15:27:07:  200MHz  0.41  14%   3%   9%   0%   0%   1%
15:27:12:  200MHz  0.38  14%   3%   9%   0%   0%   1%
15:27:17:  200MHz  0.35  14%   3%   9%   0%   0%   1%
15:27:22:    0MHz  0.32  14%   3%   9%   0%   0%   1%
15:27:27:  200MHz  0.29  14%   3%   8%   0%   0%   1%
15:27:32:  200MHz  0.27  14%   3%   8%   0%   0%   1%

Manually setting the frequency of both cpus to 1GHz leads to expected results of iperf3:

root@espressobin:~# cpufreq-set -c 1 -d 1000000 -u 1000000 -g performance
root@espressobin:~# cpufreq-set -c 0 -d 1000000 -u 1000000 -g performance

root@espressobin:~# armbianmonitor -m
Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c]
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
15:38:48: 1000MHz  0.15   8%   2%   3%   0%   0%   1%
15:38:53: 1000MHz  0.13   8%   2%   3%   0%   0%   1%
15:38:58: 1000MHz  0.12   7%   2%   3%   0%   0%   1%
15:39:04: 1000MHz  0.19   8%   2%   3%   0%   0%   1%
15:39:09: 1000MHz  0.26   8%   2%   3%   0%   0%   1%
15:39:14: 1000MHz  0.24   8%   2%   3%   0%   0%   1%

MacBookPro: admin$ iperf3 -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.240.41 port 49642 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  73.5 MBytes   616 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   110 MBytes   920 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   108 MBytes   904 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   105 MBytes   881 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   105 MBytes   881 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   104 MBytes   874 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   106 MBytes   885 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   106 MBytes   885 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   106 MBytes   886 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   103 MBytes   867 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.00 GBytes   860 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.00 GBytes   860 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
MacBookPro: admin$ iperf3 -R -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.240.42 is sending
[  4] local 192.168.240.41 port 49645 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   111 MBytes   933 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   939 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

 

Posted
19 minutes ago, lupus said:

The puzzle seems to be solved - the ondemand governor does not scale up the cpu frequencies as expected.

 

Can you please check contents of /etc/init.d/armhwinfo for this: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/4e04879249361f7f38117b82a12d1cf0c4969306/packages/bsp/armhwinfo#L90-L102

 

I moved this just recently from Armbian's OMV installation routine to armhwinfo so it might not be active on any image so far. It would be great if you can check. If it's not active then activate this manually and then repost results of iperf3 and LanTest benchmarks. Thank you! :)

Posted
18 minutes ago, tkaiser said:

Can you please check contents of /etc/init.d/armhwinfo for this: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/4e04879249361f7f38117b82a12d1cf0c4969306/packages/bsp/armhwinfo#L90-L102

 

I moved this just recently from Armbian's OMV installation routine to armhwinfo so it might not be active on any image so far. It would be great if you can check. If it's not active then activate this manually and then repost results of iperf3 and LanTest benchmarks. Thank you! :)

 

I have checked /etc/init.d/armhwinfo for your patch. It was not there so I copied it into armhwinfo.

After a reboot the ondemand governor still does not scale up (see below) - I am currently compiling netatalk again, CPU freq is 200MHz and the load is up to 2.05 ...

root@espressobin:~# armbianmonitor -m
Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c]
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
16:51:07:  200MHz  1.92  73%   8%  63%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:12:  200MHz  1.85  73%   8%  63%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:17:  200MHz  1.78  73%   8%  63%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:22:  200MHz  1.80  73%   8%  63%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:27:  200MHz  1.81  73%   8%  63%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:32:  200MHz  1.83  73%   8%  64%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:37:  200MHz  1.84  74%   8%  64%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:42:  200MHz  1.85  74%   8%  64%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:47:  200MHz  1.79  74%   8%  64%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:53:  200MHz  1.80  74%   8%  64%   0%   0%   0%
16:51:58:  200MHz  2.06  74%   8%  65%   0%   0%   0%
16:52:03:  200MHz  2.05  75%   8%  65%   0%   0%   0%
16:52:08:  200MHz  2.05  75%   8%  65%   0%   0%   0%
16:52:13:  200MHz  2.05  75%   8%  65%   0%   0%   0%

 

Posted
15 minutes ago, lupus said:

After a reboot the ondemand governor still does not scale up (see below)

I would say as expected if you ran at the same time just an iperf3 benchmark. But when a combined load like LanTest (or any real-world NAS access) happens ondemand should ramp up clockspeeds immediately. So what I wanted to see is shitty iperf numbers and great LanTest scores ;)

 

We always should remember that on these weak ARM boards some tuned settings only help with synthetic benchmarks while hurting real-world performance: See here my approach to 'tune' iperf scores on NanoPi M3 that are most probably counterproductive for real-world scenarios: https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/1285-nanopi-m3-cheap-8-core-35/&do=findComment&comment=14623

 

Posted
16 minutes ago, tkaiser said:

I would say as expected if you ran at the same time just an iperf3 benchmark. But when a combined load like LanTest (or any real-world NAS access) happens ondemand should ramp up clockspeeds immediately. So what I wanted to see is shitty iperf numbers and great LanTest scores ;)

 

So after applying the patch to armhwinfo I get the following results (while running iperf3): 

root@espressobin:~# armbianmonitor -m
Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c]
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
17:32:29:  200MHz  0.13  16%   8%   3%   0%   1%   2%
17:32:34:  200MHz  0.12  16%   8%   3%   0%   1%   2%
17:32:40:  200MHz  0.11  16%   8%   3%   0%   1%   2%
17:32:45:  200MHz  0.18  16%   8%   3%   0%   1%   2%
17:32:50:  200MHz  0.17  16%   8%   3%   0%   1%   2%
17:32:55:  200MHz  0.15  16%   8%   3%   0%   1%   2%

MacPro:~ admin$ iperf3 -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.240.36 port 49665 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  4.91 MBytes  41.1 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  51.5 MBytes   432 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  62.2 MBytes   522 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  56.9 MBytes   478 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  45.5 MBytes   381 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  47.4 MBytes   398 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  52.0 MBytes   436 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  47.0 MBytes   394 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  46.0 MBytes   386 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  53.9 MBytes   452 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   466 MBytes   391 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
MacPro:~ admin$ iperf3 -R -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.240.42 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.240.36 port 49668 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   111 MBytes   933 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   111 MBytes   931 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   111 MBytes   934 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   111 MBytes   931 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   938 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   935 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Helios LanTest still produces low write speed in this context:

59738cff55126_HeliosLanTest200.png.455fa8a98a8379f3639dc00a6e3413db.png

 

Then I manually set CPU frequencies to 1GHz and obtained the following results (while running iperf3):

root@espressobin:~# armbianmonitor -m
Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c]
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
17:39:51: 1000MHz  0.02  10%   5%   2%   0%   1%   1%
17:39:56: 1000MHz  0.02  10%   5%   2%   0%   1%   1%
17:40:01: 1000MHz  0.10  10%   5%   2%   0%   1%   1%
17:40:06: 1000MHz  0.17  10%   5%   2%   0%   1%   2%
17:40:11: 1000MHz  0.16  10%   5%   2%   0%   0%   2%
17:40:16: 1000MHz  0.14  10%   5%   2%   0%   0%   2%

MacPro:~ admin$ iperf3 -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.240.36 port 49684 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  74.6 MBytes   626 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  76.7 MBytes   643 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  79.5 MBytes   667 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   101 MBytes   850 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   108 MBytes   905 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   104 MBytes   871 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   102 MBytes   858 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   104 MBytes   873 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   102 MBytes   857 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   105 MBytes   883 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   958 MBytes   803 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   956 MBytes   802 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
MacPro:~ admin$ iperf3 -R -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.240.42 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.240.36 port 49687 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   111 MBytes   932 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   111 MBytes   932 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   111 MBytes   933 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   111 MBytes   930 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   110 MBytes   926 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   937 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

In this context Helios LanTest results are also pretty nice ...

59738ffa98ee3_HelioslanTest1G.png.1bd464d575033008e78f53be9c43f1e4.png

 

 

 

Posted
4 hours ago, tkaiser said:

I would say as expected if you ran at the same time just an iperf3 benchmark. But when a combined load like LanTest (or any real-world NAS access) happens ondemand should ramp up clockspeeds immediately. So what I wanted to see is shitty iperf numbers and great LanTest scores ;)

 

Unfortunately the ondemand tweak does not ramp up clockspeeds upon heavy loads. Please find below the armbianmonitor -m output collected during the Helios LanTest (also attached below):

root@espressobin:~# armbianmonitor -m
Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c]
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
21:32:57:  200MHz  0.07   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   0%
21:33:02:  200MHz  0.07   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   0%
21:33:07:    0MHz  0.06   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   0%
21:33:12:    0MHz  0.06   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   0%
21:33:18:  200MHz  0.05   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   0%
21:33:23:  200MHz  0.13   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   0%
21:33:28:  200MHz  0.12   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:33:33:  200MHz  0.11   9%   5%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:33:38:  200MHz  0.10  10%   5%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:33:43:  200MHz  0.09  10%   6%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:33:48:  200MHz  0.24  10%   6%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:33:53:  200MHz  0.30  10%   6%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:33:59:  200MHz  0.44  10%   6%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:04:  200MHz  0.41  11%   6%   2%   0%   0%   1%
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
21:34:09:  200MHz  0.85  11%   6%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:14:    0MHz  0.79  11%   6%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:19:  200MHz  0.80  11%   7%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:24:  200MHz  0.74  11%   7%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:29:  200MHz  0.76  11%   7%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:35:  200MHz  0.70  12%   7%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:40:  200MHz  0.80  12%   7%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:45:  200MHz  0.82  12%   7%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:50:  200MHz  0.83  12%   7%   2%   0%   0%   1%
21:34:55:  200MHz  0.85  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:00:  200MHz  0.86  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:05:  200MHz  0.87  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:10:  200MHz  0.96  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:16:  200MHz  0.97  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:21:  200MHz  0.89  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
21:35:26:  200MHz  0.90  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:31:  200MHz  0.82  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:36:  200MHz  0.84  13%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:41:  200MHz  0.85  14%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%
21:35:46:  200MHz  0.86  14%   8%   2%   0%   0%   2%

 

5973c75fbf208_HeliosLanTest.png.1376a48975902a0f8dbdba13e86456d8.png

 

Posted

@lupusThanks a lot for the detailled and correct testing. Currently the lowest allowed clockspeed in /etc/defaults/cpufrequtils is just 200 MHz. It would be interesting to lift this to 400 or even 500 MHz there (I'm too lazy to search for but with ASUS Tinkerboard default cpufreq settings allowed the board to downclock to 126MHz which totally destroys IO performance with ondemand governor, lifting it to 600 MHz allowed the ondemand algorithm working way better).

 

But no need to rush. I ordered an ESPRESSOBin myself which might get shipped soon to do some performance/consumption testing (I wouldn't expect a noticeable difference in idle consumption when increasing min cpufreq from 200 MHz to 400 MHz --> since I read all the time about DFS and not DVFS maybe there isn't any difference in consumption at all)

 

Edit: Found Tinkerboard link: https://tinkerboarding.co.uk/forum/thread-310.html

Posted
2 hours ago, tkaiser said:

 

@lupusThanks a lot for the detailled and correct testing. Currently the lowest allowed clockspeed in /etc/defaults/cpufrequtils is just 200 MHz. It would be interesting to lift this to 400 or even 500 MHz there (I'm too lazy to search for but with ASUS Tinkerboard default cpufreq settings allowed the board to downclock to 126MHz which totally destroys IO performance with ondemand governor, lifting it to 600 MHz allowed the ondemand algorithm working way better).

 

There are only specific frequencies supported with the current system:

root@espressobin:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 
200000 250000 500000 1000000 

However, cpufrequtils is currently configured to use another maximum value:

root@espressobin:~# cat /etc/default/cpufrequtils 
ENABLE=true
MIN_SPEED=200000
MAX_SPEED=800000
GOVERNOR=ondemand

I have changed MAX_SPEED to 1000000 but unfortunately espressobin does not boot reliably anymore (crashes upon login).

 

2 hours ago, tkaiser said:

I ordered an ESPRESSOBin myself which might get shipped soon

I have received my order of 10 espressobin this week ($49 each plus shipping) - I still have 7 to give away for the price I have paid. I have sent to you a PM with my contact details in any case ...

Posted

Workaround (as suggested by tkaiser): I stored the following two lines in /etc/rc.local - after a reboot ondemand governor switches between 200MHz (!) and 1GHz depending on system load:

cpufreq-set -c 0 -d 500000 -u 1000000 -g ondemand
cpufreq-set -c 1 -d 500000 -u 1000000 -g ondemand

root@espressobin:~# armbianmonitor -m
Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c]
Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq
11:12:27: 1000MHz  0.43  32%  10%  19%   0%   3%   0%
11:12:32:  200MHz  0.40  29%   9%  17%   0%   2%   0%
11:12:37:  200MHz  0.37  27%   8%  16%   0%   2%   0%
11:12:42:  200MHz  0.34  25%   8%  14%   0%   2%   0%
11:12:47:  200MHz  0.31  24%   7%  14%   0%   2%   0%
11:12:52:  200MHz  0.28  22%   7%  13%   0%   2%   0%
11:12:57:  200MHz  0.26  21%   6%  12%   0%   1%   0%
11:13:02:  200MHz  0.24  20%   6%  11%   0%   1%   0%
11:13:07: 1000MHz  0.22  19%   6%  11%   0%   1%   0%
11:13:12: 1000MHz  0.20  19%   6%  10%   0%   1%   0%
11:13:17:  200MHz  0.19  18%   6%  10%   0%   1%   0%
11:13:22:  200MHz  0.17  17%   6%   9%   0%   1%   0%
11:13:27:  200MHz  0.16  16%   5%   9%   0%   1%   0%
11:13:32:  200MHz  0.14  15%   5%   8%   0%   1%   0%

 iperf3 results are now both fine:

MacBookPro:~ lupus$ iperf3 -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.240.41 port 58907 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  68.9 MBytes   578 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   103 MBytes   862 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   105 MBytes   882 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   104 MBytes   876 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   102 MBytes   851 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   106 MBytes   892 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   102 MBytes   860 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   106 MBytes   892 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   105 MBytes   882 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   104 MBytes   876 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1007 MBytes   845 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1004 MBytes   842 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
MacBookPro:~ lupus$ iperf3 -R -c 192.168.240.42
Connecting to host 192.168.240.42, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.240.42 is sending
[  4] local 192.168.240.41 port 58911 connected to 192.168.240.42 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   111 MBytes   933 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   111 MBytes   932 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   111 MBytes   935 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   939 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   939 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Helios LanTest write performance is good too:

59748a7d1244e_HeliosLanTest.png.7061cb95ae18a35386d6e3c29bb820b0.png 

Posted
2 hours ago, lupus said:

Workaround (as suggested by tkaiser): I stored the following two lines in /etc/rc.local

 

Hmm... usually cpufreq settings in /etc/rc.local don't stick since cpufrequtils gets called seconds later. Strange. Anyway, you have an email. :)

Posted

ESPRESSOBin_Barracuda_AR9380.jpg

 

Thanks to @lupus I don't have to wait for Amazon shipping my board since one is already on my desk. Firtst surprise: my ASM1062 in the background can not be used due to SATA connector placement. So then I'm going to test AP functionality instead with a AR9380 3x3 MIMO Wi-Fi mPCIe card ($9 on eBay)

Posted
44 minutes ago, tkaiser said:

my ASM1062 in the background can not be used due to SATA connector placement. So then I'm going to test AP functionality instead with a AR9380 3x3 MIMO Wi-Fi mPCIe card ($9 on eBay)

2

 

I am getting this one and can do some testing. Not that fast as you got your espresso :) Last time I was testing, there was no sign of PCI bus except in U-boot. Still, haven't tried with 4.12

 mcpi4sata.png

 

 

Posted
3 minutes ago, Igor said:

I am getting this one and can do some testing.

 

Seems also  Marvell 88SE9215 based -- then multi disk performance should be ok. With ASM1062 some tweaks might be needed (wanted to test this but will move back to Clearfog Pro then since there I can connect 2 SATA SSDs to ASM1062).

 

7 minutes ago, Igor said:

Still, haven't tried with 4.12

 

I wanted to try out 4.13-rc2 (@umiddelb updated already) but fail already with u-boot:

	/var/syslog-ng/Armbian/sources/u-boot/v2017.07/lib/libfdt/pylibfdt/setup.py --quiet build_ext \
		--build-lib tools
  LD      arch/arm/cpu/built-in.o
  CC      arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cpu.o
as: unrecognized option '-EL'
scripts/Makefile.build:280: recipe for target 'arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cpu.o' failed
make[1]: *** [arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cpu.o] Error 2
Makefile:1257: recipe for target 'arch/arm/cpu/armv8' failed
make: *** [arch/arm/cpu/armv8] Error 2
[ error ] ERROR in function compile_uboot [ common.sh:97 ]
[ error ] U-boot compilation failed 

 

Posted
7 minutes ago, tkaiser said:

I wanted to try out 4.13-rc2 (@umiddelb updated already) but fail already with u-boot:


U-boot is being used the one from SPI (boot from SD is not possible AFAIK) and we don't update it so it's pointless to build it. Do some workaround to skip u-boot or fake u-boot building.

 

Edit: will add useful technical conversation with Marvell later.

Posted

Useful info from an email conversation with Marvell and some of my efforts:

 

ATF compile by the wiki guide:

Spoiler

git clone https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/atf-marvell -b atf-v1.3-armada-17.06
cd atf-marvell
export CROSS_COMPILE=/development/toolchains/gcc-linaro-4.9.4-2017.01-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-
export BL33=/development/sources/u-boot-espressobin/u-boot-2017.03-armada-17.06/u-boot.bin
make distclean
make DEBUG=1 USE_COHERENT_MEM=0 LOG_LEVEL=20 SECURE=0 CLOCKSPRESET=CPU_1000_DDR_800 DDR_TOPOLOGY=2 BOOTDEV=EMMCNORM PARTNUM=0 PLAT=a3700 all fip
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Building a3700
  CC      drivers/io/io_fip.c
  CC      drivers/io/io_memmap.c
  CC      drivers/io/io_storage.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_bl1_setup.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_io_storage.c
  CC      bl1/bl1_main.c
  CC      bl1/aarch64/bl1_arch_setup.c
  CC      bl1/aarch64/bl1_context_mgmt.c
  CC      lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context_mgmt.c
  CC      plat/common/plat_bl1_common.c
  CC      common/bl_common.c
  CC      common/tf_printf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/abort.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/assert.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/exit.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/mem.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/printf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/putchar.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/puts.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/sscanf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strchr.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strcmp.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strlen.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strncmp.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/subr_prf.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/aarch64/a3700_common.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_cci.c
  CC      lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_common.c
  CC      lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/aarch64/marvell_common.c
  CC      plat/common/aarch64/plat_common.c
  AS      plat/marvell/a3700/common/aarch64/plat_helpers.S
  AS      lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a53.S
  AS      plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S
  AS      bl1/aarch64/bl1_entrypoint.S
  AS      bl1/aarch64/bl1_exceptions.S
  AS      lib/cpus/aarch64/cpu_helpers.S
  AS      lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context.S
  AS      common/aarch64/debug.S
  AS      lib/aarch64/cache_helpers.S
  AS      lib/aarch64/misc_helpers.S
  AS      plat/common/aarch64/platform_helpers.S
  AS      drivers/console/aarch64/console.S
  AS      drivers/marvell/uart/a3700_console.S
  AS      plat/marvell/common/aarch64/marvell_helpers.S
  PP      bl1/bl1.ld.S
  LD      build/a3700/debug/bl1/bl1.elf
  BIN     build/a3700/debug/bl1.bin
Built build/a3700/debug/bl1.bin successfully
  OD      build/a3700/debug/bl1/bl1.dump
  CC      drivers/io/io_fip.c
  CC      drivers/io/io_memmap.c
  CC      drivers/io/io_storage.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_bl2_setup.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_io_storage.c
  CC      bl2/bl2_main.c
  CC      bl2/aarch64/bl2_arch_setup.c
  CC      bl2/bl2_image_load.c
  CC      common/bl_common.c
  CC      common/tf_printf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/abort.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/assert.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/exit.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/mem.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/printf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/putchar.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/puts.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/sscanf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strchr.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strcmp.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strlen.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strncmp.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/subr_prf.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/aarch64/a3700_common.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_cci.c
  CC      lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_common.c
  CC      lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/aarch64/marvell_common.c
  CC      plat/common/aarch64/plat_common.c
  AS      plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S
  AS      bl2/aarch64/bl2_entrypoint.S
  AS      lib/locks/exclusive/aarch64/spinlock.S
  AS      common/aarch64/early_exceptions.S
  AS      common/aarch64/debug.S
  AS      lib/aarch64/cache_helpers.S
  AS      lib/aarch64/misc_helpers.S
  AS      plat/common/aarch64/platform_helpers.S
  AS      drivers/console/aarch64/console.S
  AS      drivers/marvell/uart/a3700_console.S
  AS      plat/marvell/common/aarch64/marvell_helpers.S
  PP      bl2/bl2.ld.S
  LD      build/a3700/debug/bl2/bl2.elf
  BIN     build/a3700/debug/bl2.bin
Built build/a3700/debug/bl2.bin successfully
  OD      build/a3700/debug/bl2/bl2.dump
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/plat_pm.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/a3700_dram_cs.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/dram_win.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/io_addr_dec.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/marvell_plat_config.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/a3700/plat_bl31_setup.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/sys_info.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_gicv3.c
  CC      drivers/arm/gic/common/gic_common.c
  CC      drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3_main.c
  CC      drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3_helpers.c
  CC      plat/common/plat_gicv3.c
  CC      drivers/arm/cci/cci.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/a3700/board/pm_src.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_bl31_setup.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_pm.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_topology.c
  CC      plat/common/plat_psci_common.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/plat_delay_timer.c
  CC      drivers/delay_timer/delay_timer.c
  CC      bl31/bl31_main.c
  CC      bl31/interrupt_mgmt.c
  CC      bl31/bl31_context_mgmt.c
  CC      common/runtime_svc.c
  CC      services/std_svc/std_svc_setup.c
  CC      lib/el3_runtime/cpu_data_array.c
  CC      lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context_mgmt.c
  CC      lib/psci/psci_off.c
  CC      lib/psci/psci_on.c
  CC      lib/psci/psci_suspend.c
  CC      lib/psci/psci_common.c
  CC      lib/psci/psci_main.c
  CC      lib/psci/psci_setup.c
  CC      lib/psci/psci_system_off.c
  CC      lib/locks/bakery/bakery_lock_normal.c
  CC      common/bl_common.c
  CC      common/tf_printf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/abort.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/assert.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/exit.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/mem.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/printf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/putchar.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/puts.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/sscanf.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strchr.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strcmp.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strlen.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/strncmp.c
  CC      lib/stdlib/subr_prf.c
  CC      plat/marvell/a3700/common/aarch64/a3700_common.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/marvell_cci.c
  CC      lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_common.c
  CC      lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c
  CC      plat/marvell/common/aarch64/marvell_common.c
  CC      plat/common/aarch64/plat_common.c
  AS      lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a53.S
  AS      plat/marvell/a3700/common/aarch64/plat_helpers.S
  AS      plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S
  AS      bl31/aarch64/bl31_entrypoint.S
  AS      bl31/aarch64/runtime_exceptions.S
  AS      bl31/aarch64/crash_reporting.S
  AS      lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/cpu_data.S
  AS      lib/cpus/aarch64/cpu_helpers.S
  AS      lib/locks/exclusive/aarch64/spinlock.S
  AS      lib/psci/aarch64/psci_helpers.S
  AS      lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context.S
  AS      common/aarch64/debug.S
  AS      lib/aarch64/cache_helpers.S
  AS      lib/aarch64/misc_helpers.S
  AS      plat/common/aarch64/platform_helpers.S
  AS      drivers/console/aarch64/console.S
  AS      drivers/marvell/uart/a3700_console.S
  AS      plat/marvell/common/aarch64/marvell_helpers.S
  PP      bl31/bl31.ld.S
  LD      build/a3700/debug/bl31/bl31.elf
  BIN     build/a3700/debug/bl31.bin
Built build/a3700/debug/bl31.bin successfully
  OD      build/a3700/debug/bl31/bl31.dump
  CC      fiptool.c
  CC      tbbr_config.c
  LD      fiptool
Built fiptool successfully
Trusted Boot Firmware BL2: offset=0xB0, size=0x4008, cmdline="--tb-fw"
EL3 Runtime Firmware BL31: offset=0x40B8, size=0xA2A0, cmdline="--soc-fw"
Non-Trusted Firmware BL33: offset=0xE358, size=0x865CA, cmdline="--nt-fw"
Built build/a3700/debug/fip.bin successfully
make: option requires an argument -- 'C'
Usage: make [options] [target] ...
Options:
  -b, -m                      Ignored for compatibility.
  -B, --always-make           Unconditionally make all targets.
  -C DIRECTORY, --directory=DIRECTORY
                              Change to DIRECTORY before doing anything.
  -d                          Print lots of debugging information.
  --debug[=FLAGS]             Print various types of debugging information.
  -e, --environment-overrides
                              Environment variables override makefiles.
  --eval=STRING               Evaluate STRING as a makefile statement.
  -f FILE, --file=FILE, --makefile=FILE
                              Read FILE as a makefile.
  -h, --help                  Print this message and exit.
  -i, --ignore-errors         Ignore errors from recipes.
  -I DIRECTORY, --include-dir=DIRECTORY
                              Search DIRECTORY for included makefiles.
  -j [N], --jobs[=N]          Allow N jobs at once; infinite jobs with no arg.
  -k, --keep-going            Keep going when some targets can't be made.
  -l [N], --load-average[=N], --max-load[=N]
                              Don't start multiple jobs unless load is below N.
  -L, --check-symlink-times   Use the latest mtime between symlinks and target.
  -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon
                              Don't actually run any recipe; just print them.
  -o FILE, --old-file=FILE, --assume-old=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be very old and don't remake it.
  -O[TYPE], --output-sync[=TYPE]
                              Synchronize output of parallel jobs by TYPE.
  -p, --print-data-base       Print make's internal database.
  -q, --question              Run no recipe; exit status says if up to date.
  -r, --no-builtin-rules      Disable the built-in implicit rules.
  -R, --no-builtin-variables  Disable the built-in variable settings.
  -s, --silent, --quiet       Don't echo recipes.
  -S, --no-keep-going, --stop
                              Turns off -k.
  -t, --touch                 Touch targets instead of remaking them.
  --trace                     Print tracing information.
  -v, --version               Print the version number of make and exit.
  -w, --print-directory       Print the current directory.
  --no-print-directory        Turn off -w, even if it was turned on implicitly.
  -W FILE, --what-if=FILE, --new-file=FILE, --assume-new=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be infinitely new.
  --warn-undefined-variables  Warn when an undefined variable is referenced.
This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Report bugs to <bug-make@gnu.org>
Makefile:889: recipe for target '/wtptp_tool/linux/TBB_linux' failed
make: *** [/wtptp_tool/linux/TBB_linux] Error 2

 

 

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This part: https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/atf-marvell/blob/atf-v1.3-17.04/docs/marvell/build.txt#L120 is a bit confusing. Where are those tools? I also didn't find - well didn't look very intense either - where to, on which locations to write those files to SD card? I want to achieve SD card booting first, than other methods ... Any tip what am I doing wrong will help to save some time. Thanks.

 
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The tool is available at https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/A3700-utils-marvell , you may need to add one parameter WTP= /…/…/sources-a3700_utils-armada-17.06.1 to your make string to build the atf binary. I believe the ESPRESSOBin does not support to load the bootloader binary from SD card, it can load bootloader binary from SPI/EMMC/SATA.

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I manage to build ATF + u-boot, thanks to Benjamin, but I haven't proceeded with flashing yet. My initial idea was to go safely and play with SD card booting, but since this is not possible ... well. What is worse case scenario if a break SPI flash?

 

 

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You will be then forced to bring up your board using "boot from UART" mode. Not the funniest process, but you still will not need to setup JTAG session.
Details are described in https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/u-boot-marvell/blob/u-boot-2017.03-armada-17.06/doc/mvebu/uart_boot.txt
BTW, you can use this method for trying your new flash image prior to bunting them on SPI. It's bit slow, but can save you from recovering your board due to a bad image. If you only change the u-boot sources, you can try to load your u-boot.bin image (without ATF part) to DRAM and run from there:
Marvell>> tftpboot 0 u-boot.bin; go 0
This way you will not touch the image on SPI. Folks @ DENX and Suse are using this method.

 

 

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I forgot to mention that a37xx supports boot from SATA. Please check the ATF and u-boit build documents for details. This is another option for you to experiment with new boot images. Just use dd for placing yoùr image on LBA1 next to MBR.

 

Posted

In the meantime I suceeded by exchanging the build host: OMV_3_0_85_ESPRESSOBin_4.12.0.7z

 

But now stuck at u-boot prompt:

Booting Trusted Firmware
BL1: v1.2(release):armada-17.02.0:
BL1: Built : 09:41:56, Jun  2 2NOTICE:  BL2: v1.2(release):armada-17.02.0:
NOTICE:  BL2: Built : 09:41:57, Jun  2 20NOTICE:  BL31: v1.2(release):armada-17.02.0:
NOTICE:  BL31:

U-Boot 2015.01-armada-17.02.0-g8128e91 (Jun 02 2017 - 09:41:51)

I2C:   ready
DRAM:  1 GiB
Board: DB-88F3720-ESPRESSOBin
       CPU    @ 1000 [MHz]
       L2     @ 800 [MHz]
       TClock @ 200 [MHz]
       DDR    @ 800 [MHz]
Comphy-0: PEX0          2.5 Gbps  
Comphy-1: USB3          5 Gbps    
Comphy-2: SATA0         5 Gbps    
Now running in RAM - U-Boot at: 3ff2b000
U-Boot DT blob at : 000000003fa18168
MMC:   XENON-SDHCI: 0
SF: Detected W25Q32DW with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 4 MiB
advk_pcie_pio_read_config(227): wait for PIO time out
advk_pcie_pio_read_config(227): wait for PIO time out
PCIE-0: Link up (Gen1-x1 2.5GHz, Bus0)
SCSI:  SATA link 0 timeout.
AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 1 ports 6 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode
flags: ncq led only pmp fbss pio slum part sxs 
advk_pcie_pio_read_config(227): wait for PIO time out
advk_pcie_pio_read_config(227): wait for PIO time out
advk_pcie_pio_read_config(227): wait for PIO time out
advk_pcie_pio_read_config(227): wait for PIO time out
advk_pcie_pio_read_config(227): wait for PIO time out
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0xc
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x1000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x1000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x2000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x2000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x3000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x3000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x4000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x4000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x5000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x5000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x6000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x6000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x7000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x7000
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0xc
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x0
Non-posted PIO Response Status: CA, 0xe00 @ 0x0
Net:   neta0
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
** File not found boot/Image **
** File not found boot/armada-3720-community.dtb **
Bad Linux ARM64 Image magic!
Marvell>> 

Will look later into. Time for dinner...

Posted
19 minutes ago, lupus said:

Did you set the the environment parameters of espressobin (after Marvell>>) according to https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/config/bootscripts/boot-espressobin.cmd ?

 

Not yet (ordered a Münchner Schnitzel right now ;) ). Few hours ago I looked into Marvell's u-boot and IIRC fatload was used everywhere. Maybe that's a problem too.

 

Will provide output of "env print" later. BTW: it seems the board overheats badly when sitting at the u-boot prompt waiting. I added copper heatsinks to SoC and switch IC and burned my fingers few minutes before touching them. Whole board was pretty hot :( 

 

Edit: fatload was used here http://wiki.espressobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=Downloading+image+and+boot+from+SD+card+-+Linux

Posted

Unfortunately espressobin does not find the boot image (I am trying OMV_3_0_85_ESPRESSOBin_4.12.0.7z) even if the environtment variables given in https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/config/bootscripts/boot-espressobin.cmd are used:

Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
** File not found boot/Image **
4803565 bytes read in 1749 ms (2.6 MiB/s)
** File not found boot/dtb/marvell/armada-3720-community.dtb **
Bad Linux ARM64 Image magic!
Marvell>> 

Please find attached the current environment:

Marvell>> printenv
baudrate=115200
boot_interface=mmc
bootargs=console=ttyMV0,115200 earlycon=ar3700_uart,0xd0012000 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait
bootcmd=mmc dev 0; ext4load mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr $image_name;ext4load mmc 0:1 $initrd_addr $initrd_image; ext4load mmc 0:1 $fdt_addr $fdt_name;setenv bootargs $console root=$rootdev rw rootwait; booti $kernel_ar
bootdelay=3
bootmmc=mmc dev 0; ext4load mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr $image_name;ext4load mmc 0:1 $fdt_addr $fdt_name;setenv bootargs $console root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait; booti $kernel_addr - $fdt_addr
console=console=ttyMV0,115200 earlycon=ar3700_uart,0xd0012000
eth1addr=00:00:00:00:51:82
eth2addr=00:00:00:00:51:83
ethact=neta0
ethaddr=F0:AD:4E:03:69:D0
ethprime=egiga0
fdt_addr=0x1000000
fdt_high=0xffffffffffffffff
fdt_name=boot/dtb/marvell/armada-3720-community.dtb
filesize=494bed
gatewayip=10.4.50.254
get_images=mmc dev 0; fatload mmc 0 $kernel_addr $image_name; fatload mmc 0 $fdt_addr $fdt_name; run get_ramfs
get_ramfs=if test "${ramfs_name}" != "-"; then setenv ramfs_addr 0x3000000; tftp $ramfs_addr $ramfs_name; else setenv ramfs_addr -;fi
hostname=marvell
image_name=boot/Image
initrd_addr=0x1100000
initrd_image=boot/uInitrd
initrd_size=0x2000000
ipaddr=192.168.240.42
kernel_addr=0x2000000
loadaddr=0x2000000
loads_echo=0
netdev=eth0
netmask=255.255.255.0
ramfs_addr=-
ramfs_name=-
root=root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw
rootdev=/dev/mmcblk0p1
rootfstype=ext4
rootpath=/srv/nfs/
serverip=0.0.0.0
set_bootargs=setenv bootargs $console $root 
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
verbosity=1

Environment size: 1650/65532 bytes
Marvell>> 

 

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