rock64: "Wrong Ramdisk Image Format" after upgrade to 6.12.9

[rnytom]

Hello,

 

While upgrading my rock64 today, my Linux kernel was upgraded from 6.6.32 to 6.12.9.

After rebooting, the board refused to boot:

Boot script loaded from usb 0                                               |
166 bytes read in 407 ms (0 Bytes/s)                                        |
26129699 bytes read in 1634 ms (15.3 MiB/s)                                 |
36473344 bytes read in 48420 ms (735.4 KiB/s)                               |
54333 bytes read in 826 ms (63.5 KiB/s)                                     |
2825 bytes read in 1653 ms (1000 Bytes/s)                                   |
Applying kernel provided DT fixup script (rockchip-fixup.scr)               |
## Executing script at 09000000                                             |
Unknown command 'kaslrseed' - try 'help'                                    |
Wrong Ramdisk Image Format                                                  |
Ramdisk image is corrupt or invalid                                         |

 

I tried to manually copy the /boot files from the latest image, but the result was the same.

I was able to recover it by copying the /boot files from an image from the archive (I used Armbian_23.11.1_Rock64_bookworm_current_6.1.63.img.xz), then once booted I used armbian-config to install 6.6.63 which also works fine.

 

I'm just wondering if anyone else noticed the same issue with the 6.12.9 kernel (I did a quick search but I didn't find anything similar recently - sorry if I missed it) or if it's only for me?

[ff255]

Hello/

Yes, I have also stumbled on this.

It took me a night to figure out and fix what had happened.

My rock64 was set to auto-reboot on unattended upgrades, and after auto upgrade to 6.12.9 on 2025-01-16 it refused to boot (I found 6.12.9 in /boot dir).

After connecting UART I got the same error:

DDR version 1.13 20180428
ID:0x805 N
In
SRX
LPDDR3
786MHz
Bus Width=32 Col=11 Bank=8 Row=15/15 CS=2 Die Bus-Width=32 Size=4096MB
ddrconfig:7
OUT

U-Boot SPL 2017.09-rockchip-ayufan-1065-g95f6152134 (Apr 06 2020 - 08:10:17)
board_init_sdmmc_pwr_en
setup_ddr_param  1
booted from SPI flash
Trying to boot from SPI
NOTICE:  BL31: v1.3(debug):9d3f591
NOTICE:  BL31: Built : 14:39:02, Jan 17 2018
NOTICE:  BL31:Rockchip release version: v1.3
INFO:    ARM GICv2 driver initialized
INFO:    Using opteed sec cpu_context!
INFO:    boot cpu mask: 1
INFO:    plat_rockchip_pmu_init: pd status 0xe
INFO:    BL31: Initializing runtime services
WARNING: No OPTEE provided by BL2 boot loader, Booting device without OPTEE initialization. SMC`s dK
ERROR:   Error initializing runtime service opteed_fast
INFO:    BL31: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world
INFO:    Entry point address = 0x200000
INFO:    SPSR = 0x3c9


U-Boot 2017.09-rockchip-ayufan-1065-g95f6152134 (Apr 06 2020 - 08:10:39 +0000)

Model: Pine64 Rock64
DRAM:  4 GiB
MMC:   rksdmmc@ff520000: 0, rksdmmc@ff500000: 1
SF: Detected gd25q128 with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 16 MiB
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial@ff130000
Out:   serial@ff130000
Err:   serial@ff130000
Model: Pine64 Rock64
misc_init_r
cpuid=55524b503039303135000000000e2b23
serial=2e629a67b70686a
Net:   eth0: ethernet@ff540000
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
Card did not respond to voltage select!
mmc_init: -95, time 9
Card did not respond to voltage select!
mmc_init: -95, time 10
starting USB...
USB0:   USB EHCI 1.00
USB1:   USB OHCI 1.0
USB2:   Core Release: 3.10a
USB3:   Register 2000140 NbrPorts 2
Starting the controller
USB XHCI 1.10
scanning bus 0 for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus 1 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus 2 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus 3 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found

Device 0: Vendor: JMicron  Rev: 0409 Prod: Generic         
            Type: Hard Disk
            Capacity: 122104.3 MB = 119.2 GB (250069680 x 512)
... is now current device
Scanning usb 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot/boot.scr
3185 bytes read in 235 ms (12.7 KiB/s)
## Executing script at 00500000
Boot script loaded from usb 0
166 bytes read in 209 ms (0 Bytes/s)
17928114 bytes read in 1128 ms (15.2 MiB/s)
36473344 bytes read in 1935 ms (18 MiB/s)
54333 bytes read in 1433 ms (36.1 KiB/s)
2825 bytes read in 1809 ms (1000 Bytes/s)
Applying kernel provided DT fixup script (rockchip-fixup.scr)
## Executing script at 09000000
Wrong Ramdisk Image Format
Ramdisk image is corrupt or invalid
SCRIPT FAILED: continuing...
Speed: 1000, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
BOOTP broadcast 3
...

 

Thanks to your message and recovery instructions, I managed to repeat it and got a working board! 👍

But now I used armbian-config and selected "SY203   -  Disable Armbian kernel upgrades"

 

Seems like it's working

# apt-mark showhold
armbian-firmware
linux-dtb-current-rockchip64
linux-image-current-rockchip64

 

Thank you very much! 🙏