Adding the edge kernel to Rock 2F/2A

[D roZDi]

Armbian image placed on internal soldered eMMC 64GB - only one issue now aic8800 not supported yet by kernel 7.0-rc6 so no wifi 😕

No PCI as no PCI slots... also no HDMI... Experimental image based on Kwiboo repo dispo here.

Edited April 7 by D roZDi

[johlnx]

apply this patch for a working wifi:

 

diff --git a/extensions/radxa-aic8800.sh b/extensions/radxa-aic8800.sh
index e3e99eaa8..7ab721353 100644
--- a/extensions/radxa-aic8800.sh
+++ b/extensions/radxa-aic8800.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function extension_finish_config__install_kernel_headers_for_aic8800_dkms() {

 function post_install_kernel_debs__install_aic8800_dkms_package() {

-       if linux-version compare "${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}" ge 6.20; then
+       if linux-version compare "${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}" ge 7.1; then
                display_alert "Kernel version is too recent" "skipping aic8800 dkms for kernel v${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}" "warn"
                return 0
        fi

[D roZDi]

It is not working with this patch because offcially AIC8800 is not supported in kernel > 7.0-rc6 plus in my image Wifi was initially disabled

With new image it is better:

 

 

I made a small fix to make it running with some commands as root:

```
# unzip AIC_FIX.zip
# mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/aic8800
# cp aic_btusb.ko aic_load_fw.ko aic8800_fdrv.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/aic8800/
# depmod -a
# cat /etc/modules-load.d/aic8800.conf
aic_load_fw
aic8800_fdrv
aic_btusb
# cp -r aic8800_fw /lib/firmware/
# cp -pr aic8800_fw/USB/aic8800D80/ /lib/firmware/
# modprobe aic_load_fw
# modprobe aic8800_fdrv
# modprobe aic_btusb
# lsmod |grep -i aic
aic_btusb              57344  0
aic8800_fdrv          626688  0
cfg80211             1200128  1 aic8800_fdrv
aic_load_fw            86016  1 aic8800_fdrv

```

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please also remember as it is experimental and all you do it is on your own risk

 

HDMI is not working and we need some code first, I guess for this part: CONFIG_PHY_ROCKCHIP_INNO_HDMI_QP

Edited April 8 by D roZDi

[D roZDi]

Radxa Rock 2A Kernel version 7.1: link

Radxa Rock 2A AIC_FIX_7.1: link

Still no HDMI QP support

 

Please also remember as it is experimental and all you do it is on your own risk

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by D roZDi

[humanus]

to use it on Rock 2F I can just point it to the 2F device tree, right?

[D roZDi]

To be honnest, try my image above... including fix for aic8800

Or try this one compiled for Radxa Rock 2F - only uboot changed but not tested as I have no board...

Edited 17 hours ago by D roZDi

[humanus]

Where did you get the kernel source? I want to add some kernel modules to the config. Or is it vanilla 7.1 from Armbian? 

[D roZDi]

which modules?

[humanus]

amdgpu

this one is crucial. nouveau and radeon could be useful but the first one is for nvidia cards (I don't have any to test) and the second one is useful for very old cards mainly. But I'll try passing them through to a VM, for this I don't need any modules other than IOMMU working

 

Just tried your image for Rock 2F, it boots.

Edited Tuesday at 10:27 PM by humanus
update

[D roZDi]

Here you are as you wished but check out or download individually due to  "Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/amdgpu/"

Edited 19 hours ago by D roZDi

[humanus]

Thanks. Missing firmware is not a problem, to fix it one just needs to install armbian-firmware-full. 

[D roZDi]

please just share output from lsusb and lspci commands from your board here

 

Edited 18 hours ago by D roZDi

[humanus]

Here's 

lspci -vvv

with an older Radeon:

https://paste.armbian.com/zisezuqoza.yaml

and boot UART log (it boots but no display is visible)

https://paste.armbian.com/asizofulux.sql

 

Here's the same with Radeon RX 550:

https://paste.armbian.com/ovinibafux.yaml

The kernel complained about missing firmware (for polaris11), which actually was not missing. I had to regenerate initramfs using initramfsctl. After regenerating, the board stopped booting with the card connected:

https://paste.armbian.com/qitiwiwoge.yaml

 

Not sure how useful lsusb would be.

 

So it's not super stable yet. I saw that you made these modules built-in. This is not necessary, selecting [M] is enough because then they can be loaded or unloaded (to try passing the card through to a VM I need to blacklist the module, which doesn't work for built-in modules). This is something I can try to do to get display output.

 

Oh and WiFi isn't detected at all but that's probably not a surprise. 

Edited 11 hours ago by humanus
bad hastebins

[D roZDi]

There is nothing to see with you project. I wish only to know the output from lsusb and lspci. For wifi you probably have to apply Fix 7.1 as above. Driver for aic8800 is not yet supported

[humanus]

I'm not sure what "nothing to see with you project" means but above you I've included the most complete lspci there is. I'll send lsusb too, but there won't be much there as it works properly. Do you want me to have something connected to the USB or just print it without anything (it would be one line, unless you want verbose). 

Edited 1 hour ago by humanus
Typo

[D roZDi]

I dont need details just lsusb and lspci without switches to see what my image 7.1 discovers on your board

Of course you can pług on USB stick to see if it works also make steps like mentioned above to fix wifi aic driver

Edited 37 minutes ago by D roZDi