[SOLVED] A33 Tablet unrecognized/unsupported machine ID (r1 = 0x00001029)

[tpc010]

UPDATE: Today I build it again and now it's working, I think someone has change something. Thank you :-)

 

OLD:

 

I created an new board, based on the lime-a33.conf with BOOTCONFIG="q8_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig" and build a Debian Stretch Image with mainline Kernel 4.13 / 4.14. The SD Card is booting with a nice screen output but only to Kernel Boot, then the screen freezes.

 

The Serial connection is only in the SD Adapter and I cant use it if I'm booting from it, or is there a possibility ??

 

I was checking devuan.org and this Image is booting the Tablet, with Kernel 4.1x.

 

So I want to debug the Armbian Kernel with serial output and I used fastboot for it, I'm booting into fastboot with "adb reboot bootloader" and then I'm sending the bootimage with fastboot ( first I created a image with mkimage with and without dtb file)

 

fastboot -c "console=ttyS0,115200" boot uImage

But I get this error from armbian Kernel

 

Starting kernel ...
 
Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
 Error: unrecognized/unsupported machine ID (r1 = 0x00001029).
 Available machine support:
 ID (hex)    NAME
ffffffff    Generic DT based system
ffffffff    Allwinner sun9i Family
ffffffff    Allwinner sun8i Family
ffffffff    Allwinner sun7i (A20) Family
ffffffff    Allwinner sun6i (A31) Family
ffffffff    Allwinner sun4i/sun5i Families
 Please check your kernel config and/or bootloader.

Full Log is attached.

 

I checked a lot of things, but I can't find a solution to solve this problem, the devuan.org Kernel is booting this way, until it can't find the SD Card.

 

Thanks for your Help

log1.txt

Edited December 15, 2017 by tpc010

[markbirss]

@tpc010 What specific tablet you are using ? Are you able to boot a Armbian build image directly from sdcard now?

[tpc010]

On 9/15/2018 at 10:19 PM, markbirss said:

@tpc010 What specific tablet you are using ? Are you able to boot a Armbian build image directly from sdcard now?

Hi Markbirss, I checked it again with current build and it's working with module "g_serial" add to boards/lime-a33.conf

 

config/boards/a33-q8-tablet2.conf

# A33 quad core 1Gb SoC
BOARD_NAME="q8 A33"
BOARDFAMILY="sun8i"

# depending of board and resolution use a defconfig file from sources/u-boot/v2018.05/configs
BOOTCONFIG="q8_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig"
#MODULES="hci_uart gpio_sunxi rfcomm hidp bonding spi_sun7i 8021q a20_tp"
MODULES="hci_uart gpio_sunxi rfcomm hidp bonding spi_sun7i 8021q a20_tp g_serial gslx680 gc0312 gc2145 rtl8150"
MODULES_NEXT="hci_uart gpio_sunxi rfcomm hidp bonding spi_sun7i 8021q a20_tp g_serial gslx680 gc0312 gc2145 rtl8150"
OVERLAY_PREFIX="sun8i-a33"
#
KERNEL_TARGET="next"
CLI_TARGET="stretch:next"
DESKTOP_TARGET=""
#
RECOMMENDED="Debian_stretch_next:75"

~/armbian/cache/sources/u-boot/v2018.05/configs$ ls -1 *[Aa]33*
A33-OLinuXino_defconfig
q88_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig
q8_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig
q8_a33_tablet_800x480_defconfig
Sinlinx_SinA33_defconfig

 

I had to disable the pwm_bl module, otherwise the screen will go black while boot.

echo blacklist pwm_bl>/etc/modprobe.d/pwm.conf

I checked it with some Allwinner A33 Tablets from eBay or Amazon, the touch isn't working at the moment, but I hope I have time to check it in the future.

 

[markbirss]

@tpc010 unfortunately my A33 tablet, does not start at all from sdcard no matter what A33 image or u-boot i try.

 

fel-storage does not work for me either, so im stuck

 

NeonNiQ NQT-7W tablet from South Africa, running Android 5.1

 

7inch 1024x600, 512mb ram, 8Gb storage 

[guidol]

On 9/25/2018 at 6:12 PM, tpc010 said:

I checked it with some Allwinner A33 Tablets from eBay or Amazon, the touch isn't working at the moment, but I hope I have time to check it in the future.

which one from ebay would work (without touch)?

[tpc010]

10 hours ago, guidol said:

which one from ebay would work (without touch)?

Tablets like this, I bought it at ebay with broken Touch for testing, also a broken 10,1" Tablet, this was also working for testing, and an A88S from alldaymall.

 

Wifi is also working, but this can change from tablet to tablet.

 

Yuntab Q88H - 7 Zoll Tablet PC，Android 4.4, Quad Core, HD 1024x600, Dual-Kamera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 8GB

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01IJRDGGK

[markbirss]

@tpc010 is it possible for you to share your last known working image ?

 

I found a YunTab 7, but my build stuck at starting kernel....

 

[tpc010]

On 12/5/2018 at 7:40 PM, markbirss said:

@tpc010 is it possible for you to share your last known working image ?

 

I found a YunTab 7, but my build stuck at starting kernel....

 

Hi, sorry for the late response, do you blacklisted the pwm module? Otherwise the screen will go black.

 

"echo blacklist pwm_bl>/etc/modprobe.d/pwm.conf"

 

Do you have some last messages before the kernel stuck?

 

At the moment I have no time to build a clean Image, sorry.

 

I hope next week.

 

br

[markbirss]

I did blacklist the pwm_bl on the card, but it just stuck at Starting Kernel...

 

Did you need to set via u-boot console the disp parameter at all?

 

it seems my bootup want to change video mode ?

[tpc010]

Important is the correct defconfig for the tablet, you have to test some of them.

 

The only thing I changed was the BOOTCONFIG line and add the g_serial to the modules for OTG USB (and wifi modules)

 

check if there is a newer or different version in u-boot

armbian/cache/sources/u-boot/v2018.XX/configs$ ls -1 *[Aa]33*

A33-OLinuXino_defconfig

q88_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig

q8_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig

q8_a33_tablet_800x480_defconfig

Sinlinx_SinA33_defconfig

 

 

[markbirss]

I don't have other u-boot configs to try and the previous version do the same

 

[tpc010]

Hi, I build a new Image, q88_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig is not booting but q8_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig is working on my YUNTAB.

 

The compressed Image is around 250MB, without Desktop.

 

Do you have a storage where I can put the image file?

 

You only have to add the file pwm.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/

 

br

pwm.conf

[markbirss]

@tpc010 oh thank you! for building, i will send link to where to store image (personal message)

[Danilo Almeida]

Hello, could you upload the image you developed? otherwise have any tutorial to build and exchange script.bin in the project? thank you very much