Making Fenix images in Github

ravelo · December 25, 2020, 4:16pm

ok, found it in the forum…
dd bs=1M of=ls /dev/mmcblk?boot0 | head -c12 if=/tmp/mounts/USB-sda1-DBF5-1E03/VIM1-Debian-Server-Mainline-Kernel-Firmware-20201211.zip
sync
sudo halt

problem is, it does not boot…

ravelo · December 25, 2020, 4:42pm

Ok, I did it finally like this:

boot kresq from SD
install mainline kernel to EMMC from kresq
extract from VIM1-Debian-Server-Mainline-Kernel-Firmware-20201211.zip this flashable image file: VIM1_Debian-server-buster_Linux-5.10-rc6_arm64_SD-USB_V0.9.8-201211.img.xz, and put it on a an thumb drive
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
flash that file (/mnt/*.xz) from kresq
halt
remove sd card --> vim1 boot from emmc on debian buster 5.10-rc6 kernel !

Electr1 · December 26, 2020, 3:12am

@numbqq I have a suggestion for the fenix repository,
could you have a cron scheduler to make github actions runs the workflow every day at 00:00AM
so we can have nightly builds of Fenix!

cheers!

numbqq · December 26, 2020, 5:44am

No need for this if there don’t have any commit(s).

manuel-arguelles · February 15, 2021, 4:14am

Hi, I tried this, but mine stays queued for ever any ideas? (it seems to be a known issue with github)

Electr1 · February 15, 2021, 11:33am

can you link to the build ?
mine works perfectly fine

use this script:

github.com

ZephyrLabs/Khadas-VIM3-Firmware/blob/main/Fenix Workflow/build.yml

name: Build
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  job_1:
    name: config-template
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # Fetch Dependencies
      - name: Dependencies / Build config-template.conf
        run: |
          sudo apt update
          sudo apt install -y make lsb-release qemu-user-static zip

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manuel-arguelles · February 15, 2021, 2:34pm

Hi @Electr1

Sure, here it is: Actions · manuel-arguelles/fenix · GitHub

It’s weird since when I pushed the changes to the config-template.conf file I get 3 actions: build firmware, test build ubuntu and test build debian. I canceled the debian and ubuntu ones and the firmware started working. Then I relaunch the ubuntu ones.

Electr1 · February 15, 2021, 2:51pm

@manuel-arguelles the script I gave executes under Build Firmware

and accordingly there is an image build successfully:
Update config-template.conf · manuel-arguelles/fenix@74ad460 · GitHub

manuel-arguelles · February 15, 2021, 3:05pm

Yes, now I see it, just curious about the other two jobs (test ubuntu and test debian) should I always cancel them?

By the way, what’s the correct way to get this into the emmc? should I follow the steps described by @ravelo:

As I understand, the install type for mainline should always be sd-usb and not emmc right? can I still get it into emmc with krescue?

Thanks!

Electr1 · February 15, 2021, 3:51pm

yup, you need to build mainline with SD-USB

and if you need mainline emmc image, refer to one of @hyphop’s old posts, and add MAKE_RAW=True in the line that currently says COMPRESS_IMAGE=True make

manuel-arguelles · February 15, 2021, 5:57pm

I added INSTALL_TYPE_RAW=yes as described here No EMMC support with Linux >= 5.9? - #5 by hyphop to main.yml but failed with:

Info: Simple raw image suitable for dd write -> VIM3_Ubuntu-minimal-focal_Linux-5.10-rc6_arm64_SD-USB_V1.0.2-210215.raw.img
dd: failed to open 'u-boot/fip/_tmp/u-boot.bin.sd.bin': No such file or directory
Cleanup...
make: *** [Makefile:5: all] Error 1
Error: Process completed with exit code 2.

hyphop · February 16, 2021, 4:16am

INSTALL_TYPE_RAW=yes only for vendor kernel 4.9 and uboot-2015.01 but i will add more tolerant behavior if this param was defined for mainline images

manuel-arguelles · February 16, 2021, 6:51am

Thanks @hyphop!

Could you please describe what’s the correct process to install an ubuntu image of mainline kernel and u-boot to the emmc?

hyphop · February 16, 2021, 7:25am

basic example for vim3

source env/setenv.sh

#VERSION: 1.0.2

#KHADAS_BOARD=VIM3
#VENDOR=Amlogic
#CHIP=A311D
#LINUX=mainline
#UBOOT=mainline
#DISTRIBUTION=Ubuntu
#DISTRIB_RELEASE=focal
#DISTRIB_TYPE=minimal
#DISTRIB_ARCH=arm64
#INSTALL_TYPE=SD-USB

COMPRESS_IMAGE=yes make

# next step write images to emmc 
# build/images/VIM3_Ubuntu-minimal-focal_Linux-5.10-rc6_arm64_SD-USB_V1.0.2-210216.img.xz

just start krescue from sd and write this image (u can put this image to sd 2nd partition or write directly to emmc by network without copying )

Electr1 · February 16, 2021, 10:07am

its so darn confusing with mainline,
luckily @hyphop is here to help

RKroells · February 20, 2021, 7:52am

Hi,

have you found a way to build a update mainline fenix image for emmc?

I have the feeling all all sdcard images flashed to emmc start Bootlooping once having done apt full-upgrade rebooted

hyphop · February 20, 2021, 2:34pm

we will check it - very very soon
but plz write us ! which image was written + other details !

RKroells · February 20, 2021, 2:48pm

I found the issue

After doing apt full-upgrade

I need to disable ubuntu watchdog… But i have no idea why or what is causing this

Only then the image won’t do a Bootloop after rebooting

numbqq · February 21, 2021, 1:47am

I checked latest build mainline image and perform full upgrade it also works, and the watchdog service is disabled by default.

khadas@Khadas:~$ systemctl status watchdog.service 
● watchdog.service - watchdog daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/watchdog.service; disabled; vendor pre>
     Active: inactive (dead)
khadas@Khadas:~$ uname -a
Linux Khadas 5.10.0-rc6 #1.0.2 SMP Fri Feb 19 18:58:07 CST 2021 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
khadas@Khadas:~$ 
khadas@Khadas:~$ cat /etc/fenix-release 
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=VIM3
VENDOR=Amlogic
VERSION=1.0.2
ARCH=arm64
INITRD_ARCH=arm64
INSTALL_TYPE=SD-USB
IMAGE_RELEASE_VERSION=V1.0.2-210220
################ GIT VERSION ################
UBOOT_GIT_VERSION=khadas-vims-v1.0.2-release
LINUX_GIT_VERSION=khadas-vims-v1.0.2-release-dirty
FENIX_GIT_VERSION=v1.0.2-6-g347ebb9-dirty
#############################################

RKroells · February 21, 2021, 1:55pm