Re: F22 works great on PcDuino3 Nano

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initial-setup was broken in the move to python3, it was fixed for F-23
Alpha so let me know if it's still causing issues.

good news on the rest

Peter

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Troy Dawson <tdawson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just noticed this has been sitting my drafts file for a while
>
> Everything is working now on PcDuino3_Nano, except for initial setup
> scripts.  I'm not sure why.  After I get things booted up (by removing the
> startup links for the initial setup stuff) I am able to run them by hand.
>
> Image used: Fedora-LXDE-armhfp-23-20150815-sda.raw.xz
> Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc5.git0.2.fc23
>
> Boots into a graphical LXDE desktop, correct resolution, network works.  I
> currently haven't found anything that doesn't work but I have not done
> extensive testing.
>
> I'll try a newer image to see if the initial setup scripts are working  ...
> but it might be a week before I get the time.
>
> Troy Dawson
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Troy Dawson <tdawson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:54 PM, Troy Dawson <tdawson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi,
>>> >> > I just wanted to report that F22 works very well on the PcDuino3
>>> >> > Nano.
>>> >> > In
>>> >> > fact, I installed the LXDE image, and this is the first time I've
>>> >> > seen
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > graphical startup screen.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for the report, it's nice to hear success stories :)
>>> >>
>>> >> > There are a few things to note.
>>> >> > 1 - The graphics were at the lowest res and couldn't get any higher.
>>> >> > (Was
>>> >> > expecting this)
>>> >>
>>> >> Sadly we have no idea when this situation might improve due to the
>>> >> MALI chipset still currently being closed.
>>> >>
>>> >> > 2 - I haven't tested the SATA yet (need to get the cables)
>>> >> > 3 - I am using the pcduino uboot and kernel
>>> >>
>>> >> Looking at 4.2 and u-boot 2015.07 we have both u-boot support
>>> >> (Linksprite_pcDuino3_Nano) and DT (sun7i-a20-pcduino3-nano.dtb) for
>>> >> it. Not sure how much is there but it should be on a par with the rest
>>> >> of the A20 support.
>>> >>
>>> >> > So, not 100%, but I'm not expecting that until it's patch hits the
>>> >> > mainstream kernel. (Hoping 4.3)
>>> >>
>>> >> There's at least some in 4.2 I'd be interested in hearing how you get
>>> >> on with a vanilla F-23 image if you're feeling brave.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for the feedback.
>>> >>
>>> >> Peter
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > That is great.  I'm very excited to see it in both uboot and the
>>> > kernel.
>>> > Results thus far:
>>> > image: Fedora-LXDE-armhfp-23-20150724-sda.raw.xz
>>> > Installed image the xzcat | dd way
>>> > Installed uboot  by cd
>>> > <mountpoint>/usr/share/uboot/Linksprite_pcDuino3_Nano/
>>> >   dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sdc bs=1024 seek=8
>>> > (There was also u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb and u-boot.img in there, but
>>> > u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin was what I was using before so I stuck with
>>> > it)
>>> > Stuck sd card into pcDuino and powered it on.
>>> > Booted into U-Boot 2015.07
>>> >  - Both hdmi, and usb keyboard worked in uboot land
>>> >
>>> > Got the following
>>> > Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-23-20150724 Boot Options.
>>> > 1:  Fedora-Minimal-armfp-23-20150724 (4.2.0-0.rc3.git3.1.fc23.armv7hl)
>>> > Enter choice: 1
>>> > 1:  Fedora-Minimal-armfp-23-20150724 (4.2.0-0.rc3.git3.1.fc23.armv7hl)
>>> > Retrieving file: /initramfs-4.2.0-0.rc3.git3.1.fc23.armv7hl.img
>>> >
>>> > and off it went.
>>> > It was originally failling to read the initrd at this point (which is
>>> > why I
>>> > had this typed out), but I installed the image on a different sd card
>>> > and
>>> > things worked.
>>> >
>>> > It did originally dis not not startup the graphics. In the end this was
>>> > because the initial-setup was crashing.
>>> > After I got initital-setup turned off and did some tests in mult-user,
>>> > I
>>> > switched back to graphical, and it booted right up into LXDE.
>>> > Plus, it booted into the proper resolution (1920x1200).
>>> >
>>> > You might not be able to tell but "I AM EXCITED!! THANK YOU!!" :)
>>>
>>> Awesome to hear :)
>>>
>>> > So, what's broken.
>>> > 1 -networking
>>>
>>> Known issue, I thought I had fixed this, but clearly not, will look
>>> again next week when I'm back near devices :-/
>>>
>>> > 2 - initial-setup  "ImportError: No module named pyanaconda.users
>>>
>>> Known issue, this is already a blocker bug for Alpha (rhbz 1244558)
>>>
>>> > I might be missing something with the networking, but all the poking I
>>> > do is
>>> > acting like there isn't anything there.
>>>
>>> If you do a "dmesg | grep stmmac" you should see the errors, it might
>>> actually be fixed with rc4 but I'm not so sure now.
>>>
>>
>> Sure enough, there are the errors.
>> [   10.346886] stmmac_platform: module license 'unspecified' taints
>> kernel.
>> [   10.384361] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol devm_kmalloc (err 0)
>> [   10.402972] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol stmmac_suspend (err 0)
>> [   10.457932] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol platform_get_irq_byname
>> (err 0)
>> [   10.500390] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol stmmac_dvr_remove (err 0)
>> [   10.518494] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol platform_get_resource (err
>> 0)
>> [   10.556284] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol of_get_phy_mode (err 0)
>> [   10.574109] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol of_property_read_u32_array
>> (err 0)
>> [   10.620479] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol of_alias_get_id (err 0)
>> [   10.620504] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol stmmac_resume (err 0)
>> [   10.620522] stmmac_platform: Unknown symbol stmmac_dvr_probe (err 0)
>>
>>  It's possible rc4 has the fix, this is rc3
>> 4.2.0-0.rc3.git3.1.fc23.armv7hl
>>
>>
>>> > How would I determine if somehow the network driver / hardware isn't
>>> > being
>>> > loaded versus some userside configuration issue?
>>>
>>> I'm 95% sure it's kernel and that we're seeing it on all Allwinner
>>> devices, I'll get it fixed next week one way or the other. USB network
>>> should work if you want to keep F-23 and have networking, else watch
>>> this space next week.
>>>
>>
>> I look forward to testing it on next weeks image, or whenever rc4 hit's
>> the images.
>>
>> Troy
>>
>>>
>>> P
>>>
>>> > Troy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> > Thank you to everyone who helped F22 work so well.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Troy Dawson
>>> >> > p.s. I'm planning on trying out the rawhide uboot, I'm very excited
>>> >> > about
>>> >> > the 2015.07 uboot. Hopefully will have some time this weekend.
>>> >> > p.p.s. Until the pcduino3 patch makes it in the kernel, here is how
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > install fedora on one
>>> >> > http://www.yortnoswad.org/blog/2014/10/29/fedora-on-pcduino3-nano/
>>> >> >
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