Re: Summary of Fedora on Odroid XU4

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On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 5:27 AM, Stewart Samuels <searider74@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andreas & Dennis,
>
> I have filed an upstream bug report regarding the USB3 and Ethernet
> situation described below.  You can get to the bug report using the
> following link:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487006

To note a bug in RHBZ is a Fedora bug not an upstream bug.

That being said I was browsing through the actual upstream arm-kernel
mailing list and it looks like others are seeing this problem and have
actually sent patches [1]. Once there's been some review and when I
get time I'll try to pull it int a Fedora kernel.

[1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg606525.html

> On 08/30/2017 08:06 PM, Stewart Samuels wrote:
>
> Hello Andreas,
>
> I can now confirm that the onboard Ethernet for the Odroid-XU4 indeed does
> NOT work in F26.  Looking at the Odroid hardware model, it looks to me like
> the onboard gigabit Ethernet port is tied to the USB3 controller.  If so, it
> makes sense that because USB3 is failing, the gigabit Ethernet may also
> fail.  I will file an upstream bug report regarding both the USB3 and
> onboard Ethernet situation.
>
>     Regards,
>     Stewart
>
> On 08/30/2017 07:59 AM, Stewart Samuels wrote:
>
> Hello Andreas,
>
> Close.  As I am not using the onboard ethernet, I did not test that so I
> cannot validate yet whether or not it works.  However, I can validate that
> the USB3 ports do not work.  If I get a chance today sometime, perhaps I
> will check the onboard ethernet.   As a result, see my adjustment to line
> item 2. embedded below.
>
>     Regards,
>     Stewart
>
> On 08/30/2017 01:16 AM, arm_ml@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Summary of Fedora on Odroid XU4
>
> 1. with Kernel 4.6.5-300.fc24 system boots without failure, but update to
> newer kernel fails due dracut didn't build suitable intramfs
>    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482825
> 2. newer kernel works only with "cpuidle.off=1" inserted into the "append"
> kernel line in the /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file, but all USB3 Hosts
> failed, no onboard ethernet
>
>     2. Fedora 26 released kernels work but the system fails to boot unless
> "cpuidle.off=1" is inserted into the "append" kernel line in the
> /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file.  Additionally, the onboard USB3 ports
> fail.
>
>         2. Fedora 26 released kernels work but the system fails to boot
> unless "cpuidle.off=1" is inserted into the "append" kernel line in the
> /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file.  Additionally, the onboard USB3 ports
> fail as does the onboard Ethernet port.
>
>
> 3. To boot the system from the eMMC card:
>    A. The initramfs image file must be rebuilt.  The simplest way is to:
>        a. Boot up using the MicroSD card;
>        b. Partition the eMMC card such that partition 1 begins on sector
> 3072
>           (Default starting sector from fdisk is 2048).  There should be 4
> partitions created;
>        c. Mount the Fedora image desired to be installed on the eMMC card;
>        d. Copy all partition data from the mounted fedora image partitions
> (there are 4 for Fedora 26 ARM images) to the appropriate eMMC partitions;
>        e. Update the UUID values on what will be the
> /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file and /etc/fstab files of the eMMC card;
>        f. Assuming the eMMC partitions are mounted as such --
>              mount /dev/mmcblk1p4 /mnt
>              mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /mnt/boot
>           then perform the following mounts --
>              mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
>              mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
>              mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
>    B.  Rebuild the eMMC card's initramfs by executing the following command:
>        chroot /mnt dracut --add-drivers='pwrseq_emmc mmc_block'
> /boot/initramfs-4.11.8-300.fc26.armv7hl.img 4.11.8-300.fc26.armv7hl
>    C.  Flash the boot information in the header of the eMMC card;
>    C.  Shutdown the system, then remove the MicroSD card;
>    D.  Boot up using the eMMC card.
>
> 4.  If the system is to be updated using "dnf update", a new initramfs image
> must again be generated.  This can be done using steps 1f - B. above using
> the new initramfs and kernel images provided by the "dnf update".
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Note to the developers/maintainers of dracut:
> The kernel modules "pwrseq_emmc" and "mmc_block" should be included in
> dracut for the Odroid-XU3 and Odroid-XU4 such that the user need not have to
> execute this procedure each time and update to the system is performed.
>
>
>
> Is this correct and complete ?
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
>
>
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