+ A few rockchip people and linux-rockchip Hi Rick, On 25 November 2016 at 11:20, Rick Bronson <rick at efn.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've got unsupported RK3288 hardware running the latest git u-boot to > SPL as explained in > http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=blob;f=doc/README.rockchip. My goal > is to run the mainline (ie. not Android) Linux kernel on this hardware > and wondered: > > - Do I need to get the latest git u-boot to run before I can run the > mainline kernel? Or can I use > github.com/linux-rockchip/u-boot-rockchip.git, which I have running > u-boot fully. It's up to you - obviously mainline is where the development should be, but there is no requirement that I know of. Does mainline run on your board? > > - The device tree seems to be in two places, once via: > > resource_tool --image=resource2.img --pack linux/logo.bmp ${DTS}.dtb > > that gets put into the resource file and then again at the end of the > kernel via CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB. Do I need both? When I do both > I get things like: > > .... > Unknow param: MACHINE_MODEL:rk30sdk! > Unknow param: MACHINE_ID:007! I don't know much about that. Hopefully someone on the linux-rockchip list knows. But for mainline U-Boot I'm not sure why you would need this? > .... > > Thanks much for any help. > > Rick Bronson > > Regards, Simon
