4.19.5 kernel based Debian snapshot image release for HiKey960

Mani · August 22, 2019, 5:45am

Right. The fix is not included in the image yet I’m investigating this now, will keep you posted.

Mani · August 22, 2019, 12:32pm

@marcodip I’ve tested build #37 and it works fine. Please try it out!

http://snapshots.linaro.org/96boards/hikey/linaro/debian/latest/

marcodip · August 22, 2019, 3:39pm

@Mani It works fine, thanks!

Is there any chance to have a SD image with 5.1/5.2 Kernel? I’ve tried many times to update but it cannot work.

Mani · August 22, 2019, 4:05pm

@marcodip I haven’t tested mainline kernel recently but I remember having some issues with 5.1 (can’t remember what exact issue though). If you can share the problem I will have a look.

Thanks,
Mani

sreenad · August 22, 2019, 4:31pm

Thanks @Mani for this thread.

I am able to build and boot from kernel source.

root@linaro-developer:~# cat /proc/version 
Linux version 4.19.5-ga20633b (sreenad@OptiPlex) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu/Linaro 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9)) #4 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 22 21:25:44 IST 2019
root@linaro-developer:~#

I copied images to board using pendrive. I don’t have usb to ethernet adapter.
So I would like to use the type-C port as ethernet device. So that I can update image using scp to board.

Tried some configs (RNDIS etc etc) and it is creating Ether device on my host PC. But not on hikey960.
Long back I had tried it on raspberry pi or beaglebone.
Forgot the exact configurations required for it. If somebody knows the configs or the kind of USB_GADGET mode, pls let me know.

BTW, while working in debian, how developers are updating image on /boot?

Regards,
Sreenad.

Mani · August 22, 2019, 4:39pm

@sreenad Why can’t you use on-board WiFi?

https://github.com/96boards/documentation/blob/master/consumer/hikey/hikey620/build/linux-kernel.md#build-the-linux-kernel

sreenad · August 22, 2019, 6:16pm

@Mani
Thanks for the quick reply.

I dont have wifi AP too. Thats why i am trying to configure for usb gadget ether.

Sorry. By “updating /boot” ,I meant how images are copied to board.Just wanted check something like adb is there in debian.

I guess most of the developers might be using wifi.

Regards,
Sreenad.

marcodip · August 23, 2019, 10:04am

@Mani
I’ve tested AOSP with Kernel 5.2 and it works fine.

Now I’ve built 5.2 and trying to update Kernel on SD following the doc you posted.

If I select 4.19.5 from grub, it still works.
If I select 5.2, there are two different behaviour.

Default grub settings:

    echo        'Loading Linux 5.2.0-hikey-linaro ...'                  
    linux        /boot/vmlinuz-5.2.0-hikey-linaro root=UUID=98411cf7-02\e9-48b4-ae8d-fcff6684da06 ro                                                
    echo        'Loading initial ramdisk ...'                           
    initrd        /boot/initrd.img-5.2.0-hikey-linaro

console just blocks here:

Loading Linux 5.2.0-hikey-linaro …
Loading initial ramdisk …
Loading driver at 0x000B67C3000 EntryPoint=0x000B7AE97E4
Loading driver at 0x000B67C3000 EntryPoint=0x000B7AE97E4
EFI stub: Booting Linux Kernel…
EFI stub: EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL unavailable, no randomness supplied
EFI stub: Using DTB from configuration table
EFI stub: Exiting boot services and installing virtual address map…

Adding this row to grub:

devicetree /boot/hi3660-hikey960.dtb

The console stops at the same point but in this case the green LED starts blinking.

sreenad · August 26, 2019, 2:13pm

@marcodip, FYI. Regarding your 5.2.0 booting with debian.
For my work, today I checked, mainline kernel (Commit: a55aa89 Linux 5.3-rc6).
Its booting fine with debian.
Replaced only kernel and dtb with all modules built-in.

Observations:

I can see wifi interface in ifconfig.
USB not working. (I think I have to pull USB realted patches from 4.19.5 Mani’s repo.)

root@linaro-developer:~# cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.3.0-rc6 (sreenad@OptiPlex) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu/Linaro 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9)) #3 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 26 13:28:56 IST 2019
root@linaro-developer:~#
root@linaro-developer:~# cat /proc/device-tree/model
HiKey960root@linaro-developer:~#

Regards,
Sreenad.

Mani · August 26, 2019, 2:36pm

You are right! Or you can apply the latest patches from mailing list: https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10909961/

marcodip · August 26, 2019, 2:38pm

Hi @sreenad,

can you list the steps you follow?

Thanks!

Mani · August 26, 2019, 2:41pm

I usually do rsync to copy the files using network. If you don’t have network, then use uSD.

Mani · August 26, 2019, 2:43pm

@marcodip You should update devicetree at grub every time. But the kernel shouldn’t stop at boot. Did you built the UFS drivers into the kernel or as modules?

marcodip · August 26, 2019, 3:05pm

Hi @Mani,

I used the default HiKey960 configuration:

$ export RAMDISK=ramdisk.img
$ make -j8 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- hikey960_defconfig
$ make -j8 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
$ make -j8 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- deb-pkg

Mani · August 26, 2019, 3:53pm

@marcodip There is no hikey960_defconfig in mainline. Did you export it from Hikey kernel? In any case, you need to make UFS drivers as builtin.

CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD=y
CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD_PLATFORM=y
CONFIG_SCSI_UFS_HISI=y

sreenad · August 26, 2019, 3:56pm

Recollecting my steps for booting with 5.3-rc6 + debian.

Updated low level firmwares.

git clone https://android.googlesource.com/device/linaro/hikey
cd installer/hikey960

Board in fastboot mode, flashed UFS. (no sdcard present)
(I am flashing few firmwares after a long time. So to ensure certain firmware are updated. May be you can skip this.)

./uefi-flash-all.sh
./flash-all.sh

Flashed bootloader, boot image and rootfs image from Debian Downloads for HiKey960 - 96Boards (build 37)

Cloned mainline kernel

git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
(While I am checking, HEAD is at, a55aa89 Linux 5.3-rc6)
Compliation:

export ARCH=arm64
export CROSS_COMPILE=your toolchain
make defconfig

Replaced ‘=m’ to ‘=y’ in .config using search and replace in my editor.
(If anyone reading this know some better method for including all modules to builtin, Let me know.)

make olddefconfig
make Image.gz dtbs

Copied Image.gz and hi3660-hikey960.dtb to /boot on board.
Created a custom kernel entry in /boot/grub/grub.cfg

menuentry 'Custom kernel' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-aab08174-8c3f-45f8-9749-79e1f1ced14b' {
        load_video
        insmod gzio
        if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root  aab08174-8c3f-45f8-9749-79e1f1ced14b
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root aab08174-8c3f-45f8-9749-79e1f1ced14b
        fi
        echo    'Loading Linux 4.19.5-hikey ...'
        linux   /boot/Image.gz root=UUID=aab08174-8c3f-45f8-9749-79e1f1ced14b rw no_console_suspend 
        echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
        initrd  /boot/initrd.img-4.19.5-hikey
        devicetree /boot/hi3660-hikey960.dtb
}

Booted using the custom entry in grub.

marcodip · August 26, 2019, 4:12pm

@Mani
I am using this Linaro snapshot: https://git.linaro.org/people/john.stultz/android-dev.git/snapshot/android-dev-dev/hikey960-5.2.tar.gz

All modules have y.

$ grep SCSI_UFS .config
CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD_PCI is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD_PLATFORM=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_UFS_CDNS_PLATFORM is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_UFS_DWC_TC_PLATFORM is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_UFS_HISI=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_UFS_BSG is not set

Mani · August 27, 2019, 6:31am

@marcodip, you are using the AOSP kernel (don’t know why). If you don’t have any requirements to use AOSP kernel, I’d recommend you to use mainline kernel directly as per @sreenad’s reply.

sreenad · August 27, 2019, 11:08am

Hi @Mani,

Mani:
I usually do rsync to copy the files using network. If you don’t have network, then use uSD.

As it is difficult to always plug and unplug devices for copying files to board, I though of setting up a network via USB.
I could setup usb gadget ethernet on type-c.
Now I am using it to scp kernel image.

Capturing diffconfig:

$ scripts/diffconfig .config config_with_g_ether_working

-USB_CONFIGFS_ACM n
-USB_CONFIGFS_ECM n
-USB_CONFIGFS_ECM_SUBSET n
-USB_CONFIGFS_EEM n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_FS n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_HID n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_LB_SS n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_MIDI n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_PRINTER n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_UAC1 n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_UAC1_LEGACY n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_UAC2 n
-USB_CONFIGFS_F_UVC n
-USB_CONFIGFS_MASS_STORAGE n
-USB_CONFIGFS_NCM n
-USB_CONFIGFS_OBEX n
-USB_CONFIGFS_RNDIS n
-USB_CONFIGFS_SERIAL n
-USB_F_ACM m
-USB_F_MASS_STORAGE m
-USB_F_OBEX m
-USB_F_RNDIS m
-USB_F_SERIAL m
-USB_F_SS_LB m
-USB_G_WEBCAM n
-USB_U_SERIAL m
-USB_ZERO_HNPTEST n
-U_SERIAL_CONSOLE n
 USB_CONFIGFS m -> n
 USB_ETH m -> y
 USB_ETH_RNDIS y -> n
 USB_F_ECM m -> y
 USB_F_SUBSET m -> y
 USB_G_SERIAL m -> n
 USB_LIBCOMPOSITE m -> y
 USB_MASS_STORAGE m -> n
 USB_U_ETHER m -> y
 USB_ZERO m -> n

Regards,
Sreenad.

sreenad · August 28, 2019, 2:51pm

Hi @Mani,

Today I had to check hikey960 with 4.9 kernel + debian.
I took kernel source from:

Repo: git://github.com/96boards-hikey/linux.git
Branch: remotes/origin/hikey960-v4.9
Configuration: hikey960_defconfig

For mounting root device, I had to enable CONFIG_DEVTMPFS.

Am I using the right repo for 4.9 kernel which can work with debian in hikey960?

Regards,
Sreenad.