rock64 SD silent boot fail with pre-release 0.10.x openmediavault

[clach04]

Rock64 1Gb board.

Pre-release from gitlab build fails to boot:

• ❌ https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/releases/tag/0.10.12
• ❌ https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/releases/tag/0.10.10 (buster-openmediavault-rockpro64-0.10.10-1181-arm64.img.xz)

No boot message, black screen.

Works:

• ✅ https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/releases/tag/0.9.14 works fine (both arm64 and armhf)

Not sure how to debug/trace this. The failing 0.10.x series have 3 partitions, the working 0.9.x images have 2 partitions. There is an extra (appears to be empty) boot-efi partition.

I think this is different to issue #361

[ReimuHakurei]

I think this might be the same problem as the issue I just created, #428

[clach04]

Based on @ReimuHakurei insight I took the bootloader he suggested https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-u-boot/releases/tag/2017.09-rockchip-ayufan-1065-g95f6152134 and applied to an SD card that had OMV from https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/releases/tag/0.10.12 (specifically https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/releases/download/0.10.12/buster-openmediavault-rock64-0.10.12-1184-arm64.img.xz)

Boots fine and from a quick experiment with:

• usb keyboard/hdmi monitor
• network over ethernet
  • the OMV UI
  • ssh login

0.10.12 Buster appears to work. I've not tried this in anything like production and not attempted any performance tests on CPU, network, USB3, read/write disk performance, thermal monitoring under load.

[clach04]

I think this might be the same problem as the issue I just created, #428

Agreed! 👍

[clach04]

I was reading about the new https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-20-08-caple/ release and a couple of things caught my eye:

• includes fix for Armbian bug https://armbian.atlassian.net/browse/AR-282 - which sounds super similar
• there is support for Rockchip RK3328 chipset and multiple rock devices, including Rock64 https://www.armbian.com/rock64/

ayufan has been quiet for the last few months, I hope he is OK.

I'm going to try and make time for an Armbian test this week.