Dunfell #126

htot · 2021-03-15T21:23:54Z

This is the update to Yocto Dunfell. Documentation for now is here: https://htot.github.io/meta-intel-edison/

This time we have mostly fixes (btrfsFlashOta) and cleanups (removed clloader, sketch-check, mcu-fw).
Of course updates to U-Boot and Linux + added a preempt-rt kernel. Oobe is finally working again (point browser to http://edison/). Blink-led is now a kernel module.

And Debian image is now a btrfs snapshot, so you can dual boot Debian/Yocto.

Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

2021-01-rc2 requires swig to build and CONFIG_FS_BTRFS=y requires CONFIG_SHA256=y to be set Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Add a line in poky-edison.conf to make it easy to switch Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

We switch to Yocto version dependent branches to prevent backwards incompatibilities Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Dunfell splits out libgpiod tools to a seperate package. And we depend on the tools. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Since dunfell some kernel packages are missed. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

With dunfell th provider for u-boot-fw-utils has changed to libubootenv, but we still want to use ours for now. Also: - we have to disable mraa nodejs bindings as they are again broken, - DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC is no longer supported, - building nodejs with -j 16 consumes more then 16GB ram and slows the build done. This is an attempt to restrict memory use for nodejs only. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

The btrfs image allows to install a second kernel. This patch allows to tell U-Boot booting the alternate kernel was succesful. Setting `fw_setenv switch 1` from linux will cause U-Boot to add 'New' to the kernel and initrd name and set 'boot_count' to 1. If the subsequent boot succeeds 'boot_count' will be set to 0 in linux by the bootsuccess service. This allows future boots to continue with the New kernel. However if boot fails 'boot_count' remains 1. And on next reboot U-Boot the kernel will be reset to the default one again. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

On boot we need to have the led pin initialized without running the blink-led script. Split out initializing into seperate service and combine installing blinkled and flash-led into one package. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

This service is needed by the arduino toolkit which is currently not functional. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Currently loading mcu firmware is not supported by the kernel. Remove the service from the image. For now keep the recipies till better times. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

This cleanup depends on the overhaul of oobe code. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

To prevent upstream oobe repo making incompatible changes to oobe instead of checking out HEAD (${AUTOREV}) checkout the known working version. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

andy-shev

I briefly looked into this and hadn't caught anything bad. Though couple of comments:

perhaps you would need the revert patch for DWC3 ULPI (you were Cc'ed in the corresponding report)
maybe we need to switch to LTS kernels and keep branches like devel (latest Yocto + Latest kernel) and per Yocto release with the corresponding LTS kernel.

htot · 2021-03-16T12:31:58Z

Hi @andy-shev

You mean "The fix e5f4ca3fce90 broke Intel Edison host mode" on linux-usb ML. Was there any follow up on that? I didn't consider that that might affect us. I will investigate.
That sounds like a very good idea. Do you think we should go back to 5.10? If you ask me 5.11.0 is working better then 5.10.0. But maybe 5.10.23 is even better.

andy-shev · 2021-03-16T13:03:32Z

You mean "The fix e5f4ca3fce90 broke Intel Edison host mode" on linux-usb ML. Was there any follow up on that? I didn't consider that that might affect us. I will investigate.

Yes. It affects all OTG (automatically switched) boards. I have three different here :-)

That sounds like a very good idea. Do you think we should go back to 5.10? If you ask me 5.11.0 is working better then 5.10.0. But maybe 5.10.23 is even better.

For the release, I prefer to see v5.10.24+, yes. Leave newest kernel for devel/experimental branch.

htot · 2021-03-16T14:18:10Z

Yes. It affects all OTG (automatically switched) boards. I have three different here :-)

Ok, may be you can point me to the issue so I can reproduce by separate mail?

For the release, I prefer to see v5.10.24+, yes. Leave newest kernel for devel/experimental branch.

But of course our images are a combination of kernel, U-boot and Yocto with each their own support policy. For instance Yocto Zeus is already no longer actively maintained. Yocto planned 2 year LTS for Dunfell but I didn't see this followed up, so might also EOL in April 2021.

So IMHO whatever we do an image will be frozen to a certain kernel release. But it does make sense to select a LTS kernel that has more or less calmed down.

andy-shev · 2021-03-16T16:14:46Z

Yes. It affects all OTG (automatically switched) boards. I have three different here :-)

Ok, may be you can point me to the issue so I can reproduce by separate mail?

I dunno if you can reproduce on Arduino, but basically with that patch the host mode doesn't see the connected devices.

Boot Edison in gadget mode
Connect USB Mass Storage device (for example)
No automatic recognition by a block layer -> no device node -> no nothing

For the release, I prefer to see v5.10.24+, yes. Leave newest kernel for devel/experimental branch.

But of course our images are a combination of kernel, U-boot and Yocto with each their own support policy. For instance Yocto Zeus is already no longer actively maintained. Yocto planned 2 year LTS for Dunfell but I didn't see this followed up, so might also EOL in April 2021.

So IMHO whatever we do an image will be frozen to a certain kernel release. But it does make sense to select a LTS kernel that has more or less calmed down.

You mean that Yocto itself chooses non-LTS kernel releases? Then we at least may do better. U-Boot OTOH doesn't make any difference (they simple don't have LTS, effectivelly means whatever release of U-Boot on the release date of our stuff will be the best one, just don't update it in named branches).

htot · 2021-03-17T08:29:37Z

You mean that Yocto itself chooses non-LTS kernel releases? Then we at least may do better. U-Boot OTOH doesn't make any difference (they simple don't have LTS, effectivelly means whatever release of U-Boot on the release date of our stuff will be the best one, just don't update it in named branches).

Yocto Project provides for Dunfell linux 5.4.98. Gatesgarth adds 5.8.18. Indeed I think it is good do a more recent kernel in our layer.

But I meant Dunfell has a certain set of libs, systemd and other tools that after a time receive no more updates and are downloaded from certain sources. After a while it will not even build any more due to sources disappearing and people need to move to a newer Yocto release. That's why meta-intel-edison is constantly updated. And free of charge results to newer kernel :-)

The real value of a LTS kernel for us is that it has received lots of testing.

Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

This reverts commit fc6803f. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

htot · 2021-04-11T19:43:03Z

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htot and others added 29 commits March 15, 2021 22:08

setup.sh: switch to dunfell

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setup.sh: remove darwin support

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utils: clean up unused patches

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python2: remove dependancies

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perf: drop recipe as already provided by zeus

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u-boot: update to 2021-01

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2021-01-rc2 requires swig to build and CONFIG_FS_BTRFS=y requires CONFIG_SHA256=y to be set Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

linux: update to 5.10.0

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linux-yocto: add 5.10.1-rt20 PREEMPT_RT kernel

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Add a line in poky-edison.conf to make it easy to switch Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

meta-acpi: switch to dunfell

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We switch to Yocto version dependent branches to prevent backwards incompatibilities Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

edison-image-minimal: add dependence on libgpiod-tools

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Dunfell splits out libgpiod tools to a seperate package. And we depend on the tools. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

debian: switch to btrfs snapshot

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btrfsFlashOta.sh: purge packages

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btrfsFlashOta.sh: install all kernel packages

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Since dunfell some kernel packages are missed. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

btrfsFlashOta.sh: fix alt destination

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btrfsSnapshot.sh: fix deploy dir

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btrfsSnapshot.sh: fix fstab

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simple-agent: fixup deprecated libs and beautify

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blink-led: remove user space flashing in favor of kernel ledtrig

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flash-led: service that shows a quick flash pattern based on blink-led

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pwr-button-handler: depend on flash-led

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blink-led: init the led pin on boot

272b5b1

On boot we need to have the led pin initialized without running the blink-led script. Split out initializing into seperate service and combine installing blinkled and flash-led into one package. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

clloader: don't enable service by default

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This service is needed by the arduino toolkit which is currently not functional. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

sketch-check: don't enable service by default

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This service is needed by the arduino toolkit which is currently not functional. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

mcu-fw: remove from edison-image

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Currently loading mcu firmware is not supported by the kernel. Remove the service from the image. For now keep the recipies till better times. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

oobe: clean up on rewrite

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This cleanup depends on the overhaul of oobe code. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

oobe: python3 provider is in core

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Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

oobe: checkout fixed version

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To prevent upstream oobe repo making incompatible changes to oobe instead of checking out HEAD (${AUTOREV}) checkout the known working version. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

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linux: update to 5.11.0

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linux-yocto: add 5.11.4-rt11 PREEMPT_RT kernel

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docs: prepare for Dunfell release

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docs: README.md for Dunfell release

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linux-yocto: make 5.10.27 LTS the default kernel

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oobe: fixes to cli

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btrfsFlashOta.sh: better handle failure

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Revert "image: switch 32 bits"

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This reverts commit fc6803f. Signed-off-by: Ferry Toth <ftoth@exalondelft.nl>

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