I think those messages show the problem is in u-boot.  Sadly the RPI
folks don't use u-boot, so we can't look at their u-boot.

The only thing we can look at is their kernel.  They install patches
for the 2712 chip, which seems to handle all the I/O and booting.  I
think u-boot basically borrows driver code from the kernel.  I am
trying to figure out how to grab the kernel patches and apply them to
u-boot.  That may not be at all the right path to take but I am
hopefully learning a lot about u-boot, the kernel, git, patching and
the 2712 chip.

There are other distributions that run on RPIs that also use u-boot.  I
wonder if any of them are having any luck.  It is amazing all this
stuff gets done with volunteers.

I will let you know if I learn anything useful.

Bill

On Thu, 2023-12-14 at 20:20 +0000, Manu Maier wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> is there any news about this yet?
> 
> I tried to build an image with Matthias' u-boot package 
> (https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:mbrugger:branches:RPi5)
> and the current firmeware fiels.
> 
> https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:mmanu84:RPi5
> 
> So far I've only received the following output:
> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/4dc02ddc6ade
> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/b6904bec63b4
> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/33ae57f1dff7
> 
> I still didn't get any output from the serial console.
> 
> Greeting
> Manu
> 
> 
> Am 23.11.2023 um 16:43 schrieb Guillaume Gardet:
> > Hi Bill,
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bill Merriam <li...@billmerriam.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2023 4:33 PM
> > > To: arm@lists.opensuse.org
> > > Subject: Raspberry Pi 5 and opensuse
> > > 
> > > What do I need to do to install opensuse on a Raspberry Pi 5?  Is
> > > there already in
> > > image in the build system?
> > 
> > The needed (firmware) updates are on the way to Factory but not yet
> > released.
> > I will ping you once there is an image to test! Hopefully in few
> > days.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Guillaume
> > 
> > > 
> > > Bill

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