Hi Piotr,
Well, I'm officially ashamed :) Of course, culprit was something stupid
that I took for granted from the start - I've accidentally took
sys_config.fex for SD-Card... So basically, these binary utilities for
download/burn (all those fel/fes fex files) actually first read script.bin
(or sys_config.fex in binary format) - [target] section has the following
item:
storage_type = 0
This was set to '1' in my sys_config (0=NAND, 1=SD)... Now my image works
as it should in LiveSuit :) I've just flashed it by using LiveSuit in
Linux. But...
Since the first boot failed, I also remembered how badly I want to remove
'boot' partition with ANDROID! magic (actually a RAW bImage of Android
kernel, no fs whatsoever). This one has to go since I do not want to
download that partition. It is also a bit dangerous, since if something
fails with the bootloader FAT partition, I've seen several times that it
boots this ancient kernel (I've just copied /dev/nandb from Olimex like a
year ago and been using it in this format ever since - maybe not the best
idea I've had ;) ).
In fact I only want to have bootloader and rootfs, maybe one more user
partition. If anyone's interested in removing 'boot' - just comment out the
check in SPL (it's in boot.axf 'app'):
boot/boot1/apps/Boot_Android/BootOS/BootOS.c:
- if (memcmp(fb_hdr->magic, FASTBOOT_BOOT_MAGIC, 8)) {
- __inf("boot1: bad boot image magic, maybe not a boot.img?\n");
- return -1;
- }
That's it. Say byebye to the 'boot' magic.
I still have to prep some stuff before I leave, but I'll try to update the
wiki page or at least give you pointers on how to do it afterwards. This
whole thing along with 'boot' partition removal should go there, since I've
heard tons of complaints about this, no one using Linux really wants it
there.
So, let's continue afterwards - I'll let you know of my progress.
Cheers!
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Ivan Kozic <jimmy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Piotr,
>
> Thanks, I'll try it out straight away.
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Piotr Król <pietrush...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 04:26:09AM -0700, Ivan Kozic wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Quick progress update:
>> >
>> > LiveSuit:
>> > I have fixed the error regarding Linux LiveSuit, there were some fex
>> tool files
>> > missing in the image, now it behaves the same like PhoenixSuit in
>> Windows
>> > (trying to update SD-Card instead of NAND), but at least images are not
>> invalid
>> > anymore.
>> >
>> > Second issue stays for now - the way I see it, most of
>> download/flashing stuff
>> > is actually in these card folders where fex tools are. So far I have
>> tried
>> > several different versions of these tools:
>> > - original SDK versions (both from /boot/pack/chips/sun7i/eFex and
>> /tools/pack/
>> > chips/sun7i/eFex; yes, they are different (?!?)) - these are Fes
>> version 097.5,
>> > - extracted from Olimex Android image for Olinuxino Micro A20 - these
>> are Fes
>> > version 098,
>> > - "new" SDK A20 versions (not really sure if really new, but newer than
>> > original) - these are again the same 097.5.
>> >
>> > I have also tried cardscript and cardtool from both versions and all of
>> these
>> > attempts were unsuccessful - LiveSuit/PhoenixSuit is always trying to
>> update SD
>> > Card instead of NAND... ("Hello SDCARD register" instead of "Hello NAND
>> > register" in FES UART output). Getting a bit frustrating honestly...
>> >
>> > I'd like to try out images that do work (extract and use their tools),
>> so:
>> > @Piotr:
>> > Can you give me a link to a known working cubie image that you were
>> using
>> > (original one)? The one which worked for NAND out of the box. Also,
>> please tell
>> > me how exactly did you extract it (image_repacker?). Thanks!
>>
>> Hi Ivan,
>> image that works for me is:
>>
>> http://dl.cubieboard.org/software/a20-cubietruck/debian/debieez/ct-debian-nand.img.gz
>>
>> To change it I used:
>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28329544&postcount=1
>>
>> Simply:
>> ./imgrepacker ct-debian-nand.img
>> to extract and:
>> ./imgrepacker ct-debian-nand.img.dump
>> to pack.
>>
>> This image contain a lot of fex files. I mainly changed
>> bootloader.fex.iso and rootfs.fex.iso.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
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