BananaPi BPI-M64(A64) New Image Android 8.1 & Ubuntu Release 2018-08-17

Jackzeng · August 17, 2018, 7:40am

BananaPi BPI-M64(A64) New Image Android 8.1 Demo & Ubuntu V1.0 Release 2018-08-17

Android 8.1

Banana Pi BPI-M64 run android 8.1

Ubuntu Server 16.04

1.About this release

This release is for banana pi M64 board which is based on Allwinner A64, We have two images release，Android 8.1 is based on kernel 4.9 and Ubuntu 16.04 is based on kernel 3.10.

2.BPI-M64 Android 8.1 Features Map

http://wiki.banana-pi.org/M64_Image_Map#Android_8.1
Image Links：
HDMI-LCD-Version
- Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=11XjvTAbPw57R6H5kL27GVXry4xu18dVs
- Baidu Drive : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1PQgJCUo6cY3wWxJ7rZrk-A

3.BPI-M64 Ubuntu 16.04 Features Map

http://wiki.banana-pi.org/M64_Image_Map#Ubuntu_Server_Lite_16.04
Image Links：
- Google Drive : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1K-B4u8jGcv17s3I9v-Pr0xv5u5txvfok
- Baidu Drive : https://pan.baidu.com/s/1HcrR8NsL9_1RwbZNa7uwmg

4.FAQ：

For more operation details please see Wiki: http://wiki.banana-pi.org/Getting_Started_with_M64
Could not see SSID when create AP mode：

when you use hostapd to create AP signal, but could not to see SSID, please use following ways to solve it:

A. rmmod bcmdhd

B. Check ap6212 firmware:

C. modprobe driver when startup:

D.create hostapd.conf(Demo)
```
interface=wlan0
ssid=test_m64
driver=nl80211
country_code=US
hw_mode=b
channel=1
max_num_sta=5
wpa=2       
auth_algs=1 
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_passphrase=password
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
```
E. Reboot your device

Kiran_Patil · August 17, 2018, 9:20am

Hello @Jackzeng,

Why there is no new kernel 4.x supported for Ubuntu release ?

Thanks, Kiran.

Jackzeng · August 17, 2018, 9:25am

Hello, thanks for your advice, kernel 4.x still being developed，next week I probably release a demo image with kernel 4.x to you.

Kiran_Patil · August 17, 2018, 10:51am

Hi @Jackzeng,

I did below configuration to my current setup and now able to discover the SSID of HOTSPOT.

load_modules()
{
  case ${BOARD} in
  bpi-m3)
    modprobe bcmdhd
    ;;
  bpi-m64)
    modprobe bcmdhd op_mode=2 firmware_path=/lib/firmware/ap6212/fw_bcm43438a1.bin
    #modprobe bcmdhd
    ;;

And I want to connect back to other network it doesn’t allow as below.

pi@bpi-iot-ros-ai:~$ nmcli con down id "newnet"
Connection 'newnet' successfully deactivated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/13)

pi@bpi-iot-ros-ai:~$ nmcli con up id "FAB_PF"
Error: Connection activation failed.

pi@bpi-iot-ros-ai:~$ nmcli -t -f active,ssid dev wifi | egrep '^yes' | cut -d\: -f2

pi@bpi-iot-ros-ai:~$ nmcli con up id "Fabritronix"
Error: Connection activation failed.

Dmesg command output:

[  271.124746] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  271.124772] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  272.111108] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  272.111133] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  273.097429] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  273.097457] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  274.083784] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  274.083810] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  275.070108] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  275.070134] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  276.056514] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  276.056540] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  277.042024] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  277.042051] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  278.028361] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  278.028386] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  279.014698] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  279.014724] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)
[  280.001038] CFG80211-ERROR) __wl_cfg80211_scan : Invalid Scan Command at SoftAP mode
[  280.001065] CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_scan : scan error (-22)

How to configure such that I can switch back and forth between HOTSPOT to other network ?

Thanks, Kiran.

Kiran_Patil · August 17, 2018, 1:15pm

I will check with new image tomorrow or next week Monday and will report.

Our requirement is we should be able to switch between HOTSPOT and other network as it happens in our Ubuntu desktop (16.04).

Thanks, Kiran.

gerencia.tecnologia · August 18, 2018, 12:08am

Hi.

Could you provide the Google Drive Link. I don´t have a Baidu account and it’s very difficult to create one since I don´t have a chinese mobl number.

Kind regards.

Jackzeng · August 20, 2018, 11:07am

hello, use hostapd, could work

Jackzeng · August 20, 2018, 11:08am

hello, I have update, please check the google link.

feelrush · August 26, 2018, 5:08pm

Hi, I’m also interested in the 4.x kernel for Ubuntu. When will it be ready?