BPI-M2 Ultra/BPI-M2 Berry new image: 2017-08-25-raspbian-stretch-preview-bpi-m2u-sd-emmc

Banana Pi BPI-M2 Ultra / BPI-M2 Berry Image
1

2017-08-25-raspbian-stretch-preview-bpi-m2u-sd-emmc.img.zip

  1. based on RASPBIAN STRETCH 9.1 2017-08-16 (support rpi3 rpi2 rpi1)
  2. support BPI-M2 Ultra & BPI-M2 Berry kernel 3.10.107
  3. username & password: pi/bananapi , root/bananapi
  4. support LCD 7"
  5. support LCD 5"
  6. support HDMI 1080P & 480P & 720P (default)
  7. support GMAC
  8. support WIFI
  9. support BT (with bluetoothctl can setup)
  10. support SATA
  11. support UART (default set 2 pin mode for /dev/ttyS2)
  12. support I2C
  13. support SPI
  14. support eMMC (support boot from eMMC)
  15. support Battery (BPI-M2 Ultra only)
  16. support IR (getevent can test, BPI-M2 Ultra only)
  17. support touch screen (can control desktop or getevent to test)
  18. support power key (getevent can test)
  19. support OTG (BPI-M2 Ultra only)
  20. support CAMERA ov5640 (guvcview / cap / ffmpeg-3.2.1 support video H.264 hw encode)
  21. support uEnv.txt to fatload uImage
  22. support bpi-bootsel to set LCD7" / LCD5" / HDMI (720P & 1080P & 480P)
  23. support bpi-copy to write SD/eMMC with img.zip file
  24. support video play 1080p with vdpau (vlc)
  25. support chromium 60.0.3112.89
  26. support scratch 1.4
  27. support scratch 2
  28. support wiringpi 2.44 (https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-WiringPi2, thanks to http://wiringpi.com/ & https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi)
  29. support rpi.gpio 0.6.3 for python (https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/RPi.GPIO, thanks to https://sourceforge.net/projects/raspberry-gpio-python/)
  30. thanks for raspberry.org’s work (https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian)
  31. Thanks for linux-sunxi community (http://linux-sunxi.org/)
  32. Special thanks for Daniel Andersen with BPI-M2U-bsp (https://github.com/dan-and)
  33. Special thanks for Alex support with camera functions (https://github.com/avafinger)
  34. ref. https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M2U-bsp
  35. ref. https://bananapi.gitbooks.io/bpi-m2-ultra-open-source-single-board-computer/content/

Google Drive:

baidu cloud: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1hsoZKEC

MD5: ea86f99c9e0a946dddfa3f4a2ec39dc0

FILESIZE: 1919429092 (~1830MB)

UNPACK: 7456MB (eMMC size)

with 7`0 touch screen and camera test :

with 5`0 touch screen and camera test :

2

This is running for me on my M2-Berry. Much better than the latest Ubuntu image.

A few notes:

  • HDMI audio won’t enable, though it is selectable as a device for VLC playback
  • Video acceleration working out of the box with VLC at least (1080p runs fine)
  • Chromium works quite smoothly, though Youtube video won’t play even 720p without frame drop
  • Kodi package in apt appears broken (kodi won’t start, core dumps)

Questions to bpi/devs:

  • How can I enable HDMI audio as default device?
  • How can I enable 1080p accelerated video in Chromium/HTML5?
3

Kodi will not work with m2u. It’s required system patches. Old kernel, like 3.4 version - best wariant for mediacenter

4

Thanks @Oleksandr_Kuzmenko, I didn’t get the notification for your reply. I didn’t realise there were so many hardware dependencies with Kodi - I am now attempting to patch as you suggested using instructions at https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=254202. I’m wondering what kernel to build against though. I’m following the instructions at https://bananapi.gitbooks.io/bpi-m2-ultra-open-source-single-board-computer/content/bpi-m2ultrasourcecodeongithub/bpi-berrybpi-ultra-how-to-alter-ubootkernel-from-github.html but the kernel there is at 3.10.107, which I’m guessing won’t receive patches for a 3.4 kernel. How can I use the above procedure to build for a different kernel version? I’m new to this BPI toolstack.

5

No luck with this image. Seems to have a kernel crash immediately on startup .Just keeps restarting before I can get to the shell. Downloading Raspbian Jessie image now.

EDIT.

So the Jessie build worked, but I had some issues compiling some code, so went back to my trusty image. This had the same problem / boot loop as this build. Then I decided to wait 30 mins before powering up again and it worked fine. Not sure why this was the case.

6

For HDMI sound try hub ouput hdmi mode in sound adjust.

7

2 Question: I installed in in the BPI zero, works :slight_smile:

  1. I want to create a login for the Octoprint but it does not ask me to do one when I first log in into it via Web browser, there is already a log in?
  2. Anyone knows where to find a cable compatible with the pi camera? This one https://de.gearbest.com/raspberry-pi/pp_692849.html?wid=1433363&currency=EUR&vip=4275440&gclid=CjwKCAjwpIjZBRBsEiwA0TN1r1ZO8rNRglUsLoBy5HJUeb_B-JDokRHp1PBoKeuKG5vOcgGfC5SLthoC2GcQAvD_BwE

Thanks!