BPI-R2 new image : ubuntu 16.04 V1.2.1 Release: BT and WIFI AP mode are working fine
V1.2.1 Release notes
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About this release This release is for banana pi R2 board which is based on MTK7623N, and it just includes Ubuntu image which is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop with Linux kernel 4.4.70, we can get the Linux kernel 4.4.70 and u-boot from the link https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp The file system is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop, the default user name/password are pi/bananapi , root/bananapi.
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What’s new in this release
- Support AP mode of onboard WIFI module(MT6625)
- On board BT is supported
- Fix an ethernet issue in u-boot
- Add a command in u-boot to set partition configuration of EMMC
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Known limitations
- MIPI interface doesn’t work
- Somtimes HDMI doesn’t work fine
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Image link:
Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KvVln42OTXeNUOpendfMgKMFNhBmIR60/view?usp=sharing
Baidu drive: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1o8R25N8
md5sum: b8f4b305f0301d121971ab575c65bb0f
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FAQ
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How to enable AP mode Please refer to link: 2.4Ghz and 5.6Ghz Wifi Working fine
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How to enable BT Please use command: hciconfig hci0 up to enable it
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How to program Ubuntu image to EMMC
a. Program ubuntu image to SD card
b. Install this SD to R2 board and boot from SD
c. Enter the Uboot prompt, and run command emmc pconf 48 to change Partition config of EMMC
d. And then run command reset, let it boot to OS
e. Enter the system with username pi or root
f. Run command
echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk1boot0/force_ro to enable /dev/mmcblk1boot0 write mode`
g. To write preloader to EMMC by running command:
bpi-bootsel BPI-R2-EMMC-boot0-DDR1600-0k-0905.img.gz /dev/mmcblk1boot0
where BPI-R2-EMMC-boot0-DDR1600-0k-0905.img.gz is the preloader for emmc, please download it from link https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-files/blob/master/SD/100MB/BPI-R2-EMMC-boot0-DDR1600-0k-0905.img.gz
h. To copy ubuntu image to EMMC:
unzip -p <XXX.img.zip> | pv | dd of=<device> bs=10M status=noxfer
or
bpi-copy <XXX.img.zip> <device>
where the XXX.img.zip is ubuntu image we can get it from http://www.banana-pi.org/r2-download.html, and where should be /dev/mmcblk1.
i. power off
j, remove SD & power on
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How to control GPIO Please refer to link: https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp/issues/11#issuecomment-326988062
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