[BPI-R3] Debian Bullseye Image

[frank-w]

uploaded bookworm image for r3 here created by repo above:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fxDR-uL3DIO-8ebgqOJd5MoWORQTTm7Z?usp=drive_link

edit: found an issue in second hostapd service file which prevents hostapd to be started…passed pidfile is wrong…just add the “2” like in PID-variable above

conf: fix service file for second hostapd

edit: uploaded new version with fixed uboot (missing emmc-partconf, sata-config) and fixed service file and prepared pppoe/ipv6tunnel

i try to extract some parts of my very complicated firewall file as basic config for r3…

[rapzak]

Hi,

First thank you for your work.

Anyone eho can tell me how to get a USB wifi module to work?

I did like this: https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc#supported apt-get update && apt-get install firmware-atheros

But it seems like there is missing something to load the driver…

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:7015 Qualcomm Atheros Communications TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 / TL-WN822N v2 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287] Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[ 145.751888] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 3 [ 149.112288] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci-mtk [ 525.118105] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 4 [ 530.412270] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci-mtk [ 1071.635854] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 5 [ 1074.902278] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci-mtk

I am using the Bookworm image - but could not find better place to put the question??

Thank you

[mark05 (Holger Glaess)]

hi

@frank-w what is the latest 6.1 kernel for the bpir3 in your repository ? i try 6.1-main and 6.1-r3 because both missing the VRF option.

is the git checkout -r origin/6.1-main , for example , the right path to checkout the 6.1 kernel branch ?

how can i modify this remote checkout that is my main branch , to do an simple git pull for 6.1

sorry for this questions but i’m not an regular git user.

Holger

[frank-w]

• 6.1-main is the latest…just “git checkout 6.1-main” after clone
• Just stay local on this branch…git itself has no “default” branch it is only for remote checkout…if you stay here you can update using git pull…
• Change build.conf to bpi-r3 make ./build.sh importconfig and then ./build.sh config for menuconfig to add your own options

[mark05 (Holger Glaess)]

hi

thank you , for answer

Holger

[mark05 (Holger Glaess)]

hi

@frank-w if i use your bullseye image , why can´t use your kernel deb package , he will not boot the new installed kernel by dpkg -i . the bullyseys dist boot allways the default kernel.

with your debain image for the r2 and your kernel build deb package work this well , i upgrade the kernel with dpkg and the r2 boot the new version.

how can do this behavior with the r3 bullseye dist with your kernel build repository and the generated deb package.

Holger

[frank-w]

The default kernel deb only unpacks the kernel,but not tell uboot to use the new file.

So you just need to add the new filename to the uEnv.txt

fit=bpi-r3-6.6.x.itb

I want to avoid overwriting the old kernel so added version to the file,but have not tried to modify uEnv.txt in deb script of kernel as this needs to add a script in the deb.

[mark05 (Holger Glaess)]

the modification , and copy , of the uEnv.txt did not work .

per default in your bullseys dist , there is no uEnv.txt in /boot i try to copy and modify out of the deb file , this file but the bpir3 will allways boot the default kernel.

Holger

[frank-w]

There is no uEnv.txt in the deb file…there is an itb which should be in /boot now…this file is the one fit var in uEnv.txt has to point to. /boot needs to be mountpoint of mmcblkXp5 (default in my image)

Just create the file there and add the fit line with correct filename

[mark05 (Holger Glaess)]

hi

i recreate the kernel again , backup the boot dir and overwrite the old files with the new kernel , now he boot again and i have my mpls and vrf lite

holger

[frank-w]

Ok,but still wonder why uenv.txt setting is not recognized…

Do you have

• /dev/mmcblk0p5 mounted to /boot
• A itb file from deb-package with kernel version number in /boot
• An uEnv.txt in /boot with line fit=<filename of itb>

?

[mark05 (Holger Glaess)]

root@bpir3:/home/glaess# mount | grep blk
/dev/mmcblk0p6 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/mmcblk0p5 on /boot type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)

root@bpir3:/home/glaess# ls -l /boot
insgesamt 31478
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     2048  2. Mai 12:42 6_1_50
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    21335  2. Mai 12:38 bpi-r3.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  8671816  2. Mai 12:38 bpi-r3.itb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23534144  2. Mai 12:38 uImage_nodt

i hope that helps as answer. all file from my own build kernel package

[frank-w]

You do not need uImage_nodt and dtb…only the itb. The other 2 files are for making tests with overlays or using separate dtb. And i see no uEnv.txt there…default value for fit var is bpi-r3.itb,so this is why it works

[radek.juthner (Radek)]

Hello. I burned the Debian Bullseye Image to the SD card. Is there a possibility to connect via LAN? I don’t have a UART. After booting from the SD card, I don’t get an IP asres and thus I don’t have a connection via SSH.

[frank-w]

R3 should have 192.168.1.1 on lan-ports. If your Client has address (also manually assignable) in this /24 subnet you should be able to ping r3 and connect vis ssh.

Are you sure r3 is succesful booted? For deeper analysis uart is required.

Btw. Current Debian stable is bookworm. I have automatic builds (from my BPI-Router-Images repo) on my gdrive.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A5S7_82Bg4EYxjzdQ5FKyBw9Qi2C3uK-?usp=drive_link

Debian/Ubuntu image creation

Hi, i have created a script for creating Debian/Ubuntu Images with files from my github repos (latest Uboot/ATF, latest LTS linux kernel) and a very basic rootfs. login: root pw: bananapi wan: dhcp-client lanports: bridged 192.168.1.1/24 + dhcp-server Network config is done using systemd-networkd (+resolved for dns)…see files in /etc/systemd/network tested so far: bpi-r3, r2pro and r64 with kernel 6.1 and bpi-r2 (here default is kernel 5.15 because of internal wifi is not supported in 6.1). …

[radek.juthner (Radek)]

Hello. Thanks a lot for the response. I burned Bookworm to an SD card. I managed to connect to the Banana Pi via LAN. I connected a parent router with internet access to the WAN. Unfortunately Banana Pi is not connected to the internet. Need to set something up? Without internet I am not able to do the next setup steps. By the way. What is the WiFi password r3_ap0?

[frank-w]

It depends what your settings are set for internet on r3 (from dhcp). Check dns-settings and routes. For client internet you will need nat on wan and forward enabled via sysctl.

Wifi settings are in /etc/hostapd/ afair i had set default pw to 12345678

[radek.juthner (Radek)]

Thanks for the info. I managed to get both wlan0 and wlan1 working, which I included in bridge lanbr0 and let them distribute ip addresses from the bridge pool. It totally works. Just one small problem that I can’t seem to resolve. After rebooting the Banana Pi wlan0 and wlan1 broadcast wifi but won’t connect the client until I run systemctl restart systemd-networkd via ssh. What is wrong? Do both wlan0 and wlan1 really have the same MAC address?

[frank-w]

Not used wifi in bridges yet,so cannot tell this,but afair wifi interfaces should have their own mac

[ericwoud (Eric W.)]

And you can set the bridge in hostapd.conf, do not do that from systemd-networkd, if perhaps you did that.