[M5] Manjaro ARM Official

Banana Pi Amlogic design
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Copied boot.ini with conent

'V)�v�a�_�b����S905 autoscriptZif fatload mmc 0 0x1000000 u-boot.ext; then go 0x1000000; fi;
if fatload usb 0 0x1000000 u-boot.ext; then go 0x1000000; fi;
setenv env_addr 0x1040000
setenv initrd_addr 0x13000000
setenv boot_start 'bootm ${loadaddr} ${initrd_addr} ${dtb_mem_addr}'
setenv addmac 'if printenv mac; then setenv bootargs ${bootargs} mac=${mac}; elif printenv eth_mac; then setenv bootargs ${bootargs} mac=${eth_mac}; fi'
setenv try_boot_start 'if fatload ${devtype} ${devnum} ${loadaddr} uImage; then if fatload ${devtype} ${devnum} ${initrd_addr} uInitrd; then fatload ${devtype} ${devnum} ${env_addr} uEnv.ini && env import -t ${env_addr} ${filesize} && run addmac; fatload ${devtype} ${devnum} ${dtb_mem_addr} ${dtb_name} && run boot_start; fi;fi'
setenv devtype mmc
setenv devnum 0
run try_boot_start
setenv devtype usb
for devnum in 0 1 2 3 ; do run try_boot_start ; done

I just ran the install-aml-emmc.sh and it created the files on the eMMC boot partition. I did not change any file other than we talked about in this thread.

Now I changed uEnv.ini on the mmcblk1p1 to

dtb_name=/dtbs/amlogic/meson-sm1-bananapi-m5.dtb
bootargs=root=PARTUUID=1d550000-02 rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles

Shutdown, remove SD card still no boot.

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I will test it myself. You’re confusing the bootloader by running the script again.

You used the same mbox android image like I did right ?

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Same mbox Android image. I ran the script twice, but something went wrong so I reflashed Android and then run the script only once IIRC.

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I am flashing mbx image on emmc now and then will test the KDE Latest image from the link.

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In my test the mmc flash is not working as it not able to find any data in emmc when booting. I am testing this further to see whether this garbage bootloader needs more space to fit in.

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Do you have any luck booting from eMMC?

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No didn’t try it after that.

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Do you plan to fix the memory and the eMMC issue or should we move to another image?

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What do you mean by memory fix ?

for emmc I could’nt find much in the logs. This issue is only on BPI m5 while other amlogic soc using the same script have no issue at all.

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The one I mentioned here: [M5] Manjaro ARM Official

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No idea. I am using upstream dts and it seems most of the memory is reserved by the bsp uboot, I can’t do much until someone from BPI team advice on this.

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@sinovoip can you advise on this issue?

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does the manjaro will support Banana Pi BPI-M5 RTL8822CS WiFi&BT board ?

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Cannot exactly remember but the was some additional pkg using dkms.

Let me check if it is the same model.

Yes there is a package here.
https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/packages/community/dkms-rtl8822cs

Try to run the following command and it should install the needed drivers and reboot.

sudo pacman -S dkms-rtl8822cs

Good luck.

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failed with Linux 5.17.6.1 and gcc 12.1.0

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It will be helpful if you can share error logs.

Thanks

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make.log (13.0 KB) %E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87

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FYI, there is an ongoing effort from Martin Blumenstingl to add support for the RTL8822CS chip; based on the active work from Sascha Hauer to support RTL882x USB devices. See here:

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Hello, I’ve installed the newest Manjaro Mate Image from Dec. 26, 2022 on my Banana PI M5. The image works so far, but addresses only 1 GB instead of 4 GB memory, as already described above. Maybe that’s why it’s so slow ? Is there already a fix, or can this be adjusted manually ?

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Not sure. Maybe your board came with updates uboot in Android image which causes the ram issue.

Hopefully bpi support team need to advice on what needs to be updated.