Not (yet) enabled kernel modules in -current

SCerovec · 02-10-2019, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drmozes

It hasn't.

I'll look at the other FB stuff.

seconded - obsolete, please disregard.

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besides that FB stuff, when already at it, maybe consider the u-boot and flash access options short of an patch:

https://linux-sunxi.org/Xunlong_Oran...#SPI_NOR_flash
u-boot:

Code:

 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT, CONFIG_SPI_BOOT, CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUNXI

kernel:

Quote:

Because u-boot can't actually interact with the flash once it's booted you need to write u-boot to it from linux. With a mainline kernel you need to enable the SPI NOR drivers in the kernel config and add a DT node something like this:

Code:

&spi0 {
        status = "okay";
        flash@0 {
                #address-cells = <1>;
                #size-cells = <1>;
                compatible = "winbond,w25q128";
                reg = <0>;
                spi-max-frequency = <40000000>;
        };
};

so we could have u-boot run from the inbuilt flash and boot freely from other media than the mmc card - and have said slot free for hot-plug and all things nice?

tho, this might be low priority.

drmozes · 02-11-2019, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCerovec

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https://linux-sunxi.org/Xunlong_Oran...#SPI_NOR_flash
u-boot:

Code:

 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT, CONFIG_SPI_BOOT, CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUNXI

kernel:

so we could have u-boot run from the inbuilt flash and boot freely from other media than the mmc card - and have said slot free for hot-plug and all things nice?

These options don't exist in 4.19.20 (or if they do, they aren't showing up). I wouldn't object to adding them for anybody else who wants to do it, although I have one "Pi"s that doesn't have onboard flash so it'd never be what I document as a suggested option.
Also, you still have to boot the thing in the first place - which presents a chicken-egg problem. I can't document what I don't know about - I don't know about any arbitrary version of u-boot that happens to be on any device. However, I do know that you can write a known version u-boot to an SD Card and have an environment in which you can follow a set of instructions and get Slackware going.

SCerovec · 02-11-2019, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drmozes

These options don't exist in 4.19.20 (or if they do, they aren't showing up). I wouldn't object to adding them for anybody else who wants to do it, although I have one "Pi"s that doesn't have onboard flash so it'd never be what I document as a suggested option.
Also, you still have to boot the thing in the first place - which presents a chicken-egg problem. I can't document what I don't know about - I don't know about any arbitrary version of u-boot that happens to be on any device. However, I do know that you can write a known version u-boot to an SD Card and have an environment in which you can follow a set of instructions and get Slackware going.

1. the kernel configuration has grown to a mess - i used grep on the .config to confirm and used search on the nconfig to get around:
- one of the three is set already, the other two are "all over the place", so one would to resort to search in order to find them

2. good point - self brewing a custom u-boot is less of a nuisance to a casual hacker than maintaining too many options - let's disregard onboard u-boot then.

on another note;
3. could you please include (hard-coded please) the tiny 4x6 font in the lib section, so i would not need to run off an custom kernel when using ridiculously tiny screens, and i will pay off with cute photos of them (1.8" SPI TFT @128x160)?

drmozes · 02-11-2019, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCerovec

1. the kernel configuration has grown to a mess - i used grep on the .config to confirm and used search on the nconfig to get around:
- one of the three is set already, the other two are "all over the place", so one would to resort to search in order to find them

Which config file are you using? It doesn't look like it's the one in -current.

Code:

prisere [configs] # egrep "SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT|SPI_BOOT|SPL_SPI_SUNXI" config-armv7
prisere [configs] #

Quote:

on another note;
3. could you please include (hard-coded please) the tiny 4x6 font in the lib section, so i would not need to run off an custom kernel when using ridiculously tiny screens, and i will pay off with cute photos of them (1.8" SPI TFT @128x160)?

ok.

SCerovec · 02-11-2019, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drmozes

Which config file are you using? It doesn't look like it's the one in -current.

Code:

prisere [configs] # egrep "SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT|SPI_BOOT|SPL_SPI_SUNXI" config-armv7
prisere [configs] #

[snip]

Somehow You where seekeing for the u-boot options in the kernel config (been there, done that, yeah)

I asked for (not as clear as this time, I have admit - my bad):

Code:

CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=m

since we, so far, have this:

Code:

grep "SPI" ../config-armv7-4.19.20 | grep "NOR"
# CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR is not set

Again, i apologize for the loss of your time due to me not being as clear as i possibly should have.

SCerovec · 02-11-2019, 07:09 PM

attached is the config i've got at so far (non LTS kernel)