[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] board/pine64/pinecube: new board

Jan Havran havran.jan at email.cz
Fri Jun 2 19:27:18 UTC 2023


Hello everyone,

it's been a while since I sent this v2 (and even longer since v1) and got review by Giulio...
is there anything I can do to help this merged?

I guess I will need to send v3 anyway since this patch is quite old now.

Thank you,
Jan

V Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 09:01:25PM +0200, Giulio Benetti napsal(a):
> Hi Jan,
> 
> > Il giorno 21 ago 2022, alle ore 20:55, Jan Havran <havran.jan at email.cz> ha scritto:
> > 
> > Hi Giulio,
> > 
> > V Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 08:01:47PM +0200, Giulio Benetti napsal(a):
> >> One last thing, please set the v1 patch to superseded in Patchwork:
> >> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/list/?submitter=74841
> >> 
> > 
> > Patch set (did not know that I have to do it manually).
> 
> perfect
> 
> > 
> >> Thank you!
> >> 
> >> Best regards
> >> -- 
> >> Giulio Benetti
> >> Benetti Engineering sas
> >> 
> >>> On 21/08/22 19:53, Giulio Benetti wrote:
> >>> Hi Jan,
> >>> 
> >>> On 21/08/22 13:04, Jan Havran wrote:
> >>>> Add support for PineCube with:
> >>>> - U-Boot 2022.04
> >>>> - Linux 5.15.61
> >>>> 
> >>>> PineCube is a low-powered, open source IP camera
> >>>> with the following specs:
> >>>>   - Allwinner S3 Cortex-A7
> >>>>   - 128 MiB DDR3
> >>>>   - 16 MiB SPI flash
> >>>>   - 5 MPx OV5640 camera
> >>>>   - MicroSD slot
> >>>>   - 10/100M Ethernet with passive PoE
> >>>>   - 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
> >>>>   - Bluetooth 4.1
> >>>>   - USB 2.0
> >>>>   - 26 pins GPIO header
> >>>>   - Microphone
> >>>>   - IR LEDs for night vision
> >>>> 
> >>>> Board homepage: https://www.pine64.org/cube/
> >>>> Board wiki:     https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineCube
> >>>> 
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Havran <havran.jan at email.cz>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> Changes v1 -> v2 (review by Giulio Benetti):
> >>>>    - Updated commit message
> >>>>    - Replaced boot.cmd by extlinux.conf
> >>>>    - Renamed pinecube_defconfig to pine64_pinecube_defconfig
> >>>>    - Changed welcome message (generic issue)
> >>>>    - Updated U-Boot 2022.01 to 2022.04
> >>>>    - Updated Linux kernel from 5.15 to 5.15.61
> >>>>    - Removed NEON from FPU (but kept VFPV4)
> >>>> ---
> >>>>   DEVELOPERS                          |  4 +++
> >>>>   board/pine64/pinecube/extlinux.conf |  4 +++
> >>>>   board/pine64/pinecube/genimage.cfg  | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>   board/pine64/pinecube/post-build.sh |  5 ++++
> >>>>   board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt    | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>   configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig   | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>   6 files changed, 123 insertions(+)
> >>>>   create mode 100644 board/pine64/pinecube/extlinux.conf
> >>>>   create mode 100644 board/pine64/pinecube/genimage.cfg
> >>>>   create mode 100755 board/pine64/pinecube/post-build.sh
> >>>>   create mode 100644 board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt
> >>>>   create mode 100644 configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
> >>>> 
> >>>> diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
> >>>> index 4287fd9cf7..74f57af6fa 100644
> >>>> --- a/DEVELOPERS
> >>>> +++ b/DEVELOPERS
> >>>> @@ -1410,6 +1410,10 @@ F:    package/pangomm/
> >>>>   F:    package/rpm/
> >>>>   F:    package/yad/
> >>>> +N:    Jan Havran <havran.jan at email.cz>
> >>>> +F:    board/pine64/pinecube/
> >>>> +F:    configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
> >>>> +
> >>>>   N:    Jan Heylen <jan.heylen at nokia.com>
> >>>>   F:    package/opentracing-cpp/
> >>>> diff --git a/board/pine64/pinecube/extlinux.conf
> >>>> b/board/pine64/pinecube/extlinux.conf
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 0000000000..6a18d9a2cb
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/board/pine64/pinecube/extlinux.conf
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> >>>> +label buildroot
> >>>> +  kernel /zImage
> >>>> +  devicetree /sun8i-s3-pinecube.dtb
> >>>> +  append console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk root=/dev/mmcblk0p2
> >>>> rootwait rw
> >>>> diff --git a/board/pine64/pinecube/genimage.cfg
> >>>> b/board/pine64/pinecube/genimage.cfg
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 0000000000..398d45e2f7
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/board/pine64/pinecube/genimage.cfg
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
> >>>> +image boot.vfat {
> >>>> +    vfat {
> >>>> +        files = {
> >>>> +            "zImage",
> >>>> +            "sun8i-s3-pinecube.dtb",
> >>>> +            "extlinux"
> >>>> +        }
> >>>> +    }
> >>>> +
> >>>> +    size = 8M
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>> +image sdcard.img {
> >>>> +    hdimage {
> >>>> +    }
> >>>> +
> >>>> +    partition u-boot {
> >>>> +        in-partition-table = "no"
> >>>> +        image = "u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"
> >>>> +        offset = 8K
> >>>> +        size = 504K # 512KB - 8KB
> >>>> +    }
> >>>> +
> >>>> +    partition boot {
> >>>> +        partition-type = 0xC
> >>>> +        bootable = "true"
> >>>> +        image = "boot.vfat"
> >>>> +    }
> >>>> +
> >>>> +    partition rootfs {
> >>>> +        partition-type = 0x83
> >>>> +        image = "rootfs.ext4"
> >>>> +    }
> >>>> +}
> >>>> diff --git a/board/pine64/pinecube/post-build.sh
> >>>> b/board/pine64/pinecube/post-build.sh
> >>>> new file mode 100755
> >>>> index 0000000000..ba29375c05
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/board/pine64/pinecube/post-build.sh
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> >>>> +#!/bin/sh
> >>>> +
> >>>> +BOARD_DIR="$(dirname $0)"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +install -m 0644 -D $BOARD_DIR/extlinux.conf
> >>>> $BINARIES_DIR/extlinux/extlinux.conf
> >>>> diff --git a/board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt
> >>>> b/board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 0000000000..4cf6df2110
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> >>>> +Intro
> >>>> +=====
> >>>> +
> >>>> +This directory contains a Buildroot configuration for building a
> >>>> +Pine64 PineCube.
> >>>> +
> >>>> +Board homepage: https://www.pine64.org/cube/
> >>>> +Board wiki:     https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineCube
> >>>> +
> >>>> +How to build it
> >>>> +===============
> >>>> +
> >>>> +  $ make pine64_pinecube_defconfig
> >>>> +  $ make
> >>>> +
> >>>> +Note: you will need access to the internet to download the required
> >>>> +sources.
> >>>> +
> >>>> +How to write the SD card
> >>>> +========================
> >>>> +
> >>>> +Once the build process is finished you will have an image called
> >>>> "sdcard.img"
> >>>> +in the output/images/ directory.
> >>>> +
> >>>> +Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd":
> >>>> +
> >>>> +  $ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX
> >>>> +  $ sudo sync
> >>>> +
> >>>> +Insert the micro SDcard in your PineCube and power it up. The console
> >>>> +is on the serial port 2, 115200 8N1 (check Wiki for board pinout).
> >>>> diff --git a/configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
> >>>> b/configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 0000000000..8f60115f8f
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/configs/pine64_pinecube_defconfig
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
> >>>> +# Target options
> >>>> +BR2_arm=y
> >>>> +BR2_cortex_a7=y
> >>>> +BR2_ARM_FPU_VFPV4=y
> >>> 
> >>> About this ^^^ there is an ongoing discussion if use mixed VFVP4+NEON or
> >>> not:
> >>> https://lists.buildroot.org/pipermail/buildroot/2022-August/649770.html
> >>> 
> >>> For the moment it's ok to me keeping this way and when we've all
> >>> clarified FPU strategy on 32-bit ARM cortex then we can modify and
> >>> you could test it or even provide the patch for this.
> >>> 
> >>> Have you re-tested the board with such modification?
> >>> 
> > 
> > Yes, I re-tested the board for general use. But if you ask about the FPU, I am not
> > sure what kind of tests should I run and how to check if it gives me valid result.
> > Should I do some heavy FPU testing? This one setting is more based on chip description
> > and previous discussion rather than some my tests/experiments.
> 
> No need. It’s ok, if there was a problem you’ve have found a segmentation fault while booting.
> 
> > 
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# Toolchain options
> >>>> +BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_15=y
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# System configuration
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="pinecube"
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to Pine64 Pinecube"
> >>>> +BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
> >>>> +BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/pine64/pinecube/post-build.sh"
> >>>> +BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
> >>>> +BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/pine64/pinecube/genimage.cfg"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# Kernel
> >>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
> >>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
> >>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.15.61"
> >>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sunxi"
> >>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
> >>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="sun8i-s3-pinecube"
> >>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# Filesystem
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# Bootloader
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2022.04"
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="pinecube"
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
> >>>> +BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME="u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +# Required host utilities for building an SDCard image
> >>>> +BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
> >>>> +BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
> >>>> +BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_MTOOLS=y
> >>> 
> >>> Overall looks good to me, it builds correctly with buildroot/docker-run
> >>> so:
> >>> Reviewed-by: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti at benettiengineering.com>
> >>> 
> >>> Expect this patch to be part of 2022.11 since 2022.08-rc1 has been
> >>> released on 12th August and from -rc1 to 2022.08 only bug fixes and
> >>> security patches are allowed.
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks for the contribution!
> > 
> > Thank you very much for your review and your time.
> 
> You’re welcome
> 
> Best regards
> Giulio
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Jan
> > 
> >>> 
> >>> Best regards
> >> 
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