Dear maintainers,
As of commit 4963f63fe61f15329d77472a762b1d8bf754d24b U-Boot fails to start a kernel (with `bootz`) on my Odroid U2 unless I force `initrd_high`, e.g. to `0x50000000`. With commit 4963f63f and `initrd_high` *unset* I get the following output:
U-Boot 2020.10-rc2-00314-g4963f63fe6 (Jan 09 2023 - 23:59:31 +0100)
CPU: Exynos4412 @ 1 GHz Model: Odroid based on Exynos4412 Type: u3 DRAM: 2 GiB LDO20@VDDQ_EMMC_1.8V: set 1800000 uV; enabling LDO22@VDDQ_EMMC_2.8V: set 2800000 uV; enabling LDO21@TFLASH_2.8V: set 2800000 uV; enabling MMC: SAMSUNG SDHCI: 2, EXYNOS DWMMC: 0 Loading Environment from MMC... *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Boot device: MMC(2) Net: No ethernet found. Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Odroid # env set fk_kvers 5.10.0-20-armmp Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${fdt_addr_r} /boot/dtbs/${fk_kvers}/exynos4412-odroidu3.dtb 53440 bytes read in 50 ms (1 MiB/s) Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${kernel_addr_r} /boot/vmlinuz-${fk_kvers} 4973056 bytes read in 182 ms (26.1 MiB/s) Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${ramdisk_addr_r} /boot/initrd.img-${fk_kvers} 22231585 bytes read in 777 ms (27.3 MiB/s) Odroid # env set bootargs console=ttySAC1,115200n8 Odroid # bootz ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r}:${filesize} ${fdt_addr_r} Kernel image @ 0x41000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x4be200 ] ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 40800000 Booting using the fdt blob at 0x40800000 Loading Ramdisk to b9947000, end bae7aa21 ... OK Loading Device Tree to b9936000, end b99460bf ... OK
Starting kernel ...
And that's all I ever see. Normally the initrd loads a module that causes an LED on the Odroid to blink, and this is not happening either, so I'm pretty confident the kernel doesn't start or at least crashes before producing output. If I set `initrd_high` to `0x50000000` (or something in the neighborhood) the kernel starts just fine:
U-Boot 2020.10-rc2-00314-g4963f63fe6 (Jan 09 2023 - 23:59:31 +0100)
CPU: Exynos4412 @ 1 GHz Model: Odroid based on Exynos4412 Type: u3 DRAM: 2 GiB LDO20@VDDQ_EMMC_1.8V: set 1800000 uV; enabling LDO22@VDDQ_EMMC_2.8V: set 2800000 uV; enabling LDO21@TFLASH_2.8V: set 2800000 uV; enabling MMC: SAMSUNG SDHCI: 2, EXYNOS DWMMC: 0 Loading Environment from MMC... *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Boot device: MMC(2) Net: No ethernet found. Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Odroid # env set fk_kvers 5.10.0-20-armmp Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${fdt_addr_r} /boot/dtbs/${fk_kvers}/exynos4412-odroidu3.dtb 53440 bytes read in 49 ms (1 MiB/s) Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${kernel_addr_r} /boot/vmlinuz-${fk_kvers} 4973056 bytes read in 181 ms (26.2 MiB/s) Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${ramdisk_addr_r} /boot/initrd.img-${fk_kvers} 22231585 bytes read in 777 ms (27.3 MiB/s) Odroid # env set bootargs console=ttySAC1,115200n8 Odroid # env set initrd_high 0x50000000 Odroid # bootz ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r}:${filesize} ${fdt_addr_r} Kernel image @ 0x41000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x4be200 ] ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 40800000 Booting using the fdt blob at 0x40800000 Loading Ramdisk to 4eacc000, end 4ffffa21 ... OK Loading Device Tree to bae6a000, end bae7a0bf ... OK
Starting kernel ...
[ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0xa00 <truncated>
The difference between those two runs is the location where U-Boot loads the initrd. The parent commit of 4963f63f boots fine without setting `initrd_high`:
U-Boot 2020.10-rc2-00313-gdfaf6a5797 (Jan 10 2023 - 00:13:19 +0100)
CPU: Exynos4412 @ 1 GHz Model: Odroid based on Exynos4412 Type: u3 DRAM: 2 GiB LDO20@VDDQ_EMMC_1.8V: set 1800000 uV; enabling LDO22@VDDQ_EMMC_2.8V: set 2800000 uV; enabling LDO21@TFLASH_2.8V: set 2800000 uV; enabling MMC: SAMSUNG SDHCI: 2, EXYNOS DWMMC: 0 Loading Environment from MMC... *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Boot device: MMC(2) Net: No ethernet found. Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Odroid # env set fk_kvers 5.10.0-20-armmp Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${fdt_addr_r} /boot/dtbs/${fk_kvers}/exynos4412-odroidu3.dtb 53440 bytes read in 49 ms (1 MiB/s) Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${kernel_addr_r} /boot/vmlinuz-${fk_kvers} 4973056 bytes read in 181 ms (26.2 MiB/s) Odroid # load mmc ${mmcbootdev}:${mmcbootpart} ${ramdisk_addr_r} /boot/initrd.img-${fk_kvers} 22231585 bytes read in 776 ms (27.3 MiB/s) Odroid # env set bootargs console=ttySAC1,115200n8 Odroid # bootz ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r}:${filesize} ${fdt_addr_r} Kernel image @ 0x41000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x4be200 ] ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 40800000 Booting using the fdt blob at 0x40800000 Loading Ramdisk to 4eacc000, end 4ffffa21 ... OK Loading Device Tree to 4eabb000, end 4eacb0bf ... OK
Starting kernel ...
[ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0xa00 <truncated>
I've tested two different kernels from Debian (buster and bullseye) and both have the same problem. I'm building U-Boot using the default config for board `odroid` and boot the Odroid from an SD card with firmware (`bl1`, `bl2` and `tzsw`) from Hardkernel's clone of the u-boot repository [1]. There are no peripherals connected apart from the SD card and the serial console. Please let me know if you need more information.
Best, Joost
[1]: https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot/tree/33e05ffb159141b640571e91470172d83a...