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Fxc: fix

2023-04-02T21:18:04Z

fix

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	{{hint\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}		{{hint\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}

	= Building U-Boot manually =		== Building U-Boot manually ==

	==Prerequisites==		=== Prerequisites ===

	These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.		These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.
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	If you are using a different system such as Ubuntu, there are plenty of cross compilation instructions available online with which you can grab the needed package names from, however you should be able to follow these instructions with these packages installed: <code>build-essential bison flex swig gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu</code>		If you are using a different system such as Ubuntu, there are plenty of cross compilation instructions available online with which you can grab the needed package names from, however you should be able to follow these instructions with these packages installed: <code>build-essential bison flex swig gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu</code>

	==Compilation==		=== Compilation ===

	{{hint\| This guide is written with the PinePhone in mind. On other devices you will need to set a different platform variable and likely use a different U-Boot source with patches oriented towards your device.}}		{{hint\| This guide is written with the PinePhone in mind. On other devices you will need to set a different platform variable and likely use a different U-Boot source with patches oriented towards your device.}}
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	make all -j$(nproc)		make all -j$(nproc)

	== U-Boot installation ==		=== U-Boot installation ===

	Once successfully compiled you can proceed to flash the device		Once successfully compiled you can proceed to flash the device
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	{{hint\|If you are compiling U-Boot in order to overclock your DRAM you can check if it was successful by reading the values of /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary}}		{{hint\|If you are compiling U-Boot in order to overclock your DRAM you can check if it was successful by reading the values of /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary}}

	= p-boot multi-bootloader =		== p-boot multi-bootloader ==

	One of the smallest and fastest PinePhone bootloaders, it was developed by Ondrej Jirman with the ability of booting multiple distributions on the PinePhone in mind.		One of the smallest and fastest PinePhone bootloaders, it was developed by Ondrej Jirman with the ability of booting multiple distributions on the PinePhone in mind.
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	More information can be found [https://xnux.eu/p-boot/ here]		More information can be found [https://xnux.eu/p-boot/ here]

	= External Links =		== External Links ==
	[https://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_U-Boot Sunxi U-Boot Wiki]		[https://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_U-Boot Sunxi U-Boot Wiki]

Fxc: fix

2023-03-16T03:03:51Z

fix

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	cd ..		cd ..

	{{hint\| You cannot build [[~~crust~~]] if you do not have the or1k musl toolchain installed. This toolchain is not usually available in distribution repositories and will have to be manually installed to the system. The following text will show a simple way to install the toolchain.}}		{{hint\| You cannot build [[Crust]] if you do not have the or1k musl toolchain installed. This toolchain is not usually available in distribution repositories and will have to be manually installed to the system. The following text will show a simple way to install the toolchain.}}

	Download the toolchain's archive: https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz		Download the toolchain's archive: https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz
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	cd ..		cd ..

	{{hint\| If you do not wish to have [[~~crust~~]] in your U-Boot build, then you can skip exporting SCP}}		{{hint\| If you do not wish to have [[Crust]] in your U-Boot build, then you can skip exporting SCP}}

	cd u-boot/		cd u-boot/

Fxc: fixes

2023-01-15T10:34:07Z

fixes

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	{{hint\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}		{{hint\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}

	= Building ~~uboot~~ manually =		= Building U-Boot manually =

	==Prerequisites==		==Prerequisites==
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	These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.		These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.

	This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your ~~Pinephone~~ following the information found [[Overclocking#DRAM\|here]].		This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your PinePhone following the information found [[Overclocking#DRAM\|here]].

	You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>		You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>
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	==Compilation==		==Compilation==

	{{hint\| This guide is written with the ~~Pinephone~~ in mind. On other devices you will need to set a different platform variable and likely use a different ~~uboot~~ source with patches oriented towards your device.}}		{{hint\| This guide is written with the PinePhone in mind. On other devices you will need to set a different platform variable and likely use a different U-Boot source with patches oriented towards your device.}}

	Note by default these instructions utilize all of your computers cores to compile thanks to the <code>-j</code> and <code>$(nproc)</code> parameters. If you wish to only use one core to compile, or change the number of cores used for example to only two cores, then you can either completely remove the <code>-j$(nproc)</code> parameter from the make commands, or just take off <code>$(nproc)</code> and add the number of threads you want used in it's place: <code>-j4</code>		Note by default these instructions utilize all of your computers cores to compile thanks to the <code>-j</code> and <code>$(nproc)</code> parameters. If you wish to only use one core to compile, or change the number of cores used for example to only two cores, then you can either completely remove the <code>-j$(nproc)</code> parameter from the make commands, or just take off <code>$(nproc)</code> and add the number of threads you want used in it's place: <code>-j4</code>

	First, You need to compile ATF (Arm Trusted Firmware):		First, You need to compile the ATF (Arm Trusted Firmware):
	~~<pre>~~
	git clone https://github.com/crust-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware/		git clone https://github.com/crust-firmware/arm-trusted-firmware/
	cd arm-trusted-firmware		cd arm-trusted-firmware
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	make PLAT=sun50i_a64 -j$(nproc) bl31		make PLAT=sun50i_a64 -j$(nproc) bl31
	cd ..		cd ..
	~~</pre>~~

	After ATF is compiled clone u-boot and copy the bl31.bin file into the u-boot directory.		After the ATF is compiled clone u-boot and copy the bl31.bin file into the u-boot directory.
	~~<pre>~~
	~~git clone https://gitlab.com/pine64-org/u-boot.git~~
	~~cd arm-trusted-firmware~~
	~~cp build/sun50i_a64/release/bl31.bin ../u-boot/~~
	~~cd ..~~
	~~</pre>~~

			git clone https://gitlab.com/pine64-org/u-boot.git
			cd arm-trusted-firmware
			cp build/sun50i_a64/release/bl31.bin ../u-boot/
			cd ..

	{{hint\| You cannot build [[crust]] if you do not have the or1k musl toolchain installed. This toolchain is not usually ~~availible~~ in distribution repositories and will have to be manually installed to the system. The following text will show a simple way to install the toolchain.}}		{{hint\| You cannot build [[crust]] if you do not have the or1k musl toolchain installed. This toolchain is not usually available in distribution repositories and will have to be manually installed to the system. The following text will show a simple way to install the toolchain.}}

	Download the toolchain's archive: https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz		Download the toolchain's archive: https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz
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	The final step is to edit your <code>.bashrc</code> and add the following to the end:		The final step is to edit your <code>.bashrc</code> and add the following to the end:

	~~<pre>~~		# Path for or1k toolchain
	# Path for or1k toolchain		export PATH="$PATH:/home/USER/Documents/or1k-linux-musl-cross/bin/"
	export PATH="$PATH:/home/USER/Documents/or1k-linux-musl-cross/bin/"
	#
	~~</pre>~~

	After you've completed that you can close out the terminal and reopen it and proceed to the following instructions.		After you've completed that you can close out the terminal and reopen it and proceed to the following instructions.

			git clone https://github.com/crust-firmware/crust
			cd crust
			export CROSS_COMPILE=or1k-linux-musl-
			make pinephone_defconfig
			make -j$(nproc) scp
			cp build/scp/scp.bin ../u-boot/
			cd ..

	~~<pre>~~		{{hint\| If you do not wish to have [[crust]] in your U-Boot build, then you can skip exporting SCP}}
	~~git clone https://github.com/~~crust-~~firmware/crust~~
	~~cd crust~~
	~~export CROSS_COMPILE=or1k-linux-musl-~~
	~~make pinephone_defconfig~~
	~~make -j$(nproc) scp~~
	cp build~~/scp/scp.bin ../u-boot/~~
	~~cd ..~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~{{hint\| If you do not wish to have [[crust]] in your uboot build, then you can skip exporting SCP}}~~

	~~<pre>~~
	cd u-boot/		cd u-boot/
	git checkout crust		git checkout crust
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	make pinephone_defconfig		make pinephone_defconfig
	make all -j$(nproc)		make all -j$(nproc)
	~~</pre>~~

	== ~~Uboot~~ installation ==		== U-Boot installation ==

	Once successfully compiled you can proceed to flash the device		Once successfully compiled you can proceed to flash the device
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	sudo dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/[CHANGE THIS] bs=1024 seek=8		sudo dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/[CHANGE THIS] bs=1024 seek=8
	</code>		</code>
	{{hint\|If you are compiling ~~uboot~~ in order to overclock your DRAM you can check if it was successful by reading the values of /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary}}		{{hint\|If you are compiling U-Boot in order to overclock your DRAM you can check if it was successful by reading the values of /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary}}

	=~~Pboot~~ multi-bootloader=		= p-boot multi-bootloader =

	One of the smallest and fastest ~~pinephone~~ bootloaders, it was developed by Ondrej Jirman with the ability of booting multiple ~~distros~~ on the ~~pinephone~~ in mind.		One of the smallest and fastest PinePhone bootloaders, it was developed by Ondrej Jirman with the ability of booting multiple distributions on the PinePhone in mind.

	More information can be found [https://xnux.eu/p-boot/ here]		More information can be found [https://xnux.eu/p-boot/ here]

	= External Links =		= External Links =
	[https://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_U-Boot Sunxi ~~Uboot~~ Wiki]		[https://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_U-Boot Sunxi U-Boot Wiki]

	[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/u-boot/u-boot/master/board/sunxi/README.sunxi64 ~~Uboot~~ build instructions]		[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/u-boot/u-boot/master/board/sunxi/README.sunxi64 U-Boot build instructions]

	[https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz or1k toolchain download]		[https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz or1k toolchain download]


	[[Category:PinePhone]][[Category:Guide]]		[[Category:PinePhone]][[Category:Guide]]

Fxc: Fxc moved page Uboot to U-Boot: corrected the name

2023-01-15T10:30:30Z

Fxc moved page Uboot to U-Boot: corrected the name

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Revision as of 10:30, 15 January 2023

Somefoo: Fixed typo

2022-02-14T21:06:17Z

Fixed typo

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	You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>		You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>

	If you are using a different system such as Ubuntu, there are plenty of cross compilation instructions available online with which you can grab the needed package names from, however you should be able to follow these instructions with these packages installed: <code>build-~~essentials~~ bison flex swig gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu</code>		If you are using a different system such as Ubuntu, there are plenty of cross compilation instructions available online with which you can grab the needed package names from, however you should be able to follow these instructions with these packages installed: <code>build-essential bison flex swig gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu</code>

	==Compilation==		==Compilation==

Somefoo: /* Compilation */ Fixed typo

2022-02-14T20:50:04Z

Compilation: Fixed typo

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:50, 14 February 2022
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	make pinephone_defconfig		make pinephone_defconfig
	make -j$(nproc) scp		make -j$(nproc) scp
	cp /build/scp/scp.bin ../u-boot/		cp build/scp/scp.bin ../u-boot/
	cd ..		cd ..
	</pre>		</pre>

JerseyDevil: category, formatting

2021-06-19T06:31:42Z

category, formatting

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	{{~~note~~\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}		{{hint\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}

	= Building uboot manually =		= Building uboot manually =
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	These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.		These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.

	This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your Pinephone following the information found [~~https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/~~Overclocking#DRAM here].		This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your Pinephone following the information found [[Overclocking#DRAM\|here]].

	You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>		You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>
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	==Compilation==		==Compilation==

	{{~~note~~\| This guide is written with the Pinephone in mind. On other devices you will need to set a different platform variable and likely use a different uboot source with patches oriented towards your device.}}		{{hint\| This guide is written with the Pinephone in mind. On other devices you will need to set a different platform variable and likely use a different uboot source with patches oriented towards your device.}}

	Note by default these instructions utilize all of your computers cores to compile thanks to the <code>-j</code> and <code>$(nproc)</code> parameters. If you wish to only use one core to compile, or change the number of cores used for example to only two cores, then you can either completely remove the <code>-j$(nproc)</code> parameter from the make commands, or just take off <code>$(nproc)</code> and add the number of threads you want used in it's place: <code>-j4</code>		Note by default these instructions utilize all of your computers cores to compile thanks to the <code>-j</code> and <code>$(nproc)</code> parameters. If you wish to only use one core to compile, or change the number of cores used for example to only two cores, then you can either completely remove the <code>-j$(nproc)</code> parameter from the make commands, or just take off <code>$(nproc)</code> and add the number of threads you want used in it's place: <code>-j4</code>
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	{{~~note~~\| You cannot build crust if you do not have the or1k musl toolchain installed. This toolchain is not usually availible in distribution repositories and will have to be manually installed to the system. The following text will show a simple way to install the toolchain.}}		{{hint\| You cannot build [[crust]] if you do not have the or1k musl toolchain installed. This toolchain is not usually availible in distribution repositories and will have to be manually installed to the system. The following text will show a simple way to install the toolchain.}}

	Download the toolchain's archive: https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz		Download the toolchain's archive: https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz
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	The final step is to edit your <code>.bashrc</code> and add the following to the end:		The final step is to edit your <code>.bashrc</code> and add the following to the end:

	<pre>		<pre>
	# Path for or1k toolchain		# Path for or1k toolchain
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	</pre>		</pre>

	{{~~note~~\| If you do not wish to have crust in your uboot build, then you can skip exporting SCP}}		{{hint\| If you do not wish to have [[crust]] in your uboot build, then you can skip exporting SCP}}

	<pre>		<pre>
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	sudo dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/[CHANGE THIS] bs=1024 seek=8		sudo dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/[CHANGE THIS] bs=1024 seek=8
	</code>		</code>
	{{~~note~~\|If you are compiling uboot in order to overclock your DRAM you can check if it was successful by reading the values of /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary}}		{{hint\|If you are compiling uboot in order to overclock your DRAM you can check if it was successful by reading the values of /sys/kernel/debug/clk/clk_summary}}

	=Pboot multi-bootloader=		=Pboot multi-bootloader=
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	[https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz or1k toolchain download]		[https://musl.cc/or1k-linux-musl-cross.tgz or1k toolchain download]

	[[Category:PinePhone]]		[[Category:PinePhone]][[Category:Guide]]

Aberts10: /* Prerequisites */

2021-02-15T05:52:07Z

Prerequisites

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	These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.		These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.

	This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your Pinephone following the information found [Overclocking#DRAM].		This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your Pinephone following the information found [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Overclocking#DRAM here].

	You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>		You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>

Aberts10: /* Prerequisites */

2021-02-15T05:51:38Z

Prerequisites

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	These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.		These instructions are written with a host Arch Linux desktop system in mind.

	This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your Pinephone following the information found [~~https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=~~Overclocking#DRAM ~~here~~].		This guide will be especially useful if you are looking to overclock the ram on your Pinephone following the information found [Overclocking#DRAM].

	You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>		You must have these packages installed: <code>dtc swig bc aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc</code>

Aberts10 at 02:59, 15 February 2021

2021-02-15T02:59:24Z

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	~~{{hint\|This page is incomplete, you're welcome to improve it.}}~~
	{{note\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}		{{note\|It is helpful to have a debugging serial cable for this.}}