On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 03:17:29PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > I have not seen any problems on my Banana Pi (the SinoViop variant), > which has the same SoC. But I don't really push it that hard. > > We have seen issues with some U-Boot versions on some boards. Don't > really remember if the was on an Allwinner A20 board though. What > U-Boot version are you using? And does your U-Boot include support > for the Ethernet interface? A complete log of the boot process would > be helpful. > > Another potential issue is a bad power supply. I have seen > reliability issues on many boards that are fed through a micro-USB > port, especially when I add USB peripherals. Apparently the voltage > drops below what some of the components on these boards accept if you > put too much load on the power supply. If you use a separate cable, > make sure it is of decent quality and not too long! > > Cheers, > > Mark >
Hey Mark, thanks for the reply. I've uploaded a copy of the boot process here: http://obsolete.site/dockmaster.txt UBoot version appears to be 2018.03. It looks like there's support for Ethernet, as I see this: Net: eth0: ethernet@01c50000 The Banana Pro only has micro-USB for power, so I'm kinda stuck there. This board previously served as a NAS running Raspbian using the same 3 amp power supply and 4 USB drives (though obviously with their own power), and I didn't (to my knowledge) experience any issues there, though I suppose I did and just didn't notice; performance wasn't so hot anyway. I'll experiment with swapping out the power supply (Lord knows I have plenty of them) and power cord to see if that makes a difference. Regardless, even with the ure(4) and axe(4) USB devices, this thing is working flawlessly. -- Jon Tabor tab...@obsolete.site http://obsolete.site 'There is a saying: There is no such thing as overkill. There is only “Open fire!” and “Reloading!”' ― John Ringo, The Hot Gate
