On Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM MDT, Stephan Somogyi wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 9:20 AM Mihai Dragan <mihai.dragan....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > You need to follow a few additional steps to get R6S image to boot after > > flashing the initial image: > > On an OpenBSD desktop system, install "u-boot-rk3588" package. The one I > > tested with is u-boot-rk3588-2024.01rc3p1. > > Insert the sdcard you flashed with the install/miniroot image. > > Copy the uboot binary for your specific board on the sdcard as described > > in the "For systems based on Rockchip RK356x SoCs:" of this page > > https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/arm64/INSTALL.arm64 > > > > For the R6S this should be: > > dd if=/usr/local/share/u-boot/nanopi-r6s-rk3588s/u-boot-rockchip.bin > > of=/dev/sdXc seek=64 > > > > Then plug the sdcard back in the board, connect a usb-to-serial adapter at > > 115200 baud rate (this differs from the default rockchip settings) and > > power the board on. > > Everything's standard from here, follow the instructions on the arm64 > > installation page. > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Yes, thanks, that was very helpful. > > I got some oob help as well and am in the process of debugging some of the > hardware support. > > In case anyone else is interested, the kernel (both 7.5-stable and > -current) hangs during boot at ohci; disabling that allows boot and install > to proceed. I'm seeing unexpectedly poor performance with dwqe, and neither > of the rge interfaces seems able to acquire a dhcp lease. I also am seeing > unexpectedly low performance compared with an rpi4 in the LibreSSL speed > test; AES, SHA1, and SHA2 are only ~clock-speed faster, and not Using ARMv8 > ISA faster. > > Thanks again for the reply. > > s.
If I remember correctly, both the NanoPi R5 and R6 require that you manually set the MAC address for the rge interface via 'ifconfig lladdr etheraddr'. This is at least what I needed to do on my R5S. Best, Dan
