[A20] Banana Pi

[tredaelli]

Hi,
Banana Pi is supported from recent mainline kernels and u-boot and it works like a charm (video output not tested since I use it only as a mini-server/NAS).

To install it just use the Cubieboard 2 instruction with the following modifications:

Use my precompiled U-Boot bootloader release:

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http://pkgbuild.com/~tredaelli/alarm/bananapi/boot/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin

And my boot.scr

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http://pkgbuild.com/~tredaelli/alarm/bananapi/boot/boot.scr

To Install the U-Boot package you need to use my repository:

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cat <<'EOF' >> /etc/pacman.conf
[tredaelli-alarm]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = http://pkgbuild.com/~tredaelli/repo/alarm/$arch
EOF
pacman -Syu uboot-bananapi


The patch is pretty simple, as you can see in my github fork.

[desgyz]

Hello,

I am looking to put Arch Linux on my Banana Pi Pro. I stumbled across this and thought the uboot for banana pi and banana pi pro were similar enough to use this. Unfortunately even after following your steps carefully twice, I get no green light boot.

Do you have any suggestions?

I am going to test the default Arch Linux from LeMaker, if it works and the repo (ARCHARMLINUX) adds. It can work as a temporary arch linux fix for the BPi Pro.

P.S I kind of want to avoid the default Arch Linux on LeMaker because it lacks a lot of basics, I got the default lemaker img's working but as i said they lack too many basics.

Regards,
Desgyz

[WarheadsSE]

Hello,

I am looking to put Arch Linux on my Banana Pi Pro. I stumbled across this and thought the uboot for banana pi and banana pi pro were similar enough to use this. Unfortunately even after following your steps carefully twice, I get no green light boot.

Do you have any suggestions?

I am going to test the default Arch Linux from LeMaker, if it works and the repo (ARCHARMLINUX) adds. It can work as a temporary arch linux fix for the BPi Pro.

P.S I kind of want to avoid the default Arch Linux on LeMaker because it lacks a lot of basics, I got the default lemaker img's working but as i said they lack too many basics.

Regards,
Desgyz

Hi,
you can try to use the correct bootloader and boot.scr for Banana Pro http://pkgbuild.com/~tredaelli/alarm/bananapro/boot/ (not tested since I don't have a Banana Pro).

Just make sure to write (dd) it in the correct position on the SD card:

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dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8

when /dev/sdX is the plain SD device and not the partition

[WarheadsSE]

I am going to test the default Arch Linux from LeMaker, if it works and the repo (ARCHARMLINUX) adds.

Arch Linux ARM, or A.L.ARM aka "alarm". No other variant.

[miasma]

I accidently bought the Banana Pi Plus version, which is apparently a clone of the Banana Pi. It also runs Arch Linux just fine.

For uboot, the standard version works, but you need the dts file, config file and updated dts Makefile from here https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-Mai ... ch/arm/dts

I didn't test if the mainline kernel works, but the company has their own 4.2 kernel here https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-Mainline-kernel

The builtin wifi caused some kernel oopses, but after disabling it, the board has been stable.

For boot.scr I used this from sunxi wiki

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setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait panic=10 rw
load mmc 0:1 0x43000000 ${fdtfile} || load mmc 0:1 0x43000000 boot/${fdtfile}
load mmc 0:1 0x42000000 zImage || load mmc 0:1 0x42000000 boot/zImage
bootz 0x42000000 - 0x43000000


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mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -n "U-Boot boot script" -d boot.txt boot.scr


[malevolent]

Hi there! First post from me :)

What's wrong with lemaker's build? I'm using it for a while and it works pretty nice for me, what basics it lacks?

[bjo]

Sound is not working (no soundcards found), Audio Support will be merged into 4.4 or 4.5 according to http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort