How to upload Android/Linux dual OS to RK3288?

Chip Platform Rockchip
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I downloaded firefly-rk3288_sdk_git_20141211 and compiled Android and linux. As I run with mkimage.sh command, I can get images that are “boot.img. kernel.img, misc.img, pcba_small_misc.img, pcba_whole_misc.img, recovery.img, resource.img, system.img”. I upload the images with AndroidTool 2.3 and I only see the Android system. Android system works fine but there is no linux boot option that is “switch system at power menu” in Android.

After upload the images, I upload the linux-rfs.img to the recovery partition. Then I couldn’t boot Android. Could you help me to upload Android/linux dual OS images with linux-rfs?

Thanks.

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Please use the attached parameter file (extract it first).

This is the dual boot paramater file. You can compare it with the old one.

It adds “root=” kernel parameter , and replaces the unused radical_update partition with linuxroot partition.

You need to flash linux-boot.img (which contains kernel and initramfs) to recovery, and linux-rfs.img to linuxroot.

parameter.zip (650 Bytes)

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I buit boot.img from initrd and boot.img. I followed the rules that is described in wiki. But I couldn’t boot linux system. Please let me know how to deal with this problem.

git clone https://github.com/TeeFirefly/initrd.git
make -C initrd
mkbootimg --kernel arch/arm/boot/zImage --ramdisk initrd.img -o boot.img

I upload boot.img to the recovery partition and linux-rfs.img into the linuxroot and I used following parameter as you mentioned.

CMDLINE:console=ttyFIQ0 androidboot.hardware=rk30board androidboot.console=ttyFIQ0 board.ap_has_alsa=0 root=/dev/block/mtd/by-name/linuxroot rw rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init initrd=0x62000000,0x00800000

mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00002000@0x00002000(uboot),0x00002000@0x00004000(misc),0x00008000@0x00006000(resource),

0x00008000@0x0000e000(kernel),0x00010000@0x00016000(boot),0x00010000@0x00026000(recovery),0x0001a000@0x00036000(backup),

0x00040000@0x00050000(cache),0x00002000@0x00090000(kpanic),0x00180000@0x00092000(system),0x00002000@0x00212000(metadata),

0x00200000@0x00214000(userdata),0x00620000@0x00414000(linuxroot),-@0x00a34000(user)

But, I only see the logo while booting. So I connected serial port from Firefly and I noticed that linux-rfs.img which is "/dev/mmcblk0p15 " is not mounted . When I manually mount /dev/mmcblk0p15 then root file is ok. When I upload linux-boot.img into the recovery partition in official Firefly-RK3288_DualBoot_201411111636.7z image, it is working. So I think initrd.img is something wrong.

root@firefly:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mmcblk0p14 3148232 883840 2248008 29% /
udev 1021828 168 1021660 1% /dev
none 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
none 206708 332 206376 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 1033520 0 1033520 0% /run/shm
none 102400 0 102400 0% /run/user
root@firefly:~#

root@firefly:/etc# cat mtab
/dev/mmcblk0p14 / ext4 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
udev /dev devtmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620 0 0
selinuxfs /sys/fs/selinux selinuxfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs rw 0 0
none /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
none /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw 0 0
none /run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755 0 0
none /run/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880 0 0
none /run/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
none /run/user tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755 0 0
systemd /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd 0 0

As you see the mtab file, there is no “mmcblk0p15” device information.

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Hi, cgsong. I’ve updated https://github.com/TeeFirefly/initrd.git . Please have another try.

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I used new initrd.img that you uploaded but linux still can’t mount user disk which is /dev/mmcblk0p15. I think root file system is mounted but it does not start lightdm UI. I’ll email linux-boot.img to you. Linux-rfs.img is the same image in official Firefly-RK3288_DualBoot_201411111636.7z and I mentioned parameter that I used before this post. Please let me know how to fix it.

  • Starting Mount filesystems on boot [ OK ]
  • Starting Signal sysvinit that the rootfs is mounted [ OK ]
  • Starting Populate /dev filesystem [ OK ]
  • Starting Populate and link to /run filesystem [ OK ]
  • Stopping Populate /dev filesystem [ OK ]
  • Stopping Populate and link to /run filesystem [ OK ]
  • Starting Clean /tmp directory [ OK ]
  • Stopping Track if upstart is running in a container [ OK ]
  • Stopping Clean /tmp directory [ OK ]
  • Starting Initialize or finalize resolvconf [ OK ]
  • Starting Signal sysvinit that virtual filesystems are mounted [ OK ]
  • Starting Signal sysvinit that virtual filesystems are mounted [ OK ]
  • Starting Bridge udev events into upstart [ OK ]
  • Starting Signal sysvinit that local filesystems are mounted [ OK ]
  • Starting restore software rfkill state [ OK ]
  • Starting Signal sysvinit that remote filesystems are mounted [ OK ]
  • Starting device node and kernel event manager [ OK ]
  • Stopping restore software rfkill state [ OK ]
  • Starting flush early job output to logs [ OK ]
  • Starting load modules from /etc/modules [ OK ]
  • Starting log initial device creation [ OK ]
  • Starting D-Bus system message bus [ OK ]
  • Stopping Mount filesystems on boot [ OK ]
  • Stopping flush early job output to logs [ OK ]
  • Stopping load modules from /etc/modules [ OK ]
  • Starting SystemD login management service [ OK ]
  • Starting userspace bootsplash [ OK ]
  • Starting Send an event to indicate plymouth is up [ OK ]
  • Starting system logging daemon [ OK ]
  • Stopping Send an event to indicate plymouth is up [ OK ]
  • Stopping userspace bootsplash [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device security [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device security [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device security [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device [ OK ]
  • Starting Mount network filesystems [ OK ]
  • Starting Failsafe Boot Delay [ OK ]
  • Stopping Mount network filesystems [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device [ OK ]
  • Stopping Failsafe Boot Delay [ OK ]
  • Starting System V initialisation compatibility [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device security [ OK ]
  • Starting Bridge file events into upstart [ OK ]
  • Setting up X socket directories… [ OK ]
  • Stopping System V initialisation compatibility [ OK ]
  • Starting Bridge socket events into upstart [ OK ]
  • Starting System V runlevel compatibility [ OK ]
  • Starting anac(h)ronistic cron [ OK ]
  • Starting save kernel messages [ OK ]
  • Starting configure network device security [ OK ]
  • Starting regular background program processing daemon [ OK ]
  • Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron [ OK ]
  • Stopping save kernel messages [ OK ]
  • Starting OpenSSH server [ OK ]
  • Stopping cold plug devices [ OK ]
  • Starting configure virtual network devices [ OK ]
  • Stopping log initial device creation [ OK ]
    [ 6.706157] turn on mali power
  • Stopping System V runlevel compatibility [ OK ]
  • Stopping Restore Sound Card State [ OK ]

Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS firefly ttyFIQ0

firefly login: root (automatic login)
Last login: Sat Jan 1 13:50:07 UTC 2011 on ttyFIQ0
Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.10.0 armv7l)

  • Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
    root@firefly:~# df
    Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mmcblk0p14 3148232 895268 2236580 29% /
    udev 1022892 8 1022884 1% /dev
    tmpfs 413412 324 413088 1% /run
    none 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
    none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
    none 1033520 0 1033520 0% /run/shm
    none 102400 0 102400 0% /run/user
    root@firefly:~#
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I’ve tested your linux-boot.img, and it cannot start lightdm too.

Please check your kernel config. You can find kernel/arch/arm/configs/firefly-rk3288-linux_defconfig for a reference.

Maybe you have not checked CONFIG_VT ?

Please attach your kernel config.

驱动问题.png

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If you check /var/log/Xorg.0.log, you’ll find the following error:

[ 628.793] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 628.793] (++) using VT number 7

[ 628.793] (WW) xf86OpenConsole: VT_GETSTATE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
[ 628.793] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 628.793] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
[ 628.793] (EE)
[ 628.793] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 628.793] (EE) Please also check the log file at “/var/log/Xorg.0.log” for additional information.
[ 628.793] (EE)
[ 628.794] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
[ 628.794] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
[ 628.794] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Yes, CONFIG_VT is required and you did not specify it.

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Thanks for your help.

I can boot linux with CONFIG_VT kernel option.

Firefly can boot linux and android well. I figure out that linux needs “make firefly-rk3288-linux_defconfig” and android need “make firefly-rk3288_defconfig”. But, there is no CONFIG_VT option at “arch/arm/configs/firefly-rk3288-linux_defconfig”.

Thanks.

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“# CONFIG_VT is not set” is specified in kernel/arch/arm/configs/firefly-rk3288_defconfig

which turns CONFIG_VT off explictly.

By default, CONFIG_VT will be on.

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