Hi all!
The Rock 5B had the SPI boot loader flashed (https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock5/install/spi) and Radxa’s Debian distribution installed on an NVMe SSD, and it worked fine.
For reference, before “aptitude upgrade” the file /etc/default/u-boot had this content:
## /etc/default/u-boot - configuration file for u-boot-update(8)
#U_BOOT_UPDATE="true"
#U_BOOT_ALTERNATIVES="default recovery"
#U_BOOT_DEFAULT="l0"
#U_BOOT_ENTRIES="all"
#U_BOOT_MENU_LABEL="Debian GNU/Linux"
#U_BOOT_PARAMETERS="ro quiet"
#U_BOOT_ROOT=""
#U_BOOT_TIMEOUT="50"
#U_BOOT_FDT=""
#U_BOOT_FDT_DIR="/usr/lib/linux-image-"
#U_BOOT_FDT_OVERLAYS=""
#U_BOOT_FDT_OVERLAYS_DIR="/boot/dtbo/"
U_BOOT_TIMEOUT="10"
U_BOOT_PARAMETERS="$(cat /etc/kernel/cmdline)"
U_BOOT_FDT_DIR="/usr/lib/linux-image-"
After “aptitude upgrade”, the last three lines had been removed.
I rebooted the Rock 5B and got this output on the console:
DDR Version V1.08 20220617
LPDDR4X, 2112MHz
channel[0] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=17 CS1 Row=17 CS=2 Die BW=8 Size=4096MB
channel[1] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=17 CS1 Row=17 CS=2 Die BW=8 Size=4096MB
channel[2] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=17 CS1 Row=17 CS=2 Die BW=8 Size=4096MB
channel[3] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=17 CS1 Row=17 CS=2 Die BW=8 Size=4096MB
Manufacturer ID:0x6
CH0 RX Vref:27.7%, TX Vref:24.8%,24.8%
CH1 RX Vref:29.7%, TX Vref:24.8%,24.8%
CH2 RX Vref:30.7%, TX Vref:24.8%,25.8%
CH3 RX Vref:27.7%, TX Vref:24.8%,25.8%
change to F1: 528MHz
change to F2: 1068MHz
change to F3: 1560MHz
change to F0: 2112MHz
out
U-Boot SPL board init
U-Boot SPL 2017.09-gbf47e8171f4-220414-dirty #stephen (Jun 07 2023 - 17:56:02)
Trying to boot from MMC2
MMC: no card present
mmc_init: -123, time 0
spl: mmc init failed with error: -123
Trying to boot from MMC1
Card did not respond to voltage select!
mmc_init: -95, time 14
spl: mmc init failed with error: -95
Trying to boot from MTD2
Trying fit image at 0x4000 sector
## Verified-boot: 0
## Checking atf-1 0x00040000 ... sha256(bb1bbbc832...) + OK
## Checking uboot 0x00200000 ... sha256(59a5130fc0...) + OK
## Checking fdt 0x0031b2c0 ... sha256(e05417ddb3...) + OK
## Checking atf-2 0x000f0000 ... sha256(30812190d0...) + OK
## Checking atf-3 0xff100000 ... sha256(cb7bdbec2b...) + OK
Jumping to U-Boot(0x00200000) via ARM Trusted Firmware(0x00040000)
Total: 500.360 ms
INFO: Preloader serial: 2
NOTICE: BL31: v2.3():v2.3-499-ge63a16361:derrick.huang
NOTICE: BL31: Built : 10:58:38, Jan 10 2023
INFO: spec: 0x1
INFO: ext 32k is not valid
INFO: ddr: stride-en 4CH
INFO: GICv3 without legacy support detected.
INFO: ARM GICv3 driver initialized in EL3
INFO: valid_cpu_msk=0xff bcore0_rst = 0x0, bcore1_rst = 0x0
INFO: system boots from cpu-hwid-0
INFO: idle_st=0x21fff, pd_st=0x11fff9, repair_st=0xfff70001
INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[0].freq_mhz= 2112MHz
INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[1].freq_mhz= 528MHz
INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[2].freq_mhz= 1068MHz
INFO: dfs DDR fsp_params[3].freq_mhz= 1560MHz
INFO: BL31: Initialising Exception Handling Framework
INFO: BL31: Initializing runtime services
WARNING: No OPTEE provided by BL2 boot loader, Booting device without OPTEE initialization. SMC`s destined for OPTEE will return SMC_UNK
ERROR: Error initializing runtime service opteed_fast
INFO: BL31: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world
INFO: Entry point address = 0x200000
INFO: SPSR = 0x3c9
U-Boot 2017.09-gbf47e8171f4-220414-dirty #stephen (Jun 07 2023 - 17:56:02 +0800)
Model: Radxa ROCK 5B
PreSerial: 2, raw, 0xfeb50000
DRAM: 15.7 GiB
Sysmem: init
Relocation Offset: eda42000
Relocation fdt: eb9f9f98 - eb9fecd8
CR: M/C/I
Using default environment
SF: Detected sfc_nor with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 16 MiB
Bootdev(atags): mtd 2
PartType: EFI
DM: v2
No misc partition
boot mode: None
FIT: No boot partition
No resource partition
No resource partition
Failed to load DTB, ret=-19
No find valid DTB, ret=-22
Failed to get kernel dtb, ret=-22
Model: Radxa ROCK 5B
CLK: (sync kernel. arm: enter 1008000 KHz, init 1008000 KHz, kernel 0N/A)
b0pll 24000 KHz
b1pll 24000 KHz
lpll 24000 KHz
v0pll 24000 KHz
aupll 24000 KHz
cpll 1500000 KHz
gpll 1188000 KHz
npll 24000 KHz
ppll 1100000 KHz
aclk_center_root 702000 KHz
pclk_center_root 100000 KHz
hclk_center_root 396000 KHz
aclk_center_low_root 500000 KHz
aclk_top_root 750000 KHz
pclk_top_root 100000 KHz
aclk_low_top_root 396000 KHz
Net: No ethernet found.
Hit key to stop autoboot('CTRL+C'): 0
pcie@fe150000: PCIe Linking... LTSSM is 0x0
pcie@fe150000: PCIe Linking... LTSSM is 0x210022
pcie@fe150000: PCIe Linking... LTSSM is 0x210023
pcie@fe150000: PCIe Link up, LTSSM is 0x230011
pcie@fe150000: PCIE-0: Link up (Gen3-x4, Bus0)
pcie@fe150000: invalid flags type!
Device 0: Vendor: 0x2646 Rev: SBM02103 Prod: 50026B7785732955
Type: Hard Disk
Capacity: **redacted** MB = **redacted** GB (**redacted** x 512)
... is now current device
Scanning nvme 0:2...
Scanning nvme 0:3...
Found /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
Retrieving file: /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
4989 bytes read in 0 ms
U-Boot menu
1: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 5.10.110-38-rockchip
2: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 5.10.110-38-rockchip (rescue target)
3: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 5.10.110-20-rockchip
4: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 5.10.110-20-rockchip (rescue target)
5: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 5.10.110-15-rockchip
6: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 5.10.110-15-rockchip (rescue target)
Enter choice: 1: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 5.10.110-38-rockchip
Retrieving file: /boot/initrd.img-5.10.110-38-rockchip
18344731 bytes read in 19 ms (920.8 MiB/s)
Retrieving file: /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.110-38-rockchip
28314112 bytes read in 29 ms (931.1 MiB/s)
append: quiet splash loglevel=4 rw earlycon consoleblank=0 console=tty0 console=ttyFIQ0,1500000n8 console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=ttyS2,1500000n8 console=ttyS0,1500000n8 coherent_pool=2M irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi=0 cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 quiet splash loglevel=4 rw earlycon consoleblank=0 console=tty0 console=ttyFIQ0,1500000n8 console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=ttyS2,1500000n8 console=ttyS0,1500000n8 coherent_pool=2M irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi=0 cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1
Retrieving file: /usr/lib/linux-image-5.10.110-38-rockchip/rockchip/rk3588-rock-5b.dtb
252169 bytes read in 10 ms (24 MiB/s)
Fdt Ramdisk skip relocation
No misc partition
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 0x08300000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x08300000
'reserved-memory' cma: addr=10000000 size=10000000
'reserved-memory' ramoops@110000: addr=110000 size=f0000
Using Device Tree in place at 0000000008300000, end 0000000008340908
Adding bank: 0x00200000 - 0xf0000000 (size: 0xefe00000)
Adding bank: 0x100000000 - 0x3fc000000 (size: 0x2fc000000)
Adding bank: 0x3fc500000 - 0x3fff00000 (size: 0x03a00000)
Total: 6521.644 ms
Starting kernel ...
[ 8.274136] fiq_debugger fiq_debugger.0: IRQ fiq not found
[ 8.274150] fiq_debugger fiq_debugger.0: IRQ wakeup not found
[ 8.274156] fiq_debugger_probe: could not install nmi irq handler
[ 9.107357] mpp-iep2 fdbb0000.iep: allocate roi buffer failed
[ 9.107994] rk-pcie fe170000.pcie: IRQ msi not found
[ 9.108018] rk-pcie fe170000.pcie: Missing *config* reg space
[ 9.108149] rk-pcie fe170000.pcie: Missing *config* reg space
[ 9.108310] rk-pcie fe170000.pcie: invalid resource
[ 9.108416] rk-pcie fe150000.pcie: IRQ msi not found
[ 9.108441] rk-pcie fe150000.pcie: Missing *config* reg space
[ 9.108563] rk-pcie fe150000.pcie: Missing *config* reg space
[ 9.108604] rk-pcie fe150000.pcie: invalid resource
[ 9.109000] mpp_rkvdec2 fdc38100.rkvdec-core: shared_niu_a is not found!
[ 9.109009] rkvdec2_init:1008: No niu aclk reset resource define
[ 9.109015] mpp_rkvdec2 fdc38100.rkvdec-core: shared_niu_h is not found!
[ 9.109021] rkvdec2_init:1011: No niu hclk reset resource define
[ 9.109652] mpp_rkvdec2 fdc48100.rkvdec-core: shared_niu_a is not found!
[ 9.109659] rkvdec2_init:1008: No niu aclk reset resource define
[ 9.109666] mpp_rkvdec2 fdc48100.rkvdec-core: shared_niu_h is not found!
[ 9.109671] rkvdec2_init:1011: No niu hclk reset resource define
[ 9.177107] rk806 spi2.0: no sleep-setting state
[ 9.177126] rk806 spi2.0: no reset-setting pinctrl state
[ 9.177133] rk806 spi2.0: no dvs-setting pinctrl state
[ 9.497997] arm-scmi firmware:scmi: Failed. SCMI protocol 17 not active.
[ 9.503612] rksfc_base v1.1 2016-01-08
[ 9.534139] rockchip-dmc dmc: failed to get vop bandwidth to dmc rate
[ 9.534173] rockchip-dmc dmc: failed to get vop pn to msch rl
[ 9.534922] rockchip-dmc dmc: could not find power_model node
[ 9.547875] rk-pcie fe190000.pcie: IRQ msi not found
[ 9.547965] rk-pcie fe190000.pcie: Missing *config* reg space
[ 9.548357] rk-pcie fe190000.pcie: Missing *config* reg space
[ 9.548443] rk-pcie fe190000.pcie: invalid resource
[ 9.551045] RKNPU fdab0000.npu: can't request region for resource [mem 0xfdab0000-0xfdabffff]
[ 9.551089] RKNPU fdab0000.npu: can't request region for resource [mem 0xfdac0000-0xfdacffff]
[ 9.551113] RKNPU fdab0000.npu: can't request region for resource [mem 0xfdad0000-0xfdadffff]
[ 9.555684] debugfs: Directory 'fdab0000.npu-rknpu' with parent 'vdd_npu_s0' already present!
[ 9.581434] RKNPU fdab0000.npu: failed to find power_model node
[ 9.581516] RKNPU fdab0000.npu: RKNPU: failed to initialize power model
[ 9.581545] RKNPU fdab0000.npu: RKNPU: failed to get dynamic-coefficient
**No root device specified. Boot arguments must include a root= parameter.**
[ 11.446828] rk_hdmirx fdee0000.hdmirx-controller: hdmirx_cancel_cpu_limit_freq freq qos nod add
As you see, the Rock 5B is bricked right now, by this “aptitude update; aptitude upgrade”.
What happened, and do you have any suggestion how to fix it?
Can it be fixed from the u-boot console, or must I boot it separately from an eMMC or SD memory card, and do what?
Thanks!