Rock3A - eMMC + Intel AX210 cause bootloop

Hi,

I’m testing the latest Armbian 23.08 Bookworm on a Rock3A board.
I have installed the Armbian base system on both SD-CARD and eMMC.
For my application I need to use an Intel AX210 NGW WiFi M.2 board, with both Bluetooth and WiFi enabled at the same time.

Currently I have found this situation:

  • boot from the SD-CARD (eMMC removed from its socket)
    • Intel AX210 M2 card plugged-in
    • the OS boots corectly
    • installed the firmware-iwlwifi package and bluetooth+wifi works without problems
  • boot from the eMMC memory (SD-CARD removed from its socket)
    • Intel AX210 M2 card plugged-in
    • the OS enter in bootloop
  • boot from the eMMC memory (SD-CARD removed from its socket)
    • No WiFi card plugged in the M2 socket
    • the OS boots corectly
  • boot from the eMMC memory (SD-CARD removed from its socket)
    • Using the default Radxa WiFi M2 card based on AP6212
    • the OS boots corectly

I have highlighted the condition that causes the bootloop.

I know that this WiFi board is not officially supported from the Armbian distribution, but it works correctly when the OS boots from the SD-CARD, so it seems a problem related to booting the OS from the eMMC.

If anyone could point me in the direction to look for information regarding this issue, or could help me how to better debug the issue (because actually the system does not print any error, it simply reboots).

BR
Samuele.

PS.
I attach the log captured from the serial port while re-booting.
log-rock3a.zip (14.8 KB)

You may just need more power, have You tried different psu?

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You are right!
Turns out it was the USB extension cable that I put on the USB-C power supply cable.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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