[meta-freescale] Issue with freescale git server at git.freescale.com

[Otavio Salvador]

Hello Georg,

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:14 AM, georg <g9685wd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Otavio,
> On 17/10/2017 18:28, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> Hello Georg,
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 1:58 PM, georg <g9685wd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16/10/2017 15:46, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:05 AM, georg <g9685wd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 6:27 AM, georg <g9685wd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I have started a script this weekend which tries to do a git clone with
>>>>>>> --mirror in a loop every hour till it succeeds. This was working, I have
>>>>>>> now a cloned linux-imx.git repository which I can use in all future builds.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nonetheless it's very annoying to not be able to do a simple "bitbake
>>>>>>> core-image-minimal" with a standard freescale evaluation board.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am curious to know which machine as we use linux-fslc-imx for most
>>>>>> machines as default.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, that's interesting. I thought it's the same repository for all
>>>>> freescale processors. It's for imx6ull.
>>>>
>>>> If you can, test rocko and change the machine to use u-boot-fslc and
>>>> linux-fslc-imx so we confirm it works there. If it does, we can
>>>> change.
>>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have done my previous tests on master (morty doesn't support imx6ull).
>>>
>>> So if have tested rocko and change this file:
>>> meta-freescale/conf/machine/imx6ullevk.conf. I have removed the
>>> following lines:
>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot = "u-boot-imx"
>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader = "u-boot-imx"
>>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-imx"
>>>
>>> It seems that imx-base.inc let chose bitbake u-boot-fslc and linux-fslc-imx.
>>> I have u-boot-fslc-v2017.09+gitAUTOINC+a6a15fedd1-r0 and
>>> linux-fslc-imx-4.1-2.0.x+gitAUTOINC+6c1ad49339-r0 in my buildstats. So
>>> now it's using u-boot-fslc and linux-fslc-imx.
>>>
>>> The download is slow too, but without connection errors. After several
>>> hours, the kernel sources are downloaded.
>>>
>>> The build is successful, but boot sucks. U-boot boots correctly, but not
>>> linux. I have a reboot without any kernel trace near the end of the
>>> boot, like that:
>>>
>>>> Configuring network interfaces... fec 20b4000.ethernet eth0: Freescale
>>>> FEC PHY driver [Micrel KSZ8081 or KSZ8091]
>>>> (mii_bus:phy_addr=20b4000.ethernet:01, irq=-1)
>>>> IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
>>>> udhcpc (v1.24.1) started
>>>> Sending discover...
>>>> Sending discover...
>>>> fec 20b4000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control >rx/tx
>>>> IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
>>>> Sending discover...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> U-Boot 2017.09+fslc+ga6a15fe (Oct 17 2017 - 13:56:43 +0200)
>>>
>>> I have no idea why. There is no kernel crash trace so it's perhaps
>>> something like the watchdog.
>>
>> Thanks for running the tests.
>>
>> I did look about differences and you did test against kernel 4.9 it seems.
>>
>> I'd like to know if you can run same test but against linux-fslc (it
>> uses 4.13 mainline). Is it possible?
>>
>
> I have already seen in the release-notes that there are many different
> kernel versions. It's not obvious to me which version to use for my
> future project. I think mainline kernel is better for latest bugfixes.
> Is my listing of kernels from freescale to mainline at the rate of
> changes to mainline correct?:
>  * linux-imx
>  * linux-fslc-imx
>  * linux-fslc
>  * mainline
> Thats just to know why this two version exist (linux-fslc-imx and
> linux-fslc).

Basically:

 linux-imx: NXP Linux kernel fork
 linux-fslc-imx: NXP Linux kernel fork plus FSLC changes (and stable
releases merged)
 linux-fslc: Mainline Linux kernel fork with FSLC chages

> For the test I have added the following lines to  machine/imx6ullevk.conf:
>
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-fslc"
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_kernel = "linux-fslc"
>
> Not sure if the .._virtual... line is needed but it seems to use the
> right kernel version. I get my log in:
> build/tmp/work/imx6ullevk-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-fslc/4.13+gitAUTOINC+e12ac43313-r0/temp/log.do_compile.30043

Right, please remove the dtb from KERNEL_DEVICETREE list so we can
make sure it  all works ;-)

> I get the following compilation error:
>
> | make[3]: *** No rule to make target
> 'arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6ull-14x14-evk-btwifi.dtb'.  Stop.
> | arch/arm/Makefile:341: recipe for target
> 'imx6ull-14x14-evk-btwifi.dtb' failed
> | make[2]: *** [imx6ull-14x14-evk-btwifi.dtb] Error 2
> | Makefile:145: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
> | make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
> | Makefile:24: recipe for target '__sub-make' failed
> | make: *** [__sub-make] Error 2
> | ERROR: oe_runmake failed
>
> It seems that imx6ull-14x14-evk-btwifi.dtb is missing.
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