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

[Otavio Salvador]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:24 AM, georg <g9685wd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18/10/2017 12:53, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> 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 didn't notice that this is coming form the machine configuration file.
> I have remove it, the build works now.
> But the boot don't, I have the same behavior as with the other kernel.
> Near the end of the boot process, it restarts without any kernel trace
> indicating a problem.

Fabio, is it possible for you to test ULL using mainline kernel? Georg
is testing using 4.13 (using 2017.09+fslc U-Boot).

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