Version 4.40 of rk30xxnand.ko requires updated bootloader about initrd HOT 5 OPEN

Hello,

The kernel freeze might be related to the version of the bootloader you are using.

There is several versions available, here is a complete collection of bootloaders released for the Rockchip platforms: http://www.arctablet.com/blog/forum/firmware-development/rockchip-bootloader-collection-rk29xxloader-rk30xxloader-rk3168loader-rk3188loader/

You can update your board to the latest version of the bootloader, but you will have to do a 'lower format' of the NAND, then flash parameter and boot image again:

git clone https://github.com/neo-technologies/rockchip-pack-tools.git
cd rockchip-pack-tools
./upgrade_tool ef RK3188Loader\(L\)_V2.10.bin
./upgrade_tool ul RK3188Loader\(L\)_V2.10.bin
./upgrade_tool lf
./upgrade_tool rd
wget http://dl.radxa.com/rock/images/ubuntu/2013-12-17/parameter -O parameter-dualboot
./upgrade_tool di -p parameter-dualboot
./upgrade_tool rd
./upgrade_tool di -b ../boot.img # change path to your boot image
./upgrade_tool rd

Hoping this will help you...

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Thanks.
Can you point me to a changelog for the bootloader versions?
Which version comes with the standard Radxa Rock?

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I haven't found any changelog anywhere, nor any source (the bootloader is delivered by Rockchip in binary form). The standard Radxa Rock comes with version 1.24, available here: http://dl.radxa.com/rock/images/loader/

There are some interesting informations about unpacking the bootloader and obtaining the bootrom: https://gist.github.com/sarg/5028505

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I upgraded to bootloader 2.10, as you suggested.

Once I did this, I found that the old rk30xxnand.ko stopped working -- however the newer 4.40 version from this initrd started working

So, perhaps you can add a note to the initrd that you must upgrade the bootloader before using it?

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I will update the bootloader in pack-tools

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Toby Corkindale
[email protected] wrote:

I upgraded to bootloader 2.10, as you suggested.

Once I did this, I found that the old rk30xxnand.ko stopped working -- however the newer 4.40 version from this initrd started working

So, perhaps you can add a note to the initrd that you must upgrade the bootloader before using it?

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