Linux for RK3188 based TV boxes

[_j3]

MAC address from IDB

Now I am trying to use fixed MAC address from IDB.
Already complied with CONFIG_ETH_MAC_FROM_IDB=y
[ 11.209373] enter func vmac_open...
[ 11.212473] power on phy
[ 12.253384] Read the Ethernet MAC address from IDB:00:00:00:00:00:00
[ 12.266050] eth_mac_from_RANDOM***********:A:14:56:5D:80:0
[ 12.308011] vmac_mii_bus: probed
[ 12.308279] rk29 vmac rk29 vmac.0: PHY driver [Generic PHY] (mii_bushy_addr=0:00, irq=-1)
[ 12.322704] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 14.303648] PHY: 0:00 - Link is Down
[ 15.315932] PHY: 0:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
[ 15.330368] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

After grep the code, the MAC address is last 6 bytes of SN sector (512 bytes). Where is the SN sector?

[marcelv]

Thanks to aibohraz & mmm123, my ethernet is working now. The steps
1. Use code from https://github.com/linux-rockchip/rockchip-3.0
2. Use config from mmm123: config.1.1.1 (post #71)
3. Use option RK29_VMAC_EXT_CLK (not RK29_VMAC_PLL_CLK)
4. Replace kernel.img in dx05_nand_debian_1.1.1.7z

Would you mind to share your working kernel.
Struggling as well to get the ethernet working

[aibohraz]

You can try my images if you like.

http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=geea6ec10f1ee84d8999493843a4b5c62cd6ae9e5e

[aibohraz]

K-R42 Access Point working hostapd and wpa_supplicant

If someone wants to set up an access point, you'll need a custom hostapd and wpa_supplicant from Realtek

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Here are binaries and source I used

http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g378e843af988107c999494089e8b4890880defde7

edit:
my hostapd.conf http://pastebin.com/RghCs7Ne
found this repo https://github.com/jenssegers/RTL8188-hostapd hostapd source are same, with slight changes in wpa_supplicant. I'm on it now. binaries http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...611696e11b35f1

[aibohraz]

Currently I have two flaws with my box:
1. Sound with noises using av-out and hdmi. (In android it works fine). Can anyone else confirm? I'm on usb audio for now.
2. No mainline linux kernel support.

Also wish it to have a rp-sma detachable antenna. %) Not a real problem, there is a micro connector inside.

[aibohraz]

here is newer 8188eu https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
if you don't get .ko file after make, you may need to modify Makefile

diff -ru rtl8188eu-master/Makefile rtl8188eu-master-patched/Makefile
--- rtl8188eu-master/Makefile   2014-04-18 10:21:08.000000000 +0400
+++ rtl8188eu-master-patched/Makefile   2014-05-08 22:34:08.619291410 +0400
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@

 8188eu-y += $(_OS_INTFS_FILES)

-obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8188EU) := 8188eu.o
+obj-m := 8188eu.o

 else

8188eu.ko http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...dac9dee0c5babb
copy rtl8188eufw.bin to /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

[sevo1984]

skype on rk3188

I apologize if this post doesn't quite belong here, or had been answered elswhere. Nevertheless, with mali 3D support available, linux on rk3188 boards is gradually coming out of age, and I thought many would be interested whether it will ever become possible to run skype on it. Personally, I now have just about everything else I would normally use on my desktop. Here is an interesting link I've recently came across:

http://elinux.org/RPi_Using_Skypekit

[mohamnag]

will this work on a MK809III too?

[no_spam_for_me]

SD Card booting without flashing your device...

Hi mmm123,

a long time ago...

Now I tried to use

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?13617-SD-Card-booting-without-flashing-your-device

=> sdboot_rk3188.img: http://androtab.info/radxa_rock/sdboot/
with/via linuxiums script

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?13617-SD-Card-booting-without-flashing-your-device&p=196496&viewfull=1#post196496

=> https://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/TTXkb7pX7SG
==> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99...MtNGVHMkk/edit


1. I used your 'dx05_nand_debian_1.1.1.7z' (parameter (rkcrc), kernel.img, boot.img and debian.img (rootfs.img)) without success...

2. Then I used the kernel.img and boot.img from your 'dx05_sd_linux_1.1.1.7z' (dd) and also done a
sudo tune2fs -L linuxroot /dev/sdb1
also without success...

any ideas or tips?

Greetings

[no_spam_for_me]

You drives me creasy

I also have to rkcrc (-k) your kernel and boot (maybe only the kernel but used it for both)...

Actually I use them from your SD version and have a prompt...

[no_spam_for_me]

Ok, no way to mout the RFS with one of your boot.img (nand/sd/recovery... I also edited the init to get at ROOT the /dev/mmcblk0p1 but there are problems with the mount (maybe because of the rk30xxnand_ko.ko)) so I took linuxiums build:

https://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/P6TNn3sisa2

=> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99...npXdTZYUjhOX1U
(you also should have a look athttps://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/TTXkb7pX7SG => https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99...3V0UHBwa1J4enM)
(sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=SD81921.img bs=512 count=81921)
(his boot.img (inside this dump) is e.g. without rk30xxnand_ko.ko, it's really minimalistic...)

and replaced the kernel with one of yours (nand-version)

sudo ./rkcrc -k kernel.img kernel.img.crc
sudo dd if=kernel.img.crc of=/dev/sda conv=sync,fsync seek=$((0x2000+0x4000))

Next step I will try to use e.g. your debian RFS...

mkdir ~/img
mkdir ~/SD_part
sudo mount -o loop rootfs.img ~/img 
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 ~/SD_part
sudo cp -r -a ~/img/* ~/SD_part
sudo umount ~/SD_part 
sudo umount ~/img

... we will see

[mmm123]

Ok, no way to mout the RFS with one of your boot.img (nand/sd/recovery... I also edited the init to get at ROOT the /dev/mmcblk0p1 but there are problems with the mount (maybe because of the rk30xxnand_ko.ko)) so I took linuxiums build:

https://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/P6TNn3sisa2

=> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99...npXdTZYUjhOX1U
(you also should have a look athttps://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/TTXkb7pX7SG => https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99...3V0UHBwa1J4enM)
(sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=SD81921.img bs=512 count=81921)
(his boot.img (inside this dump) is e.g. without rk30xxnand_ko.ko, it's really minimalistic...)

and replaced the kernel with one of yours (nand-version)

sudo ./rkcrc -k kernel.img kernel.img.crc
sudo dd if=kernel.img.crc of=/dev/sda conv=sync,fsync seek=$((0x2000+0x4000))

Next step I will try to use e.g. your debian RFS...

mkdir ~/img
mkdir ~/SD_part
sudo mount -o loop rootfs.img ~/img 
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 ~/SD_part
sudo cp -r -a ~/img/* ~/SD_part
sudo umount ~/SD_part 
sudo umount ~/img

... we will see

I haven't used this device for long time, but it looks really simple what you need to do
Get image which boots from SD card (not NAND - NAND is internal device flash and we are making bootable SD card)
Unpack my image with rk_kitchen, you will get kernel.img. boot.img, rootfs.img and parameter.
use parameter, kernel.img and boot.img with scrip provided from other post. It will create bootable image.
This bootable image won't contain rootfs. So next step is to write bootable image to SD card. Then use fdisk to create root partition on that sd card.
After that, you can either dd my root partition (rootfs) or create new one - with mkfs. If you create it by yourself, make sure you label it linuxroot, and copy (with tar -p -s ) from my rootfs.
Alternatively you can use debotstrap to create it from scratch, but it is little tricky - you still need to copy modules, create password for root, etc. Don't recommend it if you haven't done it before.

[no_spam_for_me]

:
Get image which boots from SD card (not NAND - NAND is internal device flash and we are making bootable SD card)
:

That's what I tried and also have to rkcrc them, but, maybe because of the rk30xxnand_ko.ko, I got many

FlashReadRetry error!!,row =

and the mount of the linuxroot doesn't work (something like "error reading super-block at ext4" or so on...)
I also rebuild your boot.img with another busybox and also get some error because of the *nand_ko.ko if I try to mount the /dev/mmcblk0p1 manualy...

Anyway, with the boot.img from linuxium which doesn't use the *nand_ko.ko everything is fine...

[linuxrk]

Well I know this is quite old. But i am really interested in those Linux (debian) images. unfortunately the links are dead. Maybe someone has another link. thanks

[vic_singh]

What version of Ubuntu is it in the first post?
I'm looking to do this to run plex