Menu driven "multiboot"

[linuxium]

Provides a dynamic boot menu for booting Linux from SD card and Android/Linux from NAND with option to install/uninstall Linux.

See https://plus.google.com/109451178006...ts/S23npTqk6Jb for demonstration pictures, files to flash on a MK802IV or similar device to try it, plus source if you want to compile or experiment.

[vmkogeretla]

Provides a dynamic boot menu for booting Linux from SD card and Android/Linux from NAND with option to install/uninstall Linux.

See https://plus.google.com/109451178006...ts/S23npTqk6Jb for demonstration pictures, files to flash on a MK802IV or similar device to try it, plus source if you want to compile or experiment.

Thank you!, Using your achievements very often.

[mitchell4you]

Nice work..
I always hoped.. for a 'bootmanager'

'Now.. i'm hoping that lewy can at this to his Rom's making it easy for us.. to try..linux or xbmc-only'

Cheers.. keep-up the good work

[leolas]

Re: Menu driven "multiboot"

Tanks, good work!!!

leolas.

[puffybsd]

wifi not enabled for my device...

I gave this a spin and have everything working except wifi.

MK802IV with serial number 201308nnn

wifi works on Android NAND

upgraded to the latest firmware from rikomagic

Used each of the .img files from the multiboot image, flashed them with the tool included in the 7z.

Using the rfs image from: http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...K802IV-or-T428

tried ubuntu and lubuntu with the same results...(as expected w/ same kernel)

uname -a
Linux LINUXIUMONE 3.0.36+ #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Nov 2 23:44:28 EST 2013 armv7l arm7l armv7l GNU/Linux

ifconfig: just lo interface shows.
ifconfig -a shows lo, ip6tnl0, sit0

iwconfig: lo, sit0, ip7tnl0 no wireless extensions

lsmod: ...wlan 539873 (size) used by 1

dmesg:
...
Rockchip WiFi SYS interface (V1.00)....
...
RKWIFI WiFi driver (Powered by Rockchip, Ver 4.53.WFD) init.
ANDROID-ERROR) wifi_set_power = 1
rk29sdk_wifi_power = 1
wifi turn on power
ANDROID-ERROR) wifi_set_carddetect = 1
rk29sdk_wifi_set_carddetect:1
...
wl_create_event_handler thr:56 created
wl_create_event_handler thr:56 started
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
Internal error: Oops: 817 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
...

Tried depmod -a, no change.

Assuming there's something easy I missed (should be using a different kernel, or rfs etc.)

Thanks!

[puffybsd]

forgot to add from dmesg...

dmesg also displays:
NVRAM_PATH = /system/etc/firmware/nvram_AP6210.txt

[puffybsd]

Confirmed AP6210 chip

OK, I opened my case and confirmed that the chip is indeed an AP6210. The question is, why when I boot ubuntu (or lubuntu), no wireless device is detected .

The second question is, if there's no fix for this, is there another workaround, such s using a USB ethernet adaptor?

Thanks,
pb

[puffybsd]

got wifi working by flashing a different kernel and recovery...

OK, got it working by wiping the kernel and recovery, and flashing the following:

kernel-mk802iv.img
linuxium-recovery-fb-fix-4-chromium-drm-hdmi-1080-boot-mk802iv-multiboot.img

These appear to be different files than what is in the multiboot g+ post:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99O3A0dDe67bHlHS2FMd0x6OHc

wlan0 was present this time, iwconfig could scan and see my router, but initiating a manual wpa_supplicant process with my essid failed with all kinds of obscure errors. After a lot of experimentation - it turned out I wasn't giving ifup enough time to initialize the device.

I'm now runnning sudo apt-get update...looks like I'm getting 14kb down, we'll see how it goes .

[vmkogeretla]

Provides a dynamic boot menu for booting Linux from SD card and Android/Linux from NAND with option to install/uninstall Linux.

See https://plus.google.com/109451178006...ts/S23npTqk6Jb for demonstration pictures, files to flash on a MK802IV or similar device to try it, plus source if you want to compile or experiment.

I changed the script a bit and parameter to the file works fine.
2Gb userdata, 2.3Gb user, 2.6Gb linux.

mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00002000@0x00002000(misc),0x00008000@0x00004000(boot),0x00008000@0x0000C000(kernel),0x00010000@0x00014000(recovery),0x00010000@0x00024000(backup),0x00040000@0x00034000(cache),0x00400000@0x00074000(userdata),0x00002000@0x00474000(kpanic),0x00180000@0x00476000(system),0x00475000@0x005F6000(user),-@0x00A6B000(linux)

easy to edit paraneter:
1. Windows 7,8,8.1 calc.exe View \ Programmer
2. Example 0x00180000@0x00476000(system)
00180000 Hexadecimal translate into decimal 1572864
1572864*512=805306368/1024=786432Kb/1024=768Mb
768Mb*1024=786432Kb*1024=805306368/512=1572864 Decimal translate into hexadecimal 180000
3. To 00476000 Hex offset + 180000 Hex size = get the offset of the next section 5F6000,
as you can see right 0x005F6000(user)

[linuxium]

Superceeded (so closed)

Please see Linuxium's Bootloader software for RK3188 devices