Not for the first time, I managed to send my answer not to the list.... Apologies! Below my response on Guillaume Op 06-04-2020 om 11:16 schreef Guillaume Gardet:

Hi,

It seems that Odroid N2 support is part of upstream kernel and is also in upstream U-Boot. The problem is it requires some binary-only blobs as explained at https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/board/amlogic/w400/README...

So, not sure how we could package it properly on OBS to create a proper image.

Cheers, Guillaume

I don't know enough from packaging (in fact I know nothing about that...) to understand why the necessity to incorporate binary blobs prohibits packaging here, but of course I'll take your word for that. Any chance the situation changes in the near future? But, IIUC, this depends on Amlogic providing sources for the firmware and for tools needed to create the bootloader image, so I think you don't have  a clue neither. Thanks for your response! cheers, Jogchum -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org

Op 09-04-2020 om 14:19 schreef Matthias Brugger:

On 4/9/20 1:06 PM, Jogchum Reitsma wrote:

...

Not for the first time, I managed to send my answer not to the list.... Apologies!

Below my response on Guillaume

Op 06-04-2020 om 11:16 schreef Guillaume Gardet:

...

Hi,

It seems that Odroid N2 support is part of upstream kernel and is also in upstream U-Boot. The problem is it requires some binary-only blobs as explained at https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/board/amlogic/w400/README...

So, not sure how we could package it properly on OBS to create a proper image.

Cheers, Guillaume

I don't know enough from packaging (in fact I know nothing about that...) to understand why the necessity to incorporate binary blobs prohibits packaging here, but of course I'll take your word for that.

Any chance the situation changes in the near future?

The binary blobs would need a license that allows distribution of them. With that I think we can put them into a OBS project.

Regards, Matthias

Ah, yes, now it becomes clear to me. Thanks. Any chance such a license will be given (by Amlogic,, I suppose)? Anything I can do (not, I suppose)? Regards, Jogchum

...

But, IIUC, this depends on Amlogic providing sources for the firmware and for tools needed to create the bootloader image, so I think you don't have  a clue neither.

Thanks for your response!

cheers, Jogchum

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>> Anything I can do (not, I suppose)?
> 1) check if the firmware blobs has such a license
> 2) if not, talk to hardkernel to see if they can publish then under such
> a license.
>
> Regards,
> Matthias
 From what I see on

https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/board/amlogic/w400/README.odroid-n2 


I think it's the files

https://releases.linaro.org/archive/13.11/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-aarch64-none-elf-4.8-2013.11_linux.tar.xz 


and

https://releases.linaro.org/archive/13.11/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-arm-none-eabi-4.8-2013.11_linux.tar.xz 


Correct? And is there a specific license type you need?

To pose the right questions from Hardkernel.


regards, Jogchum





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Am 13.04.20 um 12:45 schrieb Matthias Brugger:
> On 4/13/20 12:19 PM, Jogchum Reitsma wrote:
>> 
>>>> Anything I can do (not, I suppose)?
>>> 1) check if the firmware blobs has such a license
>>> 2) if not, talk to hardkernel to see if they can publish then under such
>>> a license.
>>  From what I see on
>>
>> https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/board/amlogic/w400/README.odroid-n2
>>
>> I think it's the files
>>
>> https://releases.linaro.org/archive/13.11/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-aarch64-none-elf-4.8-2013.11_linux.tar.xz
>>
>> and
>>
>> https://releases.linaro.org/archive/13.11/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-arm-none-eabi-4.8-2013.11_linux.tar.xz
>>
>> Correct? And is there a specific license type you need?
> 
> No, that's the toolchain.
> 
> I don't know which binary files you need which Guillaume mentioned.
> But normally it's something you have to 'dd' to a specific part of your
> SD card so that the bootrom can load it.
> 
> First you need to find out how to build a SD card from scratch

> and then
> you need to integrate that into OBS.

Why would you need that? Have any of you checked the Wiki at all?

https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:OdroidN2

It has a SPI flash, so you just need to locally build a decent U-Boot, 
flash it to SPI and boot the .iso or JeOS-efi. Unfortunately the .iso 
got stuck last time I tried, so someone will need to re-try with a newer 
kernel or debug which driver may be missing in our initrd causing this.

Same problem with the VIM3 btw.

Sure, making it easier for users to get a working U-Boot would be nice, 
but binary blobs are not the only problem here, there's also x86_64 
binary-only tools from Amlogic that nobody is helping to replace.

Regards,
Andreas

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