Mainline Kernel 5.3.1 BananaPi M2 Zero

Mainline Stable Kernel 5.3.1 for BananaPi M2 Zero

Install

• Make a backup of your data (sd card)

• Make sure you have 20 MBytes free in the /boot partition

    sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.1_1.0-30.deb
  

issues:

• broken HDMI
• broken BT

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc8 BananaPi M2 Zero

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc8

• install:
  sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.0-rc8_1.0-29.deb

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc7 BananaPi M2 Zero

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc7 BananaPi M2 Zero

• add support for custom EDID

install

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.0-rc7_1.0-28.deb

set custom edid

• edit the file /boot/bpi-m2-zero_boot.cmd and add the following:

    setenv extra "no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 drm_leak_fbdev_smem=1 drm.edid_firmware=edid/1280x720.bin video=HDMI-A-1:1280x720@60"
    setenv bootargs "console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk rootfstype=ext4 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait fsck.repair=${fsck.repair} panic=10 ${extra}"
  

• recompile it

    sudo apt-get install device-tree-compiler
    sudo mkimage -C none -A arm -T script -d bpi-m2-zero_boot.cmd bpi-m2-zero_boot.scr
  

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc7 BananaPi M2 Zero

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc7-m2z

This is Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc7 for the BananaPi M2 Zero

• Add support for Device Tree Overlays

Requirements:

• Make a backup of your data
• Install new Bootloader
• install kernel 5.3.0-rc7-m2z

DT Overlay

update the bootloader:

sudo dd if=./bootloader_2z_v3.bin conv=notrunc bs=1k seek=8 of=/dev/sdX where X is your device (1,2,3...)

update the kernel:

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.0-rc7_1.0-27.deb

• example

Change / add your dto file in /boot/bpi-m2-zero_boot.cmd and recompile it.

ext4load mmc 0 ${dtb_addr} bpi-m2-zero.dtb
fdt addr ${dtb_addr}
// ===================
// DT Overlay sample code
// ===================
// start
fdt resize
setexpr fdtovaddr ${fdt_addr_r} + F000
ext4load mmc 0 ${fdtovaddr} m2z_sample.dto
// end

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc6 BananaPi M2 Zero

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc6

THE DEB PACKAGE IS BROKEN - PLEASE MOVE ON TO 5.3.0.rc7-m2z

This is Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc6 for the BananaPi M2 Zero

• Add support for Device Tree Overlays

Requirements:

• Make a backup of your data
• Install new Bootloader
• install kernel 5.3.0-rc6-m2z

DT Overlay

update the bootloader:

sudo dd if=./bootloader_2z_v3.bin conv=notrunc bs=1k seek=8 of=/dev/sdX where X is your device (b,c,d...)

update the kernel:

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.0-rc6_1.0-26.deb

• example

Change / add your dto file in /boot/bpi-m2-zero_boot.cmd and recompile it.

ext4load mmc 0 ${dtb_addr} bpi-m2-zero.dtb
fdt addr ${dtb_addr}
// ===================
// DT Overlay sample code
// ===================
// start
fdt resize
setexpr fdtovaddr ${fdt_addr_r} + F000
ext4load mmc 0 ${fdtovaddr} m2z_sample.dto
// end

/boot tree should be like this

    /boot$ ls -la
    lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      20 Jan 15  2018 boot.scr -> bpi-m2-zero_boot.scr
    -rw-r--r--  1 root root    1183 Nov 24  2018 bpi-m2-zero_boot.cmd
    -rw-r--r--  1 root root    1255 Nov 24  2018 bpi-m2-zero_boot.scr
    lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      32 Set  1 14:28 bpi-m2-zero.dtb -> bpi-m2-zero-v4.dtb_5.3.0-rc6-m2z
    -rw-r--r--  1 root root   25990 Set  1 14:28 bpi-m2-zero-v4.dtb_5.3.0-rc6-m2z
    -rw-rw-r--  1 alex alex  982455 Jan 17  2018 initrd.img
    lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      20 Set  1 14:28 zImage -> zImage_5.3.0-rc6-m2z
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 5749256 Set  1 14:28 zImage_5.3.0-rc6-m2z

Linux Kernel Image 5.3.0-rc3 BananaPi M2Z

Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc3

This is the Mainline Kernel 5.3.0-rc3 for the BananaPi M2Z

Instructions to install:

• Backup your Data Files
• install the new kernel with
  sudo dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.0-rc3_1.0-25.deb

After the install, you should have something like this in /boot partition:

ls -la /boot
drwxrwxr-x  3 ubuntu ubuntu    4096 Aug  7 23:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root   root      4096 Jan 15  2018 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root   root        20 Jan 15  2018 boot.scr -> bpi-m2-zero_boot.scr
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root   root        26 Aug  7 23:12 bpi-m2-ultra.dtb -> bpi-m2-ultra.dtb_5.3.0-rc3
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     21429 Aug  7 23:12 bpi-m2-ultra.dtb_5.3.0-rc3
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     25727 Jun 22 19:35 bpi-m2-zero-v4.dtb_4.20.17
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     25891 Aug  7 16:11 bpi-m2-zero-v4.dtb_5.2.7
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     25891 Aug  7 23:13 bpi-m2-zero-v4.dtb_5.3.0-rc3
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root   root        28 Aug  7 23:14 bpi-m2-zero.dtb -> bpi-m2-zero-v4.dtb_5.3.0-rc3
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root      1183 Nov 24  2018 bpi-m2-zero_boot.cmd
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root      1255 Nov 24  2018 bpi-m2-zero_boot.scr
-rw-rw-r--  1 ubuntu ubuntu  982455 Jan 18  2018 initrd.img
drwx------  2 root   root     16384 Nov  5  2017 lost+found
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root   root        16 Aug  7 23:14 zImage -> zImage_5.3.0-rc3
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   root   5539040 Jun 19 14:19 zImage_4.20.17
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   root   5684040 Aug  7 17:37 zImage_5.2.7
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   root   5736640 Aug  8 00:10 zImage_5.3.0-rc3

Mainline stable Kernel 4.20.17 - Kodi

Mainline Kernel 4.20.17

Mainline stable Kernel 4.20.17 Image ready to build and run Kodi

This is the IMG with mainline kernel

• Stable Kernel 4.20.17
• Cedrus
• Mali

Credentials:
ubuntu / ubuntu

Instructions to flash using a Linux Box

• You need a linux box with SDHC USB reader/writer SD CARD or a built-in SD CARD reader/writer (/dev/sdX or with built-in SD CARD reader (/dev/mmcblkY)

• Find your SD CARD device where X is a letter and Y is a device number

• Flash the SD CARD

  Make it executable:

  sudo chmod +x ./flash_sdcard_mz2_v2.sh
  sudo chmod +x ./format_sd_mainline.sh
  

  Usage: ./flash_sdcard_mz2_v2.sh (SD CARD: /dev/sdX where X is your sd card letter or /dev/mmcblkY where Y your device number)"

  sudo ./format_sd_mainline.sh /dev/sdB or /dev/mmcblk1
  sudo ./flash_sdcard_mz2_v2.sh /dev/sdB or /dev/mmcblk1
  

Instructions to Burn using win32diskimager or etcher

• Unzip bpi-m2z-8GB-sd.img.7z
• Burn the img file from Windows or any other OS

PS:

DON'T use cheap SD CARD, use a brand new and trusted SD CARD
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Mainline stable Kernel 4.20.17 Cedrus + gbm

Mainline stable Kernel 4.20.17 (Kodi)

This kernel is provided as a POC where you can build Kodi

Mainline stable kernel 4.20.17 ready to build Kodi:

• Cedrus (VPU)
• Mali (GBM)
• hdmi-sound
• wifi + eth
• tools to test cedrus and gbm (pre-built)

To test mali GBM you can run kmscube
To test cedrus you can run v4l2-request-test

VPU test

Testing cedrus on mainline is quite simple, run the tests below:

cd v4l2-request-test
sudo ./v4l2-request-test -l -f 25 -P ed-mpeg2

or

sudo ./v4l2-request-test -l -f 25 -P caminandes-h265

Mali GBM test

To test mali GBM you need to setup the mali blobs provided by https://github.com/bootlin/mali-blobs

sudo ./kmscube

When you run the kmscube you will see a cube spinning

Install kernel 4.20.17

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-4.20.17_1.0-24.deb
sudo reboot

Linux Kernel Image 4.20.17 (Experimental) m2z

Mainline stable Kernel 4.20.17

linux-image-4.20.17-m2z

kernel 4.20.17 for the BPI-M2Z

• Install:

  sudo dpkg -i linux-image-4.20.17-m2z_1.0-23.deb
  sudo shutdown -h now

power cycle the board.

Kernel 4.20 - H2 firmware

This is firmware for mainline kernel 4.20.y - Wifi & BT

• extract to: /lib/firmware