On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote:
On 09/16/2017 07:57 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I think this one is even worst than 0913. At least with what little I
>> tested.
>>
>> Still no ethernet, but the link is up. Further, I forgot to mention last
>> time, the config network option on the console is only offering the
>> hostname
>> to change. No ethernet, not surprisingly. But I set the hostname and it
>> does not 'take'. On continue it does not display an X in front of the
>> networking option and once I do log in as root, the hostname is still
>> localhost. I can change the hostname with the normal commands.
>
> What version of u-boot? There was an issue that affected some
> AllWinner A20 devices, make sure you're running 2017.09 rc4
I will check, perhaps tomorrow or Monday for sure. But it is whatever is
shipping with the image. If necessary, I do know how to regress uboot.
>
>> I plugged in the TP-link USB wifi dongle, and the console went crazy
>> scrolling messages. I had to unplug the dongle. The last few messages
>> are:
>>
>> [ 6040.253103] [<bf8a46ac>] (ath9k_cmn_init_crypto [ath9k_common]) from
>> [<bf8ba0c8>] (ath9k_htc_probe_device+0x3c4/0x7fc [ath9k_htc])
>> [ 6040.264883] [<bf8ba0c8>] (ath9k_htc_probe_device [ath9k_htc]) from
>> [<bf8b27b8>] (ath9k_htc_hw_init+0x18/0x38 [ath9k_htc])
>> [ 6040.275879] [<bf8b27b8>] (ath9k_htc_hw_init [ath9k_htc]) from
>> [<bf8b3cc8>] (ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x124/0x184 [ath9k_htc])
>> [ 6040.287329] [<bf8b3cc8>] (ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb [ath9k_htc]) from
>> [<c07b0a78>] (request_firmware_work_func+0x40/0x68)
>> [ 6040.298319] [<c07b0a78>] (request_firmware_work_func) from
>> [<c0364a10>]
>> (process_one_work+0x254/0x42c)
>> [ 6040.307632] [<c0364a10>] (process_one_work) from [<c0365b34>]
>> (worker_thread+0x2b8/0x434)
>> [ 6040.315815] [<c0365b34>] (worker_thread) from [<c036a67c>]
>> (kthread+0x13c/0x154)
>> [ 6040.323217] [<c036a67c>] (kthread) from [<c0307e78>]
>> (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)
>> [ 6040.330596] ---[ end trace ead9f81706ad04d6 ]---
>> [ 6040.336440] ath9k_htc: Failed to initialize the device
>> [ 6040.341864] usb 4-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
>
> You need to include the full trace (from the point it says begin trace
> or similar), but that's not really a ARM/cubieboard specific crash
>
Let's first look into the uboot issue. I would be happy to provide the
whole trace. Just a little leery of swamping this list.
That is your wireless, the u-boot version won't fix that, the u-boot
issue should fixed the wired ethernet