brcm2708: Update brcm2708-gpu-fw package

Problem - rapsberry pi 3 b/b+ does not boot with bcm2710 images!

How Raspberry Pi boots Actualy?

When Raspberry is switched on GPU is activated.
1. GPU execute First stage bootloader from ROM.
First stage bootloader mount the FAT boot partition on the SD card
and execute second stage bootloader (bootcode.bin).
2. Second stage bootloader (bootcode.bin) activate SDRAM.
Load the GPU firmware (start.elf).
3. GPU firmware (start.elf)
  a) display Rainbow splash.
  b) read firmware configuration file config.txt and
     split the RAM using fixup.dat.
  c) loads a cmdline.txt
  d) enables the CPU.
  e) loads the kernel image configurable via config.txt

In your target/linux/brcm2708/image/config.txt
 493 ## kernel (string)
 494 ##     Alternative name to use when loading kernel.
 495 ##
 496 #kernel=""
it is not configured!

But in your target/linux/brcm2708/image/Makefile
  75   KERNEL_IMG := kernel8.img
  76   DEVICE_TITLE := Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+
you have kernel8.img

GPU Firmware search order by default for a PI 3 is:
kernel8.img if found boot in 64 bit mode
kernel8-32.img if found boot in 32 bit mode
kernel7.img if found boot in 32 bit mode
kernel.img if found boot in 32 bit mode

But a PI 2 will start the search from kernel7.img and
a PI 1 only looks for kernel.img.

Оbviously the kernel has been found.
But something goes wrong and the device is restarted.

In your package/kernel/brcm2708-gpu-fw/Makefile
  11 PKG_NAME:=brcm2708-gpu-fw
  12 PKG_VERSION:=2017-08-08
  13 PKG_RELEASE:=e7ba7ab135f5a68b2c00a919ea9ac8d5528a5d5b
boot loader is 10 monts old.

In conclusion, the best way to solve the problem is
to update the boot loader!

Fixup_cd.dat and start_cd.elf files are not necessary.
These are used when GPU memory is set to 16 MB, which disables
some GPU features.
I did not remove them just in case!

cheers

Signed-off-by: Christo Nedev <christo.nedev@gmail.com>
master
Christo Nedev 7 years ago committed by John Crispin
parent 8796680277
commit c335649629
  1. 14
      package/kernel/brcm2708-gpu-fw/Makefile

@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
PKG_NAME:=brcm2708-gpu-fw PKG_NAME:=brcm2708-gpu-fw
PKG_VERSION:=2017-08-08 PKG_VERSION:=2018-05-16
PKG_RELEASE:=e7ba7ab135f5a68b2c00a919ea9ac8d5528a5d5b PKG_RELEASE:=0f5f899ccec1c2ef8bba02aa49700b4ec19b4199
PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)/rpi-firmware-$(PKG_RELEASE) PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)/rpi-firmware-$(PKG_RELEASE)
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ define Download/bootcode_bin
FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-bootcode.bin FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-bootcode.bin
URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL) URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL)
URL_FILE:=bootcode.bin URL_FILE:=bootcode.bin
HASH:=b5928ef5253774362014f9e7de856397a932514fe1bc5d7f7817a73c0e10e863 HASH:=c9eb5258766fabf7127e790b257f106e2717f0ccaaed37544b970b0d113956fc
endef endef
$(eval $(call Download,bootcode_bin)) $(eval $(call Download,bootcode_bin))
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ define Download/fixup_dat
FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-fixup.dat FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-fixup.dat
URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL) URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL)
URL_FILE:=fixup.dat URL_FILE:=fixup.dat
HASH:=d95fcac57de7ab71e863a115fd60444f6099cb2ea100f4a68b2c606f79e775ed HASH:=8a6311e73d0f349be9b8424db0644fd8f48aaf721f3f2f487488c83d7316cbdf
endef endef
$(eval $(call Download,fixup_dat)) $(eval $(call Download,fixup_dat))
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ define Download/fixup_cd_dat
FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-fixup_cd.dat FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-fixup_cd.dat
URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL) URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL)
URL_FILE:=fixup_cd.dat URL_FILE:=fixup_cd.dat
HASH:=28f3ec8388df4e0c47489f8370a29ca81dbc536fe7db9978342865b5d093ec36 HASH:=973b008aae9711d57ddce4f058354fe5a0b4725dd825673f784a2e2754da1f28
endef endef
$(eval $(call Download,fixup_cd_dat)) $(eval $(call Download,fixup_cd_dat))
@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ define Download/start_elf
FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-start.elf FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-start.elf
URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL) URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL)
URL_FILE:=start.elf URL_FILE:=start.elf
HASH:=8712fb4e241a22f7a33de0f1d420e0fdfff237952aa685c907b91e59c8d487fa HASH:=8e77c4cce7e44ced609e5046dd55f19cb7656a8ce4694e733b7eb6ecab915fe1
endef endef
$(eval $(call Download,start_elf)) $(eval $(call Download,start_elf))
@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ define Download/start_cd_elf
FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-start_cd.elf FILE:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_FILE)-start_cd.elf
URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL) URL:=$(RPI_FIRMWARE_URL)
URL_FILE:=start_cd.elf URL_FILE:=start_cd.elf
HASH:=c600ab34bea389da10aac541bf2f9c62e5f774093b7e1f2f72c4637f9cf3a83c HASH:=25223b479b7aca1d74c6f7a1829aba69fd14906ca5b25ae12571fe71ea2c5a4a
endef endef
$(eval $(call Download,start_cd_elf)) $(eval $(call Download,start_cd_elf))

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