Linux on CX II CAS Status

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **technogeek48** » 18 Apr 2021, 16:23

Hmmm, linux-loader2 compiled with the latest toolchain doesn't seem to be able to work with the filesystem.
The one you posted and the one I just compiled behave the same, I'm debugging it now.

https://github.com/tangrs/nspire-linux-loader2/blob/ca31ca096bea419b687d6d46ec31e6e67a61b7aa/load.c#L37
kenel doesn't exist or is empty
https://github.com/tangrs/nspire-linux-loader2/blob/ca31ca096bea419b687d6d46ec31e6e67a61b7aa/load.c#L127
failed to open dtb image

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **Vogtinator** » 18 Apr 2021, 16:31

Maybe the paths in your .ll2 script are wrong? Try using paths relative to the virtual filesystem root, e.g. ndless/ndless_resources.tns.

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **technogeek48** » 18 Apr 2021, 16:36

Indeed I just tried that, same thing. Weird
(initially everything was in the linux/ folder but I moved everything to the root)

example .ll2.tns :

Code: Select all: kernel linux/ndlessKernel.tns initrd linux/newinitrd.tns cmdline root=/dev/ram dtb linux/nspire-cx2.dtb.tns boot

EDIT: can load each component manually via the commands and not ll2 script but i get a new error : Failed to create 'chosen' node! (it can't update the command line)
https://github.com/tangrs/nspire-linux-loader2/blob/ca31ca096bea419b687d6d46ec31e6e67a61b7aa/fdt.c#L37

EDIT 2: Ok it boots if all commands are done manually and no kernel command line is specified. LCD is now working! But now keypad is broken or initrd is not loaded properly

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **Vogtinator** » 18 Apr 2021, 19:45

That took a while to track down. It only happens when the "dump" command was used and the screen had to be scrolled between loading the dtb and "boot". That zeroed some random data, which was in the middle of the loaded dtb in this case. Fix is here: https://github.com/Vogtinator/nspire-io ... 01add4b3c9

I rebuilt linuxloader and replaced the uploaded version.

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **technogeek48** » 18 Apr 2021, 20:07

Vogtinator wrote:I rebuilt linuxloader and replaced the uploaded version.

Thanks for all your help!

That does indeed let me specify root=/dev/ram and lets me get to busybox!

There are still some issue with the bootloader : ll2 script loader is not working, since any file specified from a script fails to load (maybe something to do with the standard library and strings ?)

Edit : It might be a coincidence, but I think it will only boot if USB is plugged in ? Either that or it takes many attempts

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **Vogtinator** » 26 Apr 2021, 16:59

> There are still some issue with the bootloader : ll2 script loader is not working, since any file specified from a script fails to load (maybe something to do with the standard library and strings ?)

I can't reproduce that issue here unfortunately. Do you use relative or absolute paths?

> Edit : It might be a coincidence, but I think it will only boot if USB is plugged in ? Either that or it takes many attempts

Last time I tried that it works. How does it fail when USB isn't plugged in?

→ **MyCalcs** profile · by **technogeek48** » 26 Apr 2021, 17:33

Absolute and relative were not working via ll2 afaik.

USB is probably a coincidence, sometimes the bootloader will hang after the boot command.

I will try to do some more testing soon.