On Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:55:56 -0700 Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> wrote:
> not used them as much recently, but last I checked (a few weeks/months > ago), both Pinebook and Pinebook Pro with linux kernels from Debian > Bookworm (6.1.x). I have not checked newer kernels. Hmm... I tried with 6.11.2 and didn't get a login prompt, neither on-screen or via serial port. I've reported it at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1085305 ; maybe I'll try a 6.1.x kernel package. > If you install u-boot to eMMC, that is the first device in the boot > order for the RK3399 SoC, so will make it somewhat difficult to load Mine *came* with u-boot on the eMMC. I was of the impression that they've been doing that all along. So, upgrading u-boot shouldn't change that part of things. (I haven't messed with the SPI yet). Of course, what happens *after* control is handed over to eMMC/u-boot has changed. > The boot order of your u-boot will depend, upstream u-boot fixed bugs > that hid various problems with extlinux style boot, and also u-boot > versions in recent years switched away from distro boot to bootstd, > which behaves a little differently. Hmm... maybe with the SDcards I was having problems with, they (that is, the data I had written to them) were not "bootstd compatible" or "not in bootstd format", if that means anything...
