On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 08:08:12AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > Am 18. November 2025 00:35:51 MEZ schrieb E Shattow <[email protected]>: > >Updates to the JH7110 common description: > >- add detailed overview of JH-7110 SoC and boot process > >- revise descriptions of deprecated StarFive loader modes > >- refresh build directions grouped with SPL debug advice > >- reduce usage instructions into common methods shared by supported boards > >- cite starfive_visionfive2 board maintainer description of StarFive loader > >- cite published datasheets for ambient operating temperature data > > > >Redundant/deprecated sections of each board doc are dropped accordingly: > >- deepcomputing fml13v01 > >- milk-v mars > >- pine64 star64 (also add inclusion of JH7110 common description) > >- visionfive2 > > > >Signed-off-by: E Shattow <[email protected]> > >--- > >Changes since v1: > > > >By popular request I have expanded on the topic of deprecated boot modes. > >For those users that rely on this it is now more descriptive about > >factors contributing to the feature deprecation and naming the U-Boot > >release version when this change is in effect. Re-introducing these modes > >is out of scope for this documentation series, however. > > > >- reST needs a space between numeric and the substitution > >- add comment identifying where U-Boot SPL again reads state of > >[RGPIO1:RGPIO0] > > useful to refer to for boards with button+transistors instead of MSEL DIP > >- cite reference to JH-7110 Boot User Guide BootROM description of StarFive > >loader > >- expand on topic of supported and deprecated U-Boot SPL boot modes > >- cite from published datasheets for ambient operating temperature data > >- drop not-yet-published OpenSBI version recommendation > >---
... > >diff --git a/doc/board/starfive/jh7110_common.rst > >b/doc/board/starfive/jh7110_common.rst > >index 4a8058ee5da..2f049b4c327 100644 > >--- a/doc/board/starfive/jh7110_common.rst > >+++ b/doc/board/starfive/jh7110_common.rst > >@@ -1,103 +1,560 @@ ... > >+There are additional unexplained GUID references in the JH-7110 MaskROM so > >the > >+description given is not complete. Attribution and modifications to the > >GPL2.0+ > >+source code used in StarFive loader have not been published as of this > >writing. > >+Due to the lack of verifiable documentation the upstream Linux devicetree > >does > >+not contain hints for mmc0 and mmc1 interfaces to be included in U-Boot > >SPL. As > >+of U-Boot release v2025.10 and newer the U-Boot specific devicetree > >override of > >+hints for mmc0 and mmc1 interfaces that are required for the deprecated > >modes > >+have been dropped marking the deprecation of these boot modes in U-Boot. > > Do you mean upstream U-Boot will fail to boot from SD-card, which is the > Ubuntu default? > > This would need to be fixed urgently. U-Boot master has failed to boot from SD-Card on VisionFive 2 for some time, see my previous report[1] in Octorber. Best regards, Yao Zi [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/aPYUlyni65Ux8xpq@pie/
