Hi all,

Looking at http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Bo....2FTF_Card I can see that the BootROM will load into memory data from 0x40 on the SD card and then hand control to that second stage boot loader. It appears that BootROM will load the first 3960 bytes (0x40 to 0x4000) for stage 2, is this correct? Can anyone point me to source code for or a binary of idbspl.img or idbloader.img so I can examine a typical stage 2?

I am interested in developing my own OS from scratch, so I would like to write my own stage 2 bootloader and proceed from there.

Thanks for all your help.

Hello
is it possible to get the schematics and the pcb layout of SOPINE Baseboard “Model A”.
Why I need it? I want to create a custom form factor pcb, to fit it in to my project.

Hello all!

I've been designing this DIY 20" laptop with 15 hours of battery life and a 1080p screen all for myself, running on a potato of some kind (an SBC) and decided to pick the Rock64 for the USB3 and the amount of noob support.

I just dug into my newly received R64, only to find the desktop environments laggy and videos unplayable.
I spent about 7 hours looking into getting Mali Utgard drivers working, but haven't been able to figure it out.

What is the current state of Mali 450 drivers for the RK3328 SoC - is it possible to get 2D/video/3D acceleration working?
I don't mind using a light wm, but basic video playback for files and youtube are a must.


Thank you for your time.

Hi 

I'm trying to use the rock64's hardware encoding capabilities. I'm super impressed with the decoding which has incredible performance! But encoding at this stage only works superficially and trying to decode it again fails.

The following produces unusable h264 (yes sudo is needed):

Any consideration on going with a US distribution company for the Rock64Pro or the other boards? There is a company out of California that specializes in quick-turn Printed Circuit Board Assembly.
https://www.laritech.com/

Hi, I decided to sell my very little used 14'' Pinebook. It has one dead pixel, but I received it like that and it's very hard to spot it, I see it only during the boot on a totally black screen. Can ship world wide. Please contact me.

Hi.
I'm trying to compile some 32 bit binaries on my Rock64, running ayufan's stretch-minimal 0.6.32. I'm stuck on the following:

Quote:Package gcc-multilib is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'gcc-multilib' has no installation candidate

ANNOUNCING RECALBOX FOR THE ROCK64 - ALPHA RELEASE


After many efforts with much teamwork, collaboration, and testing, we are very excited to provide the ALPHA release of RECALBOX for the ROCK64 board!

DOWNLOAD HERE: https://github.com/mrfixit2001/recalbox_rock64/releases

Details on the ROCK64 SoC can be found here: https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=7147

For those of you unfamiliar with the software: https://www.recalbox.com/ 
"Recalbox offers a wide selection of consoles and game systems. From the very first arcade systems to the NES, the MEGADRIVE, 32-bit platforms (such as the Playstation) and even Nintendo64. With Kodi already includeed, Recalbox also serves as a Media Center. By connecting it to your home network, you will be able to stream videos from any compatible devices (NAS, PC, External HDD, etc.)."

Please do keep in mind that this is an ALPHA release, which means you should EXPECT some things not to work. We have done a fair amount of testing on our own to try and resolve as many issues as we can before this release, but now you get to help! (Lucky you!) So if/when you do find things that don't work right, please use the link in github to report the issue.

When reporting issues:

• Provide logs or screenshots of the issue so that we can see the error(s) you are seeing
  
  
• Provide detailed steps for us to follow in order to reproduce the issue
  

• Amstrad (Caprice) Emulator
  
  
• Dreamcast (Reicast) Emulator
  
  
• SPI booting from USB
  

• Upgraded Kodi (and addons) from Krypton to Leia
  
  
• InputStream.Adaptive Kodi Addon
  
  
• Multiple N64 cores so that you can select which core works best for you on each ROM!
  
  
• Overclocked the CPU and the GPU by default
  

• Bluetooth and Wifi adapters from the Pine store have been tested and work for sure
  
  
• N64 core named "n64" is "GLES2N64" and runs Mario Kart pretty smoothly
  

• You can only boot this image only from an SD card (eMMC and USB currently do not work out of the box). To boot from eMMC you need to set root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 in extlinux.
  
• Sometimes when the image first boots there can be a delay. Please be patient and let this complete. It should not happen on every boot.
  
  
• We highly recommend that you install a heatsink on the board with this image! The temp without a heatsink sit at 76C when in EmulationStation - which is just 4C under thermal throttling. With a heatsink - even a poor one - the temps are at approx. 66C and around 73C when playing mariokart (24*C ambient temp).
  

I want to enable AppArmor on 4.4.77-rockchip-ayufan-136 on Rock64.  To do that, I need to compile into kernel two more lines:

Hi All,

I can not manage to write uboot to SPI with the installation procedure "flashing and procedure" on github.
I downloaded the latest u-boot-flash-spi.img.xz image and write on µSD with Etcher.
I boot from my µSD and I see the led flashing but there is no display on my screen. 
I left it all night, without result.

To test, I install xenial-minimal-rock64-0.6.33-211-arm64.img.xz image on micro sd but it does not work.
I reinstall xenial-minimal-rock64-0.5.15-136-arm64.img.xz image on micro sd but it work. If i update to v0.6.33, at reboot, it does not work anymore.

An idea?