08-05-2022, 06:00 AM
(07-24-2022, 04:42 PM)gadgeteer Wrote: Just wondering if you tried the SOQuartz modules on the Super6C mobo, and if so how it went? Seems like it would be a lot of fun.
Hi there! Yes I have now got it installed. I've managed to boot Manjaro Arm using the 20220718 build of the soquartz dev images. Some things are not working, but the OTG USB (unpowered - you need a powered OTG hub!) and Ethernet and HDMI do work. I've now nearly snapped that USB OTG connector off though, so I'm busy now with a new DTS file for the DeskPi Super6C carrier board and SOQuartz combination specifically so I can use the 2 USB 2.0 Type A ports on the carrier board that are only connected to Node 1.
Here's the binary link. pgwipeout has done all of the work so far with the CM4IO board, so I'm basically building on top of that to support the Super6C carrier board. I'm using the xfce version: https://github.com/manjaro-arm/soquartz-...g/20220718
I'm jotting down my notes on this combination here: https://github.com/adamfowleruk/deskpi-super6c
And doing a couple of YouTube videos on it. Only an intro there currently in the 'July 2022 update' video under the 'Edge' Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/c/adamfowleruk - My next video coming out on Mon 8th Aug will be a DeskPi super6c overview though!
I can confirm the current soquartz-cm4 manjaro-arm image does find and load the driver for an NVMe device. The u-boot version used by Manjaro Arm doesn't have built in NVMe boot support, but you can load the bootloader fine from an eMMC on the SOQuartz and then this boots from the NVMe drive. I've confirmed you can do the same with the SD Card too.
The carrier board appears to have some sort of extra microcontroller and serial chip. I've not investigated that yet. I want a solid boot build so others can try first at which point I'll order some more SOQuartz boards and build a cluster. I'm thinking microk8s should work well here. (Or the VMware ESXi arm fling if I get adventurous - I work for VMware).