08-08-2018, 02:27 AM
Hello all,
I recently ordered a rockpro64 with a few accessories, one of which is an emmc module (https://ameridroid.com/collections/stora...dule-blank).
However, I am unable to get the rockpro64 to boot with just the emmc module plugged in. I used the usb->emmc adapter to dd the Debian stretch image (version 0.7.9) to it. When it wouldn't boot with that image, I tried an SD card and that worked perfectly. Not only that, but the emmc is visible in /dev/ when booted off the SD so the SBC does recognize the emmc....it just won't boot from it.
After that, I tried a plethora of things to try to get emmc to boot:
1. dd the image to the emmc while booted off the SD with the emmc plugged in to the rockpro64.
2. dd the android emmc image to the emmc.
3. Changed every combination of mmc boot partition enable/disable/ack along with the various boot bus options.
4. Plugged in a serial adapter to view the boot process. The attempted emmc boot showed nothing on serial while the SD boot showed the whole process as expected.
A few things to note:
1. Before flashing anything to the emmc, I noticed it was already loaded with an odroid XU3 image, despite the emmc module I ordered stating it's supposed to be empty. Could this be a problem? I know the Odroids use the boot0 boot partition and I guess rockchip doesnt, so I enabled rw on the boot parts and zero'd them out.
2. The Linux mmc tool and dmesg showes the emmc module as hs200 as opposed to the hs400 that the ameridroid site says. The mmc version is 5.1 as confirmed by the linux mmc tool.
3. The linux kernel reports the emmc model number as DG4032 if that helps.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
I recently ordered a rockpro64 with a few accessories, one of which is an emmc module (https://ameridroid.com/collections/stora...dule-blank).
However, I am unable to get the rockpro64 to boot with just the emmc module plugged in. I used the usb->emmc adapter to dd the Debian stretch image (version 0.7.9) to it. When it wouldn't boot with that image, I tried an SD card and that worked perfectly. Not only that, but the emmc is visible in /dev/ when booted off the SD so the SBC does recognize the emmc....it just won't boot from it.
After that, I tried a plethora of things to try to get emmc to boot:
1. dd the image to the emmc while booted off the SD with the emmc plugged in to the rockpro64.
2. dd the android emmc image to the emmc.
3. Changed every combination of mmc boot partition enable/disable/ack along with the various boot bus options.
4. Plugged in a serial adapter to view the boot process. The attempted emmc boot showed nothing on serial while the SD boot showed the whole process as expected.
A few things to note:
1. Before flashing anything to the emmc, I noticed it was already loaded with an odroid XU3 image, despite the emmc module I ordered stating it's supposed to be empty. Could this be a problem? I know the Odroids use the boot0 boot partition and I guess rockchip doesnt, so I enabled rw on the boot parts and zero'd them out.
2. The Linux mmc tool and dmesg showes the emmc module as hs200 as opposed to the hs400 that the ameridroid site says. The mmc version is 5.1 as confirmed by the linux mmc tool.
3. The linux kernel reports the emmc model number as DG4032 if that helps.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
