Defective? PCI-E -> SATA card no work good

unregisteredidiot · 08-22-2018, 08:58 PM

I'm excited about the RockPro64. It just arrived the other day. Sadly, I can't get the PCI-E -> Sata adapter card (also bought through Pine64) to work.

Symptoms:
System locks up hard when anything tries to touch a drive connected to the PCI-E SATA ports. Something as simple as `lspci -v` or `cfdisk /dev/sda` will lock the system and force a reset. Attempting to mount a partition has the same result.

Things I've ruled out:
It's not the drive. I tried multiple drives, all of which work fine in other systems. I was able to mount and use the same drives on my rockpro64 using an old usb2->sata adapter that I had lying around.
I don't think it's the OS images. I tried ayufan's lxde and minimal images, the latest stable 0.7.9 version.
I don't think it's this flaw: https://forum.pine64.org/announcements.php?aid=6 ... my board has a date stamp of 2018-06-06 and the schematics in that engineering notice do not match the power regulator design on my board.

Things I suspect:
I'm not an EE and it's likely that I don't know what I'm looking at, but I suspect there may still be a PCI-E power regulation defect in these boards. Yes, despite the hardware rev. `grep pcie /var/log/syslog` turns up lots of weirdness, including:

Code:
Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.504648] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'gpio' property of node '/vcc3v3-pcie-regulator[0]' - status (0)

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.504700] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: Looking up vin-supply from device tree

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.504739] vcc3v3_pcie: supplied by dc_12v

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.504804] vcc3v3_pcie: 3300 mV

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.504959] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: vcc3v3_pcie supplying 3300000uV

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    2.854241] vcc3v3_pcie: disabling

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.185787] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply from device tree

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.185794] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply property in node /pcie-phy failed

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.242826] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: GPIO lookup for consumer ep

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.242833] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: using device tree for GPIO lookup

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.242849] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'ep-gpios' property of node '/pcie@f8000000[0]' - status (0)

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.242997] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie3v3-supply from device tree

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.243058] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply from device tree

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.243063] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.243081] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie1v8 regulator found

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.246321] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply from device tree

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.246332] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.246349] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie0v9 regulator found

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.249224] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: invalid power supply

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.297572] PCI host bridge /pcie@f8000000 ranges:

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.312065] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.396326] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.399224] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.404688] pcie_pme 0000:00:00.0:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded

Jul 26 08:43:40 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.404779] aer 0000:00:00.0:pcie02: service driver aer loaded

Aug 23 01:44:21 rockpro64 kernel: [  854.222319] Modules linked in: zram lz4_compress rockchip_saradc ip_tables x_tables autofs4 phy_rockchip_pcie midgard_kbase dw_hdmi_i2s_audio

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.502604] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'gpio' property of node '/vcc3v3-pcie-regulator[0]' - status (0)

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.502653] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: Looking up vin-supply from device tree

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.502693] vcc3v3_pcie: supplied by dc_12v

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.502758] vcc3v3_pcie: 3300 mV

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    0.502914] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: vcc3v3_pcie supplying 3300000uV

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    2.926112] vcc3v3_pcie: disabling

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.390905] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply from device tree

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.390914] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply property in node /pcie-phy failed

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.479972] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: GPIO lookup for consumer ep

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.479988] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: using device tree for GPIO lookup

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.480049] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'ep-gpios' property of node '/pcie@f8000000[0]' - status (0)

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.480441] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie3v3-supply from device tree

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.480703] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply from device tree

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.480717] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.480757] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie1v8 regulator found

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.489203] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply from device tree

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.489223] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.489259] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie0v9 regulator found

Aug 23 01:48:14 rockpro64 kernel: [    3.497732] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: invalid power supply

...halp? What do? I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this further. I'm 90% sure this is hardware related. If there is a known fix, I'm a steady hand with a soldering iron or a rework station. If there's not a known fix, is there a way to return this whole setup?

dukla2000 · (This post was last modified: 08-23-2018, 03:59 AM by dukla2000.)

Hopefully Bullet64 will be along shortly - he has played with the PCIe/SATA card AFAIK. You are correct, with a v2.1 board you shouldnt need your soldering iron.

I thought the symptoms you have were common with Ubuntu LXDE and Debian release, but were avoided by using Ubuntu minimal - unclear whether the minimal you tried was Debian or Ubuntu?

Those pcie power errors are indeed worrying, but in fact "normal" at the moment! I suspect a bit more tuning of the DTB will help but FWIW here is mine:

Code:
chris@rpro64:~$ uname -a

Linux rpro64.dukla.net 4.4.138-1094-rockchip-ayufan-gf13a8a9a4eee #1 SMP Thu Aug 9 20:29:55 UTC 2018 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

chris@rpro64:~$ dmesg | grep pcie

[    0.505926] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'gpio' property of node '/vcc3v3-pcie-regulator[0]' - status (0)

[    0.505975] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: Looking up vin-supply from device tree

[    0.506012] vcc3v3_pcie: supplied by dc_12v

[    0.506077] vcc3v3_pcie: 3300 mV 

[    0.506234] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: vcc3v3_pcie supplying 3300000uV

[    2.746029] vcc3v3_pcie: disabling

[    3.212576] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply from device tree

[    3.212580] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply property in node /pcie-phy failed

[    3.290021] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: GPIO lookup for consumer ep

[    3.290037] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: using device tree for GPIO lookup

[    3.290098] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'ep-gpios' property of node '/pcie@f8000000[0]' - status (0)

[    3.290367] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie3v3-supply from device tree

[    3.290534] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply from device tree

[    3.290543] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

[    3.290577] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie1v8 regulator found

[    3.296888] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply from device tree

[    3.296908] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

[    3.296943] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie0v9 regulator found

[    3.303085] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: invalid power supply

[    3.375546] PCI host bridge /pcie@f8000000 ranges:

[    3.404009] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00

[    3.479670] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

[    3.485299] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt

[    3.497076] pcie_pme 0000:00:00.0:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded

[    3.497282] aer 0000:00:00.0:pcie02: service driver aer loaded

Up to 3.303s all kinds of noise while initialising the PCIe itself. From 3.375s it finds my NVMe card and drive, stuff in log is far more convincing and of course the NVMe is working fine.

Bullet64

Hi,

my board v2.1 is running with bionic-minimal. I don't use any desktop systems atm, too many bugs. Please inform me, when its run well Big Grin

Code:
rock64@rockpro64v2_1:~$ uname -a

Linux rockpro64v2_1 4.4.138-1094-rockchip-ayufan-gf13a8a9a4eee #1 SMP Thu Aug 9 20:29:55 UTC 2018 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

dmesg

Code:
rock64@rockpro64v2_1:~$ dmesg | grep -E pcie

[    0.506998] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'gpio' property of node '/vcc3v3-pcie-regulator[0]' - status (0)

[    0.507045] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: Looking up vin-supply from device tree

[    0.507084] vcc3v3_pcie: supplied by dc_12v

[    0.507136] vcc3v3_pcie: 3300 mV 

[    0.507304] reg-fixed-voltage vcc3v3-pcie-regulator: vcc3v3_pcie supplying 3300000uV

[    2.868298] vcc3v3_pcie: disabling

[    3.171478] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply from device tree

[    3.171482] phy phy-pcie-phy.9: Looking up phy-supply property in node /pcie-phy failed

[    3.278691] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: GPIO lookup for consumer ep

[    3.278715] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: using device tree for GPIO lookup

[    3.278812] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'ep-gpios' property of node '/pcie@f8000000[0]' - status (0)

[    3.279319] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie3v3-supply from device tree

[    3.279493] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply from device tree

[    3.279515] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie1v8-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

[    3.279564] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie1v8 regulator found

[    3.289691] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply from device tree

[    3.289716] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: Looking up vpcie0v9-supply property in node /pcie@f8000000 failed

[    3.289776] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: no vpcie0v9 regulator found

[    3.299851] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: invalid power supply

[    3.848058] PCI host bridge /pcie@f8000000 ranges:

[    3.875577] rockchip-pcie f8000000.pcie: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00

[    3.905032] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

[    3.905397] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt

[    3.905408] pcie_pme 0000:00:00.0:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded

[    3.905516] aer 0000:00:00.0:pcie02: service driver aer loaded

lspci

Code:
rock64@rockpro64v2_1:~$ sudo lspci -vvv

[sudo] password for rock64: 

00:00.0 PCI bridge: Rockchip Inc. RK3399 PCI Express Root Port Device 0100 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+

    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort+ <TAbort+ <MAbort+ >SERR+ <PERR+ INTx-

    Latency: 0

    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 238

    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0

    I/O behind bridge: 00000000-00000fff

    Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fa0fffff

    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff

    Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-

    BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

        PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

    Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3

        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)

        Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+

    Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+

        Address: 00000000fee30040  Data: 0000

        Masking: 00000000  Pending: 00000000

    Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-

        Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00000000

        PBA: BAR=0 offset=00000008

    Capabilities: [c0] Express (v2) Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00

        DevCap:    MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0

            ExtTag- RBE+

        DevCtl:    Report errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+

            RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+

            MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes

        DevSta:    CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-

        LnkCap:    Port #0, Speed 5GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L1, Exit Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <8us

            ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot+ ASPMOptComp+

        LnkCtl:    ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk-

            ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt+ AutBWInt+

        LnkSta:    Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk- DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-

        SltCap:    AttnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AttnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surprise-

            Slot #0, PowerLimit 0.000W; Interlock- NoCompl-

        SltCtl:    Enable: AttnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq- LinkChg-

            Control: AttnInd Off, PwrInd Off, Power+ Interlock-

        SltSta:    Status: AttnBtn- PowerFlt- MRL+ CmdCplt- PresDet- Interlock-

            Changed: MRL- PresDet- LinkState-

        RootCtl: ErrCorrectable- ErrNon-Fatal- ErrFatal- PMEIntEna+ CRSVisible-

        RootCap: CRSVisible-

        RootSta: PME ReqID 0000, PMEStatus- PMEPending-

        DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range B, TimeoutDis+, LTR+, OBFF Via message ARIFwd+

        DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR-, OBFF Disabled ARIFwd-

        LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-

             Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-

             Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB

        LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1-

             EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest-

    Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting

        UESta:    DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-

        UEMsk:    DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-

        UESvrt:    DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-

        CESta:    RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-

        CEMsk:    RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+

        AERCap:    First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-

    Capabilities: [274 v1] Transaction Processing Hints

        Interrupt vector mode supported

        Device specific mode supported

        Steering table in TPH capability structure

    Kernel driver in use: pcieport

01:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])

    Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller

    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+

    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

    Latency: 0

    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 239

    Region 0: I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]

    Region 1: I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]

    Region 2: I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]

    Region 3: I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]

    Region 4: I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]

    Region 5: Memory at fa010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]

    [virtual] Expansion ROM at fa000000 [disabled] [size=64K]

    Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-

        Address: fee30040  Data: 0000

    Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3

        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)

        Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

    Capabilities: [80] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00

        DevCap:    MaxPayload 512 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <1us, L1 <8us

            ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-

        DevCtl:    Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-

            RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+

            MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes

        DevSta:    CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-

        LnkCap:    Port #1, Speed 5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM not supported, Exit Latency L0s unlimited, L1 <2us

            ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp-

        LnkCtl:    ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk-

            ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-

        LnkSta:    Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-

        DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABC, TimeoutDis+, LTR-, OBFF Not Supported

        DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR-, OBFF Disabled

        LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-

             Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-

             Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB

        LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1-

             EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest-

    Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel

        Caps:    LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1

        Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-

        Ctrl:    ArbSelect=Fixed

        Status:    InProgress-

        VC0:    Caps:    PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-

            Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-

            Ctrl:    Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff

            Status:    NegoPending- InProgress-

    Kernel driver in use: ahci

I am using three HDD/SDD's

Code:
rock64@rockpro64v2_1:~$ df -h

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

udev            992M     0  992M   0% /dev

tmpfs           200M  484K  199M   1% /run

/dev/sda7       235G  106G  120G  47% /

tmpfs           996M     0  996M   0% /dev/shm

tmpfs           5,0M  4,0K  5,0M   1% /run/lock

tmpfs           996M     0  996M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup

/dev/sda6       112M  4,0K  112M   1% /boot/efi

/dev/sdb1       932G  128G  803G  14% /mnt

/dev/sdc3       1,2G  1,2G     0 100% /media

tmpfs           200M     0  200M   0% /run/user/1000

sda = USB3 SSD Samsung Pro 256GB
sdb = SATA 1TB HDD
sdc = SATA 250GB SSD (ipfire image = 2GB - i know)

uptime

Quote:rock64@rockpro64v2_1:~$ uptime
16:55:05 up 20:08, 1 user, load average: 0,00, 0,00, 0,00

Only problem i know is that usb3 isn't stable atm.

unregisteredidiot · 08-23-2018, 05:38 PM

Oh ... ah ... HA!
You guys set me on the right track, thanks! Solved!!!

The problem has little to do with minimal vs lxde. The main problem with the lxde build is that it only comes with a single processor architecture: ARM64. I was able to replicate the same symptoms on the minimal bionic image, but I was using the arm64 build. I switched to armhf and everything worked fine.

Moral of the story: If you want to use PCI-E attached SATA, you must use a build that targets the ARMHF architecture. I'm trying to figure out why installing a desktop environment on top of the armhf build fails. It seems like an unrelated problem; it seems to boot (and I can see it detect my sata drive in the process) all the way to the text login screen, then freeze instead of properly starting x.

I'm still working on that and will report back if I find anything interesting. Until then, my apologies to Pine64 for misdiagnosing this as a hardware problem. If it is a hardware problem, it's not the voltage regulator. Maybe a bus conflict in 64-bit mode?

Bullet64 · 08-23-2018, 09:37 PM

I am using only

Code:
https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/releases/download/0.7.9/bionic-minimal-rockpro64-0.7.9-1067-arm64.img.xz

without an problem.

Code:
rock64@rockpro64v2_1:~$ dpkg --print-architecture

arm64

But nice if you could solve the problem. And there are certainly still some problems in ayufans images.

unregisteredidiot · 08-24-2018, 09:01 AM

That's strange and interesting. If I do not use the pci-e slot and leave it empty, my rockpro64 is consistently stable on either arm64 or armhf builds. When I have the sata controller and a sata drive plugged in, it consistently crashes on any arm64 build but is consistently stable on the armhf build.

Out of curiosity, what is the date stamp on your board? I wonder whether there is a difference between hardware revisions 2.0 vs 2.1.

Bullet64 · 08-24-2018, 10:48 AM

Date stamp on my v2.1 is 2018-06-06

unregisteredidiot · 08-24-2018, 11:15 AM

Thanks. I'll test again, making sure to check the md5's of my .img files to be sure I don't have a bad copy.

unregisteredidiot · 08-24-2018, 04:52 PM

Well, color me embarrassed. I downloaded fresh copies of the bionic minimal 0.7.9 images and everything works on both arm64 and armhf architectures. This must have all been caused by either a corrupt download or a bad 'dd'. For future reference in case anyone else with similar symptoms finds this thread, the valid checksums appear to be:

Code:
5db9865d01da5370d9d1b8c11945df53  ./bionic-minimal-rockpro64-0.7.9-1067-armhf.img

7856fe0e0c0d162cbbc08d6e2070e97d  ./bionic-minimal-rockpro64-0.7.9-1067-arm64.img

The system lockup from the bionic lxde image is still sort of a thing. There's nothing in the syslog because it technically isn't a lockup -- lspci will cause 100% CPU usage. I'll see if I can dig into this further to find why, but it's a separate topic. Unfortunately, I probably won't have time to work on it again for a couple of days.

Thanks for the input, all.

Bullet64 · 08-24-2018, 11:02 PM

Nice that you could fix the error

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