Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] ARM64: meson: GXBaby (S905) and Vega S95 enablement

From: Kevin Hilman
Date: Wed Mar 23 2016 - 14:10:17 EST


Andreas FÃrber <afaerber@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Am 21.03.2016 um 23:36 schrieb Kevin Hilman:
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Andreas FÃrber <afaerber@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Note: On the Vega S95 I need to change TEXT_OFFSET as follows,
>>> in order to avoid the vendor U-Boot overwriting itself (fwiu);
>>> for the Mini Mx that's reportedly not necessary.
>>
>> FYI, the Amlogic P200 dev board also needs this hack with the factory u-boot.
>
> I have meanwhile found that
>
> mkimage -A arm64 -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x1080000 -e 0x1080000 \
> -n linux-next -d arch/arm64/boot/Image ../uImage
>
> and then using bootm instead of booti works even without the above hack
> on the Vega S95. Not a satisfactory solution yet, but better than
> patching the kernel in a distro-incompatible way.

Thanks for sharing. I can confirm this is working for me too.

Kevin