ECS PB01CF Boot Issues with EMMC

sToRmInG

I just read through this topic (https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/forum/d/139-great-job) but figured I open a new thread since I am using different hardware.

I am experiencing similar issues. I tried running Recalbox on my ECS PB01CF (http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_SPEC.aspx?DetailID=1732&CategoryID=12&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=40&LanID=0), a standard Intel Atom Apollo Lake x64 architecture, but unfortunatelly the integrated Atheros Wifi/Bluetooth Card does not work. This brought me to your build of Recalbox, batocera.

Out of the box, everything is running smoothly when using an USB drive. There is a microSD card slot but the BIOS is not able to boot from it.

I then installed batocera from an USB stick to the 32GB internal eMMC. Everything worked as expected but after a reboot, GRUB or more specifically INITRD was not able to find the internal storage. I assume that the proper driver is missing and therefore it cannot be found. When I use the USB drive to boot batocera, it will properly recognize the internal eMMC.

You said something about that modules are not available during boot and this is what I think is the problem.

Could you have a look at it?
You can see my lspci, lsmod and dmesg from lubuntu and batocera below:

lubuntu
dmesg: https://pastebin.com/Qaj5huWN
lspci: https://pastebin.com/teLfGTCd
lsmod: https://pastebin.com/gFEFnnrR

batocera ( booted through USB )
dmesg: https://pastebin.com/cG3F906F
lspci: https://pastebin.com/S33Wahi1 (only containing classes)
lsmod: https://pastebin.com/beuz7Em7

batocera (booted through eMMC, completed by inserting a USB drive with batocera on it)
dmesg: https://pastebin.com/iueYJx02
lspci: https://pastebin.com/UjmJqsU6
lsmod: https://pastebin.com/fxMDAsbC

When booting from eMMC, GRUB starts fine and loads the RAM Disk. However, the initramfs gets stuck when it is not able to find a partition labeled as RECALBOX:
mount: mounting LABEL=RECALBOX on /boot_root failed: No such file or directory
Waiting for the root device

Unfortunately, I was not able to capture the logs of initrd...

Feel free to request some more logs if needed.

Thanks in advance!

nadenislamarre

thanks a lot.
it's exactly what i needed.
i should be able to build an image for test for you very soon.

nadenislamarre

can you :
1) install batocera x86 32 bits
2) replace the file boot/linux by this one http://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/special/linux

and confirm it works please ?
if that works, i'll include the same one in the version 64 bits and let you test too.
thanks in advance.

sToRmInG

Hey nadenislamarre

Sorry for the delay, had some busy couple of days.
Unfortunately, the new image does not work and during boot the RamDisk cannot find the partition labeled as RECALBOX.
You can find the new dmesg Log here: https://pastebin.com/pB0spHLW

atangbg

Hello,
I use device like this (my is ECS Liva X) and have a same problem
I test this solution, but did not work.
Have a nice day!

nadenislamarre

can you send the lsmod with the new kernel please ?

sToRmInG

Sure
This is the lsmod after I completed the boot procedure by plugging in the USB stick, after the error message occurred: https://pastebin.com/rgWtFYYW

nadenislamarre

hum. thus i did something wrong.
i've to review my change.
i come back with a new image soon.

sToRmInG

nadenislamarre
Any progress so far?

sToRmInG

Thank you for the update.
Did you already have time to look at it?

nadenislamarre

i've added several emmc drivers in the last version as far as i remember
Have you checked with 5.17 ?

sToRmInG

nadenislamarre
Thanks for the hint. With version 5.17 the emmc is properly detected. 🙂
Thank you so much for looking into it!