Version of all s905 and s905x boards

doriann · 2017-03-29T14:34:48+00:00

Would it be possible to add a compatible version with tv box s905 and s905x? There is already a project similar to this see here, I believe it would be possi...

nadenislamarre

i would like it, however, i've no such hardware. moreover, there are several things to do on the project, and contributions are not frequent, so adding an extra architecture would mean to do this versus not doing other things.

LastBreeze

What if I mail you a s905x tv box to work on? It would be totally worth it to me to see batocera-linux come to s905(x) boxes

nadenislamarre

i would like to work on this architecture.
but as told just before, the project is quite recent, the number of things to do is still important, the number of users is growing, but the external contributions are very low. Adding a new architecture require some time. Until there are more contributors, i prefer to concentrate on making the distribution better.

suzuke

Hi, i have made it work on my x96(S905x based) box, but the original emulationstation package is always crash with the following error message: (https://gist.github.com/anonymous/3f83908b7bcf550f7d66b37d15002eb1)

[ 1925.094437@2] emulationstatio[3236]: unhandled level 2 translation fault (11) at 0x00000018, esr 0x92000006
[ 1925.094442@2] pgd = ffffffc0549d7000
[ 1925.094446@2] [00000018] pgd=000000005406a003, pmd=0000000000000000
[ 1925.094447@2]
[ 1925.094453@2] CPU: 2 PID: 3236 Comm: emulationstatio Tainted: G O 3.14.29 #1
[ 1925.094456@2] task: ffffffc064b54000 ti: ffffffc064384000 task.ti: ffffffc064384000
[ 1925.094464@2] PC is at 0x5b0750
[ 1925.094466@2] LR is at 0x49f604
[ 1925.094468@2] pc : [<00000000005b0750>] lr : [<000000000049f604>] pstate: 60000000
[ 1925.094469@2] sp : 0000007fce58b9e0
[ 1925.094472@2] x29: 0000007fce58b9f0 x28: 0000000000000000
[ 1925.094474@2] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000
[ 1925.094477@2] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
[ 1925.094480@2] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000007fce58bfe0
[ 1925.094482@2] x21: 0000007fce58c5f0 x20: 0000000000000001
[ 1925.094485@2] x19: 0000000000970000 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 1925.094487@2] x17: 0000007f7de5f670 x16: 00000000008f8c90
[ 1925.094490@2] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 000000000000002f
[ 1925.094492@2] x13: 0a2173646e756f53 x12: 0000000000000001
[ 1925.094496@2] x11: 0000000000000007 x10: 65736e7520657375
[ 1925.094498@2] x9 : 000000000dfa86b0 x8 : 0000000000000000
[ 1925.094501@2] x7 : 0232172a15001c01 x6 : 0000000000000001
[ 1925.094503@2] x5 : 000000000db43690 x4 : 000000000db419b0
[ 1925.094506@2] x3 : 000000000db3c648 x2 : 0000007fce58b9d0
[ 1925.094508@2] x1 : 0000007fce58b9d0 x0 : 0000000000000000

So I change it to https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/archive/2decb2b.tar.gz, and it works.
The working kernel and mali driver souces are taken from:
https://github.com/kszaq/linux-amlogic-le & gpu-aml-r6p1-01rel0-2364187.tar.xz

It is still a little bit of chaos here, it would take me some time to sort it out.
Here is the boot log: https://gist.github.com/suzuke/89fe129736c6d9b00d8be830722818ee

nadenislamarre

hehe. looks nice.
don't hesitate to come on the webchat for help.
do you build the image from a buildroot tree ?
did you create a defconfig ? (for the kernel link for example or others...)

suzuke

nadenislamarre

Yes, i build the image form the buildroot tree (https://github.com/suzuke/batocera.linux) which clone form yours and still with the original emulationstation package.
It contains lots of dirty work, so I would clean it up in the following days.

suzuke

it is weird, all things work fine after re-downloading and re-compiled all packages.
Now we have a branch of batocera.linux for all s905 devices 🙂

suzuke

here is the video, sorry for the video rotation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSS9Wv1lPow

nadenislamarre

thanks a lot.
the image is available here :
https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/upgrades/special20/

people making feedbacks are welcome.
@suzuke can you list non working things / still todo things ?

nadenislamarre

nice video.
really good job.

dmschwartzii

Does this run of sd or flash to internal

suzuke

dmschwartzii
It is for sdcard or usb.

nadenislamarre

new image :
https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/upgrades/special21

dmschwartzii

suzuke Going to test this on a Nanopi K2 as soon as I get it.

nadenislamarre

suzuke
i received my x96
i burn a usb key
i downloaded https://mega.nz/#F!hLwAkRyA!kPnSOSAvWAMqGbNSy-qgZw and renamed gxl_p212_1g.dtb to dtb.img into boot
but i don't manage to boot on the usb. i'll look for how to do on internet.
how do you do ?

i'm trying without success :
"unplug the power press the reset key hidden under the AV plug with a toothpick and plug the power keeping the reset key pressed until it loads"
i've not understood what it is the hidden reset key.

nadenislamarre

i forgot to write it there : new image
batocera-5.12-s905-20180104.img.gz
https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/upgrades/special22/

chapin211

sorry about my English since it's not my first language, Ihave tried it on my TX5 pro and Mini M8s II and did not boot from usb I'll try it with the sd card when I get one.
Thanks for your hard work

dmschwartzii

nadenislamarre what is p212 and p200 in the mega download

nadenislamarre

oh. it boots !
on the reset key was hidden on the ir plug.

it's a bit complicated to boot however...

nadenislamarre

oh, but it looks like it's memorying the last boot, so, it's nice.
32€ for an equivalent of the c2, and delivered with a remote, an internal 8GB disk and a power supply, it's really cheap.

suzuke

nadenislamarre
I know it is a bit complicated to boot, but this is the best way in the early stages of development.
It is too complicated to manage all bootloader of all different s905 based devices like the c2 do.
If any good idea, plz tell me.

The biggest advantage of s905 is really cheap( which tv box with 1G Ram, 8GB disk is only about 25€ with
shipping at China shopping website: Taobao) and the reasonable performance, that is the reason why I
want to port Batocera.linux to S905.