Linux Distributions for Orange PI H3 boards

camh · Published in 2015-9-9 11:09:41

Edited by camh at 2015-9-9 11:11

@moinejf Great. I have also started from Jens patches (uboot and kernel). My priorities are ethernet, eMMC, sata HDD and CPU control (frequency, throttling, etc), so it looks like we're not looking at the same stuff - good.

My first step is to get the network driver working in uboot so I can fel boot uboot which can then network boot the kernel. I've already had one orange pi plus sd card slot break so I want to experiment without needing to pop in and out the sd card in case another board breaks.

I haven't done much programming at the kernel and board/SoC level before so it's slow going as I learn each new bit I need to know.

I'm on #linux-sunxi most of the time so you can ping me there if you need to.
Happy to test anything you want to throw my way. I have some orange pi pc's on the way too so I'll be looking at getting them going as well (should be mostly the same).

Sitheek · Published in 2015-9-9 17:02:41

Is loboris still alive ?

loboris · Published in 2015-9-11 17:00:18

I was on short vacation, sorry for not answering the questions.

@Sitheek I hope I'll receive my camera soon, so it is not necessary to send me one (thanks for the offer). I'm quite bussy with my work next week and I don't think I'll be able to spend much time on it anyway.

@camh I'll upload config and other changes I've made to the kernel next week.

@magicse I've made no changes to video drivers (tv.ko)

@derrickyee81 I've never tested AP mode, I'll test it when I find some time.

@joole_s All USB (host&otg) ports works on OPI-PC, you have to copy script.bin.OPI-PC_xxxx to script.bin
I have only one problem on OPI-PC (related to USB), my wireless keyboard/mouse works only in bottom horizontal USB connector. I'll look into this problem later.
The drivers for RTL8192cu & RTP8188cu are present in scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz

@Vladimir55 I'll test audio on 3.5mm connector when I find some more time.

makama80 · Published in 2015-9-11 17:07:31

@Loboris: is getting the Mali GPU working on your radar? For some reason it's a burden to get this running on the OPI. I own another A20 board (pcduino) where the Mali acceleration actually works in Linux. However, I get all kinds of errors when compiling on my OPI+. I have tried all guides and tips / tricks I could find via Google, but I am out of options.

Maybe you have a clue what's the issue?

loboris · Published in 2015-9-11 17:11:37

There is an interesting review of the OPI boards with Debian Jessie XFCE image on CNXSoft (and video).

loboris · Published in 2015-9-11 17:24:02

makama80 replied at 2015-9-11 10:07
@Loboris: is getting the Mali GPU working on your radar? For some reason it's a burden to get this r ...

It requires much more time than I have. I had some success (I've compiled the drivers), but it still don't work. I was hoping Steven will release the working solution.
I'll return to it maybe next month, I don't think that using Linux as media player on such boards is their intended purpose.

Sitheek · Published in 2015-9-11 22:14:40

@loboris : Beware of inversed pinouts on CSI port - standard OV5640 will not work !

osakanataro · Published in 2015-9-12 22:12:21

I have only one problem on OPI-PC (related to USB), my wireless keyboard/mouse works only in bottom horizontal USB connector.

I have same problem.
my OPI-PC can use bottom horizontal USB only, any USB device.

I tried to copy script.bin.OPI-PC_* to script.bin.(already try 1080p50, 1080p60, 720p50, 720p60...all failed)

loboris · Published in 2015-9-13 19:13:48

Edited by loboris at 2015-9-13 12:46

Tested AP mode, works good using create_ap method.

Before using, install some packages:

sudo apt-get install git iptables dnsmasq util-linux procps hostapd iproute2 iw haveged

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If you don't want to install git, just download create_ap-master.zip from git or my Mega or GoogleDrive and unpack.

Then run

git clone https://github.com/oblique/create_ap
cd create_ap
sudo make install

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After that you can use

sudo create_ap --ieee80211n --ht_capab '[HT40+]' wlan0 eth0 MyAccessPoint MyPassPhrase &

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to start AP

See Examples on git page about how to start AP on boot.

Tested on OPI-PLUS, Ubuntu image, connecting from Android and Windows 10.

loboris · Published in 2015-9-13 20:29:05

Kernel update

NFS version 3&4 wasn't enabled in nfs kernel driver. Fixed.
Only bottom horizontal USB connector could detect USB 1.0 devices (like keyboard and mouse) on OPI-PC. Fixed.

You can download the updated scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz or scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz from Mega or GoogleDrive.