Build: [can wait] upgrade of Odroid XU4 next kernel breaks "/boot" partition

[golfromeo-fr]

A/
When creating a full image of Jessie Odroid XU4 next, everything is fine (still not /etc/fstab but ok!)

B/
When generating a kernel update (all the *.deb files) of Odroid-XU4 next, doing
dpkg -i *.deb

1/ new dtb files are installed on partition #1 /boot

2/ partition #1 (/boot) is unmounted

3/ new zImage, config, uInitrd are installed directly on root partition in folder "/boot"

so a manual fix is needed, so Armbian is running fine again.

[golfromeo-fr]

as reported by other members, uboot 2016.05-dirty seems to be working along the Hardkernel blobs

https://github.com/c0d3z3r0/odroid-xu4

so we could test and possibly get rid of dual boot partition for XU4

[zador-blood-stained]

so we could test and possibly get rid of dual boot partition for XU4

Please define "we" 😄

As for separate fat boot partition - it can be removed by patching u-boot as long as it supports loading files from ext4, for example pine64 default now uses single ext4 partition scheme

[golfromeo-fr]

@zador-blood-stained
My friend Vlad would say "We" the Sovereign Russian People.
Here, more soberly, I only consider (without vodka) "We" as the people interested in having a nice Armbian image for XU4. Bazinga! ;)

yes, right thank for the reminder "fatload" => "ext4load", the scratchy part is how C0d3z3r0 mixing the blobs with uboot 2016.05 (not obvious for a goldfish like me)

[zador-blood-stained]

Where is the facepalm smile... Hm. There isn't one. Strange, surely you need one when it's about software development. OK, will go the hard way: 👋 ➡️ 🙍

Seriously - I mean we need someone who owns this board to test which commands are available in u-boot and dump default environment (for a start).

Edit: i.e. for mainline u-boot it would be output of help and env print commands.

[golfromeo-fr]

@zador-blood-stained
;)
ok, let me try this

[golfromeo-fr]

@zador-blood-stained
http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/1450-device-specific-odroid-xu4-part2-armbian-next/?p=16155 => ok replied ;)

[golfromeo-fr]

when #480 is pushed in "master", as XU4/next has single partition boot for SDcard & eMMC, probably we can close this one. thanks!

[zador-blood-stained]

OK, we don't need multiple issues for the same problem anyway