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Setq at 09:08, 28 August 2020

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Twanaar: fix lsblk command instead of lsusb

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fix lsblk command instead of lsusb

Hipboi: /* Method Two: Write image to SPI flash using mtd tool */

2019-11-11T11:44:30Z

‎Method Two: Write image to SPI flash using mtd tool

Hipboi: /* Step 3 Test M.2 NVME SSD booting from SPI Flash */

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‎Step 3 Test M.2 NVME SSD booting from SPI Flash

Stephen: /* uboot-trust-spi-20190816_1128.img */

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‎uboot-trust-spi-20190816_1128.img

Stephen at 02:16, 28 August 2019

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Stephen: /* FAQs */

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‎FAQs

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-It is exciting that, on ROCK Pi 4, NVME is able to boot from SPI Flash. Here is the tutorial about Linux system running on M.2 NVME SSD.
+It is exciting that, on ROCK Pi 4, NVME is able to boot from SPI Flash. Here is the tutorial about the Linux system running on M.2 NVME SSD.
-This tutorial applys to ROCK Pi 4A and ROCK Pi 4B.
+This tutorial applies to ROCK Pi 4A, ROCK Pi 4B, and ROCK Pi 4C.
 == Prerequisites ==
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 == Step 1 Install ROCK Pi 4 u-boot image to SPI Flash ==
-There are two methods for installing u-boot image to SPI Flash, but you must installed the SPI Flash IC on your ROCK Pi4 before this methods.
+There are two methods to install the u-boot image to SPI Flash. But before you do that, you need to have an SPI Flash IC on your board.
-Check if there is a SPI flash on ROCK Pi 4 board. See [[rockpi4/hardware/spi_flash | SPI Flash]].
+Check if there is an SPI flash on ROCK Pi 4 board. See [[rockpi4/hardware/spi_flash | SPI Flash]].
 === Method One: Write image to SPI flash from USB OTG port ===
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 This method requires a running system ( [https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/ubuntu/rockpi4b-ubuntu-bionic-minimal-20190104_2101-gpt.img.gz Ubuntu Server] or [https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/debian/rockpi4_debian_stretch_lxde_armhf_20181105_2120-gpt.img.gz Debian Desktop] ) on ROCK Pi 4 board. So now power on the ROCK Pi 4. Maybe your ROCK Pi system is running on eMMC module or uSD card. It is OK.
-Firstly, add Radxa APT source. The latest version of u-boot and kernel are still in testing.
+Firstly, add Radxa APT source. The latest version of u-boot and kernel is still in testing.
 For Debian stretch
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 Update u-boot in uSD card or eMMC:
    $ sudo apt-get install -y rockpi4b-rk-u-boot-latest
 Screen shows
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 == Step 2 Install ROCK Pi 4 system image to M.2 NVME SSD ==
-It is convenient to install system image to M.2 NVME SSD. System images used includes [https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/ubuntu/rockpi4b-ubuntu-bionic-minimal-20190104_2101-gpt.img.gz Ubuntu Server] and [https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/debian/rockpi4_debian_stretch_lxde_armhf_20181105_2120-gpt.img.gz Debian Desktop].
+It is convenient to install a system image to M.2 NVME SSD. System images used include [https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/ubuntu/rockpi4b-ubuntu-bionic-minimal-20190104_2101-gpt.img.gz Ubuntu Server] and [https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/debian/rockpi4_debian_stretch_lxde_armhf_20181105_2120-gpt.img.gz Debian Desktop].
 Put the M.2 NVME SSD into M.2 NVMe SSD Reader Adapter, and then insert them to PC.
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      sudo fdisk -l
-You can see the out put message just like this:
+You can see the output message just like this:
      Disk '''/dev/nvme0n1''': 232.9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors             #The '/dev/nvme0n1' is your NVME SSD device path
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 == Step 3 Test M.2 NVME SSD booting from SPI Flash ==
-Power off ROCK Pi 4, remove eMMC module or uSD Card from ROCK Pi 4 since there is system image in eMMC module or uSD Card.
+Power off ROCK Pi 4, remove eMMC module or uSD Card from ROCK Pi 4 since there is a system image in eMMC module or uSD Card.
 Insert M.2 NVME SSD into ROCK Pi 4.
-Power on ROCK Pi 4 and the system runs on M.2 NVME SSD. Now we need to checkout some important information.
+Power on ROCK Pi 4 and the system runs on M.2 NVME SSD. Now we need to check out some important information.
-lsusb to see whether the fourth partition is mounted on /boot directory. If not, just install package, rockchip-fstab, which will add the following lines in file /etc/fstab. If the contents of /etc/fstab are incorrect, just modify it. Then do '''sudo mount -a'''.
+Use lsusb to see whether the fourth partition is mounted on /boot directory. If not, just install package, rockchip-fstab, which will add the following lines in file /etc/fstab. If the contents of /etc/fstab are incorrect, just modify it. Then execute '''sudo mount -a'''.
 The contents of files /etc/fstab.
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    /dev/nvme0n1p4  /boot   vfat    defaults        0       2
-'''lsblk''' should show like this when system runs on M.2 NVMEE SSD.
+'''lsblk''' should show like this when the system runs on M.2 NVMEE SSD.
    root@linaro-alip:/boot# lsblk
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    └─nvme0n1p5 259:5    0 232.8G  0 part /
-Since the fourth partition, /dev/nvme0n1p4, is mounted on /boot directory. Now need to update necessary u-boot and kernel packages.
+Since the fourth partition, /dev/nvme0n1p4, is mounted on /boot directory. Now you need to update necessary u-boot and kernel packages.
    $ sudo apt-get install -y rockchip-overlay
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      intfc:dtoverlay=pcie-gen2
-save and reboot. You should have higher speed on NVMe.
+save and reboot. You should have a higher speed on NVMe.
 == FAQs ==
-* u-boot supporting NVME booting  verison
+* u-boot supporting NVME booting  version
 ** '''2017.09-2676-g4490220395''' (or newer)
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 * How to know that the image has been successfully installed to SPI Flash?
 ** For the newest version of u-boot, when it runs, the red(or blue) led is on.
-** You can remove booting devices such as uSD card, eMMC module and so on. Power on ROCK Pi 4 with SPI Flash on board to see if the red(or blue)  led is on. If yes, it means that you make it.
+** You can remove booting devices such as uSD card, eMMC module, and so on. Power on ROCK Pi 4 with SPI Flash on board to see if the red(or blue)  led is on. If yes, it means that you make it.
-* Check if there is a SPI flash on ROCK Pi 4 board. See [[rockpi4/hardware/spi_flash | SPI Flash]].
+* Check if there is an SPI flash on ROCK Pi 4 board. See [[rockpi4/hardware/spi_flash | SPI Flash]].
 == Change log ==
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 == Troubleshooting ==
-* If you have a issue, start a new post on the forum. https://forum.radxa.com/
+* If you have an issue, start a new post on the forum. https://forum.radxa.com/

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    /dev/nvme0n1p4  /boot   vfat    defaults        0       2
-'''lsusb''' should show like this when system runs on M.2 NVMEE SSD.
+'''lsblk''' should show like this when system runs on M.2 NVMEE SSD.
    root@linaro-alip:/boot# lsblk

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    Done.
-Modify file, /boot/hw_intfc.conf. Uncomment these  lines.
+Edit file '''/boot/hw_intfc.conf'''. Make sure the following configuration are there:
    intfc:uart4=off

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	Reboot the Pi.		Reboot the Pi.
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		+	== Step 4 Enable PCIe Gen2 mode to get max speed ==
		+	By default, the PCIe of ROCK Pi 4 runs on Gen1 mode for the most capability. Once you confirm that your NVMe works well you can try to enable the PCIe gen2 mode to get the max speed of NVMe(reading/writing > 1000MB/s).
		+
		+	To enable PCIe gen2 mode, make sure you are booting on NVMe as rootfs and /boot is mounted:
		+
		+	├─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 112M 0 part /boot
		+
		+	edit '''/boot/hw_intfc.conf''', uncomment the line:
		+
		+	intfc:dtoverlay=pcie-gen2
		+
		+	save and reboot. You should have higher speed on NVMe.

	== FAQs ==		== FAQs ==

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 === uboot-trust-spi-20190816_1128.img ===
 * Support MS Dos(MBR) partition table
 * Support Armbian system image for ROCK Pi 4.

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 * u-boot supporting NVME booting  verison
-** '''2017.09-2676-g4490220395-5''' (or newer)
+** '''2017.09-2676-g4490220395''' (or newer)
 * kernel version

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 * rockpi4-dtbo version
-** 1.1 (or newer)
+** 4 (or newer)
 * Debug log