Rock/Linux Mainline

Linux Kernel 3.18-rc3

Status

What currently works in Linux mainline:

• UART
• SPI
• I2C
• GPIOs / LEDs / IR
• PWM
• USB
• SD/MMC
• Ethernet
• Wifi

What remains to be done:

• DRM Display driver / LCD controller
• HDMI drivers (ITE66121 / RK616)
• TV OUT drivers (RK1000)
• NAND flash support
• Bluetooth support (rtl8723au_bt)

Requirements

Ubuntu 14.10 / GCC 4.9+ (GCC 4.8 is not supported)

sudo apt-get install git build-essential gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf lzop libncurses5-dev libssl-dev bc

Get the source code

Get linux-next kernel tree (stable branch), default config and updated device-tree.

git clone -b stable --depth 1 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
cd linux-next

wget http://rockchip.fr/radxa/linux/rockchip_defconfig -O arch/arm/configs/rockchip_defconfig
wget http://rockchip.fr/radxa/linux/rk3188-radxarock.dts -O arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3188-radxarock.dts

Build kernel

We have to build two files:

• zImage (the kernel)
• rk3188-radxarock.dtb (the device tree blob)

export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-

make rockchip_defconfig
make -j8 zImage dtbs

Create boot image

We need to append the device tree blob to zImage (CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB option) until we can use U-Boot device tree support.

cat arch/arm/boot/zImage arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3188-radxarock.dtb > zImage-dtb

Create the boot.img using mkbootimg (Rockchip version).

mkbootimg --kernel zImage-dtb --ramdisk /dev/null -o boot.img

Flash parameter and boot image

Get a parameter file from http://dl.radxa.com/rock/images/parameter

wget http://dl.radxa.com/rock/images/parameter/parameter_linux_sd

Flash parameter and boot.img using rkflashtool

rkflashtool P < parameter_linux_sd
rkflashtool w boot < boot.img
rkflashtool b

Notes

Install Rootfs in first partition of SD card

Your rootfs should be in ext4 format. It will be loaded from /dev/mmcblk0p1 by default.

Wireless

The Realtek wifi chipsets require firmwares to be installed in /lib/firmware/rtlwifi

You can get them by installing the linux-firmware package from your Linux distribution

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware

or download them from here: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/rtlwifi