Unable to boot any image

[david]

I’ve got my VisionFive V2 today and I’m unable to boot into any image.
The first thing I did was update U-Boot and SPL to 2.11.5 (Release VisionFive2 Software v2.11.5 · starfive-tech/VisionFive2 · GitHub)

I have connected a UART adapter.

On boot, I am greeted by

U-Boot SPL 2021.10 (Mar 24 2023 - 01:42:56 +0800)
DDR version: dc2e84f0.
Trying to boot from SPI

OpenSBI v1.2
   ____                    _____ ____ _____
  / __ \                  / ____|  _ \_   _|
 | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___ | |_) || |
 | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \|  _ < | |
 | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) | |_) || |_
  \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/|___/_____|
        | |
        |_|

Platform Name             : StarFive VisionFive V2
Platform Features         : medeleg
Platform HART Count       : 5
Platform IPI Device       : aclint-mswi
Platform Timer Device     : aclint-mtimer @ 4000000Hz
Platform Console Device   : uart8250
Platform HSM Device       : ---
Platform PMU Device       : ---
Platform Reboot Device    : pm-reset
Platform Shutdown Device  : pm-reset
Platform Suspend Device   : ---
Firmware Base             : 0x40000000
Firmware Size             : 392 KB
Firmware RW Offset        : 0x40000
Runtime SBI Version       : 1.0

Domain0 Name              : root
Domain0 Boot HART         : 1
Domain0 HARTs             : 0*,1*,2*,3*,4*
Domain0 Region00          : 0x0000000002000000-0x000000000200ffff M: (I,R,W) S/U: ()
Domain0 Region01          : 0x0000000040000000-0x000000004003ffff M: (R,X) S/U: ()
Domain0 Region02          : 0x0000000040040000-0x000000004007ffff M: (R,W) S/U: ()
Domain0 Region03          : 0x0000000000000000-0xffffffffffffffff M: (R,W,X) S/U: (R,W,X)
Domain0 Next Address      : 0x0000000040200000
Domain0 Next Arg1         : 0x0000000042200000
Domain0 Next Mode         : S-mode
Domain0 SysReset          : yes
Domain0 SysSuspend        : yes

Boot HART ID              : 1
Boot HART Domain          : root
Boot HART Priv Version    : v1.11
Boot HART Base ISA        : rv64imafdcbx
Boot HART ISA Extensions  : none
Boot HART PMP Count       : 8
Boot HART PMP Granularity : 4096
Boot HART PMP Address Bits: 34
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 2
Boot HART MIDELEG         : 0x0000000000000222
Boot HART MEDELEG         : 0x000000000000b109


U-Boot 2021.10 (Mar 24 2023 - 01:42:56 +0800), Build: jenkins-github_visionfive2-13

CPU:   rv64imacu
Model: StarFive VisionFive V2
DRAM:  8 GiB
MMC:   sdio0@16010000: 0, sdio1@16020000: 1
Loading Environment from SPIFlash... SF: Detected gd25lq128 with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 16 MiB
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

StarFive EEPROM format v2

--------EEPROM INFO--------
Vendor : StarFive Technology Co., Ltd.
Product full SN: VF7110B1-2253-D008E000-00006069
data version: 0x2
PCB revision: 0xb2
BOM revision: A
Ethernet MAC0 address: 6c:cf:39:00:62:66
Ethernet MAC1 address: 6c:cf:39:00:62:69
--------EEPROM INFO--------

I’ve tried to use:

• An SD Card
• The EMMC module
• The EMMC module, on the SD-card adapter

Whenever I try to use either of those with any of the images:

• ArchLinux-VF2_5.15.2_v2.11.5-cwt12.img
• Armbian_23.5.0-trunk.123_Visionfive2_sid_edge_5.15.0.img
• starfive-jh7110-VF2-SD-wayland.img (March 2023)

In either SDIO or MMC boot modes, I always get

dwmci_s: Response Timeout.
BOOT fail,Error is 0xffffffff

When using Flash boot mode, I get a set of errors, depending on which image I use:

Debian

--------EEPROM INFO--------

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: StarFive VisionFive V2
Net:   eth0: ethernet@16030000, eth1: ethernet@16040000
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc1(part 0) is current device
found device 1
bootmode flash device 1
385 bytes read in 4 ms (93.8 KiB/s)
Importing environment from mmc1 ...
Can't set block device
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
48366 bytes read in 7 ms (6.6 MiB/s)

fdt_find_or_add_subnode: memory: FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE
libfdt fdt_setprop(): FDT_ERR_NOSPACE
48366 bytes written in 8 ms (5.8 MiB/s)
Retrieving file: /extlinux/extlinux.conf
830 bytes read in 6 ms (134.8 KiB/s)
U-Boot menu
1:      Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 5.15.0-starfive
2:      Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 5.15.0-starfive (rescue target)
Enter choice: 1:        Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 5.15.0-starfive
Retrieving file: /initrd.img-5.15.0-starfive
Invalid FAT entry
** Unable to read file /initrd.img-5.15.0-starfive **
Failed to load '/initrd.img-5.15.0-starfive'
Skipping l0 for failure retrieving initrd
2:      Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid 5.15.0-starfive (rescue target)
Retrieving file: /initrd.img-5.15.0-starfive
Invalid FAT entry
** Unable to read file /initrd.img-5.15.0-starfive **
Failed to load '/initrd.img-5.15.0-starfive'

(Invalid FAT entry)

Arch

--------EEPROM INFO--------

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: StarFive VisionFive V2
Net:   eth0: ethernet@16030000, eth1: ethernet@16040000
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc1(part 0) is current device
found device 1
bootmode flash device 1
406 bytes read in 5 ms (79.1 KiB/s)
Importing environment from mmc1 ...
Can't set block device
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
406 bytes read in 5 ms (79.1 KiB/s)
## Warning: defaulting to text format
48450 bytes read in 8 ms (5.8 MiB/s)
fdt_find_or_add_subnode: memory: FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE
libfdt fdt_setprop(): FDT_ERR_NOSPACE
48450 bytes written in 8 ms (5.8 MiB/s)
Retrieving file: /extlinux/extlinux.conf
964 bytes read in 6 ms (156.3 KiB/s)
U-Boot menu
1:      Arch Linux Minimal 5.15.2-cwt12
2:      Arch Linux Minimal 5.15.2-cwt12 (Single User)
Enter choice: 1:        Arch Linux Minimal 5.15.2-cwt12
Retrieving file: /initrd.img-5.15.2-cwt12
9529238 bytes read in 17 ms (534.6 MiB/s)
Retrieving file: /vmlinuz-5.15.2-cwt12
Invalid FAT entry
** Unable to read file /vmlinuz-5.15.2-cwt12 **
Failed to load '/vmlinuz-5.15.2-cwt12'
Skipping Arch-minimal for failure retrieving kernel
2:      Arch Linux Minimal 5.15.2-cwt12 (Single User)
Retrieving file: /initrd.img-5.15.2-cwt12
9529238 bytes read in 17 ms (534.6 MiB/s)
Retrieving file: /vmlinuz-5.15.2-cwt12
10564653 bytes read in 23 ms (438.1 MiB/s)
append: root=/dev/mmcblk1p4 rw console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200 earlycon rootwait stmmaceth=chain_mode:1 selinux=0 rootflags=defaults,discard=async,coe
Retrieving file: /dtbs/starfive/jh7110-visionfive-v2.dtb
48450 bytes read in 10 ms (4.6 MiB/s)
   Uncompressing Kernel Image
Error: inflate() returned -3

(Error: inflate() returned -3)

This is how I initially updated U-Boot and SPL:

StarFive # tftpboot 0xa0000000 ${serverip}:u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out
Using ethernet@16030000 device
TFTP from server 192.168.2.101; our IP address is 192.168.2.222
Filename 'u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out'.
Load address: 0xa0000000
Loading: ##########
         10.5 MiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 132208 (20470 hex)
StarFive # sf update 0xa0000000 0x0 $filesize
device 0 offset 0x0, size 0x20470
132208 bytes written, 0 bytes skipped in 0.790s, speed 170720 B/s
StarFive # tftpboot 0xa0000000 ${serverip}:visionfive2_fw_payload.img
Using ethernet@16030000 device
TFTP from server 192.168.2.101; our IP address is 192.168.2.222
Filename 'visionfive2_fw_payload.img'.
Load address: 0xa0000000
Loading: #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #######
         11.6 MiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 2955397 (2d1885 hex)
StarFive # sf update 0xa0000000 0x100000 $filesize
device 0 offset 0x100000, size 0x2d1885
1042565 bytes written, 1912832 bytes skipped in 9.82s, speed 333075 B/s

[andrew]

Try setting the DIP switch to Boot off the SDCARD.
https://forum.rvspace.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4db77020da798735769c08c2a8b2f90e5707b37d.jpeg
Then when you get the
BOOT fail,Error is 0xffffffff
Press the reset button for about 1 second and see if it boots then.
You may need to try a few times.

Additionally you may want to try with a different brand of SDCard.

You can also try my Gentoo Image and see if that boots

Experimental Gentoo Image

Here is a link to my latest Image which includes the v2.10.4 Firmware on the SD Image https://drive.google.com/file/d/10TDsk2FwZDJv3yJvDAfCam5Wf9ibS6Eg/view?usp=sharing Install using dd or Balana Etcher after uncompressing the file EG sudo dd if=gentoo.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1024 Modify the SD Card for expand the last partition to use the rest of the SD Card. sudo growpart /dev/mmcblk0 4 sudo e2fsck -f /dev/mmcblk0p4 sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p4 sudo fsck.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p4 Set the DIP S…

[larryw3i]

Could it be the problem about the power supply?

[rvalles]

My intuition would be to test a different sd card (preferably another brand/model), as your VisionFive2 seems to really, really dislike your sd card.

If this does not help, I’d try a different power supply.

[cwt]

For my Arch image, please try set the dip switch to SD boot mode, if that still doesn’t boot, try using USB type C PD as the power supply instead of USB type A quick charge.