The Motorola bootloader does Qualcomm-style DTB selection: it matches
qcom,msm-id / qcom,board-id from each FDT in vendor_boot against the
detected SoC/board and passes only the match to the kernel. Mainline
qcom DTs dropped these props, so ours had none -> no match -> the ABL
hands the kernel no DTB -> instant panic, no console, <2s bootloop
(seen on every kernel version tried). Values from the stock live DT
(SM8550 = 0x218, board-id 0x241/0xb1b0). Mainline ignores them.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
Full .dts + fixed 7.2 kernel still resets in <2s with no output. Cut the
.dts to SoC + regulators + debug UART + HS-peripheral USB only - no
reserved-memory, no simple-framebuffer, no touch/SD/UFS/keys. If this
reaches the initramfs the fault was in a removed node; if it also resets
the problem is the kernel/config/boot image.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
The 7.2 build installed vmlinuz.efi (EFI ZBOOT self-decompressor) into
the Android boot.img; the Motorola bootloader can't execute it and
resets in <2s. Disable CONFIG_EFI_ZBOOT, install arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz
as vmlinuz, and drop pmb:kconfigcheck-uefi (which mandates ZBOOT and is
irrelevant for an Android-boot.img device).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
The full initramfs (12.8 MB) does not fit init_boot (8 MB), and stock
init_boot's /init overrides pmOS's in vendor_boot. Splitting produces a
small base initramfs that fits, so it can be flashed to init_boot too.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
7.2 flattened the qcom dwc3 nodes: no more usb_1_dwc3 label, usb_1 is the
dwc3 itself. Move dr_mode/maximum-speed onto &usb_1 and drop the
SuperSpeed phy + usb-role-switch so it comes up as a plain HS gadget
without pmic-glink.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
The Dec-2024 sm8550 bring-up snapshot (6.13-rc3) black-screen bootloops
on rtwo with no output. Switch to plain upstream 7.2 (kernel.org, same
tarball as linux-postmarketos-mainline) which has ~18 months of SM8550
fixes (SPMI, watchdog node, USB, UFS, display, ...).
- config base is now config-mainline.aarch64 (copied as
config-motorola-rtwo.aarch64) + the rtwo.config fragment appended.
- rtwo.config: disable RUST + DEBUG_INFO + non-Qualcomm ARCH_* to keep
the build within disk; add SIMPLEDRM/SYSFB_SIMPLEFB alongside FB_SIMPLE.
- drop the hand-added APSS watchdog node from the .dts (upstream
sm8550.dtsi has it since 6.8).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
The generic arm64 defconfig builds modules for every SoC family; the
build tree blew past the disk (SIGBUS in modfinal). Disable DEBUG_INFO
and every non-Qualcomm ARCH_* family in rtwo.config.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
'fastboot boot' hands off cleanly (OKAY / booting) and the device then
resets - classic unpetted APSS watchdog. sm8550.dtsi at 6.13-rc3 has no
watchdog node; add it for rtwo so qcom_wdt binds and keeps it fed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
The device resets right after 'fastboot boot' with no output. Add tools
to see why:
- rtwo.config kernel fragment: PSTORE_RAM=y + PSTORE_CONSOLE=y (capture the
kernel log in ramoops at 0xae000000, readable afterwards from stock
Android or a later pmOS boot), QCOM_WDT=y (pet the APSS watchdog early
in case the bootloader armed it), FB_SIMPLE/FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE on.
- .dts: simple-framebuffer at 0xb8000000 reworked (x8r8g8b8, 1080x2400) -
reuses the bootloader framebuffer, no panel driver needed.
- deviceinfo cmdline: console=tty0 (framebuffer console), ignore_loglevel,
clk_ignore_unused + pd_ignore_unused (keep the bootloader display path
powered so the framebuffer does not freeze).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
boot-deploy needs the AOSP mkbootimg (from android-tools) to build the
header v4 boot.img + vendor_boot.img pair; mkbootimg-osm0sis does not
handle GKI/vendor_boot. Matches the other header-v4 devices (Pixel 6).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
The reference-design rail voltages that both sm8550-mtp and the rtwo
downstream share are unchanged, but three rails carry board-specific
ranges in the Motorola DT / device DTB dump:
L11B (panel VDD): 1.20-1.50 V -> 1.23-1.28 V
L1E (USB HS phy): fixed 0.88 V -> 0.88-0.912 V
L1G (UFS VCCQ): fixed 1.20 V -> 1.144-1.256 V
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
Cross-referenced the LineageOS 23.2 sources (android_device_motorola_rtwo,
sm8550-common, sm8550-devicetrees) and the DTB dumped from the device:
- Fix debug UART: it is GENI SE7 under qupv3_id_0 (@ac0000), not qupv3_id_1.
- Add ramoops (0xae000000/0x60000) and a cont_splash reserved region
(0xb8000000), both matching the stock reserved-memory map.
- Add a simple-framebuffer at 0xb8000000 (1080x2400) so there is an early
console on the panel; deviceinfo screen size corrected to 1080x2400.
- Goodix GT9916 touchscreen on spi4 (SE4), reset TLMM24 / irq TLMM25,
avdd = pm8550 L9B, vddio = pm8550 L10B (new rails L8B/L10B added).
- gpio-keys: volume-up on pm8550 GPIO6; enable PMIC pwrkey + resin
(volume-down).
- SD card: real card-detect on pm8550 GPIO12, vqmmc = L8B.
- modules-initfs: add goodix-berlin + eusb2 phy modules.
Panel/DRM, GPU, modem, WiFi/BT (WCN7850), charger and camera are documented
as TODO in the .dts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
Bring-up for the Motorola Moto Edge 40 Pro (codename "rtwo", SM8550 /
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2).
New linux-postmarketos-qcom-sm8550 aport:
- Built from the postmarketOS soc/qcom-sm8550 tree (branch bringup,
6.13-rc3, commit 22591bbc).
- Kernel config is generated at build time from the in-tree upstream
defconfig plus the repo's pmos.config and devices.config fragments.
- Ships a WIP sm8550-motorola-rtwo.dts: SoC + PMICs + the sm8550-mtp
regulator tree, UART7 debug console, USB in high-speed peripheral mode,
UFS and SD card. Display panel, touchscreen, modem, WiFi/BT, GPU zap
shader and reserved-memory carveouts still need to be described from
Motorola's downstream sources.
device-motorola-rtwo:
- deviceinfo completed from bootimg analysis of the stock boot.img:
Android boot header v4, 4096-byte pages, no qcdt, fastboot flashing.
Added screen geometry, UFS sector size and a serial getty; framebuffer
disabled until the panel works.
- Depends on the new kernel, soc-qcom and mkbootimg.
Both packages still need 'pmbootstrap checksum' for the kernel tarball and
a real boot test; see the TODO comments in the APKBUILDs and the .dts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF5HebjUsRaxbW4cBX6HJP
The libdebuginfod package ships a profile.d script that reads
/etc/debuginfod/*.urls files, but that mechanism doesn't work on
Duranium because users can install gdb via coldbrew and coldbrew's
bubblewrap sandbox doesn't bind-mount the host's /etc so any .urls file
on the host is invisible inside the sandbox. I considered addign this to
the dev-tools sysext, but coldbrew is always installed and making users
install a sysext just to set a variable when they're already able to
install gdb via coldbrew didn't seem like great UX
Setting the environment variable via a profile.d script works for both
mutable pmOS and Duranium since the host's login shell sources it, and
coldbrew inherits the host's environment. I considered using a .urls
file for mutable pmOS but that would require adding a subpkg with an
`install_if=libdebuginfod` AND a profile.d thing like this for duranium,
so just adding a single profile.d file for both seemed a lot simpler
even if it's ignoring libdebuginfod's existing profile.d mechanism.
Signed-off-by: Clayton Craft <craftyguy@postmarketos.org>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/9468>
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