| 15 Jun 2023 |
 raitobezarius | how are you netbooting it at all? | 18:30:33 |
| raitobezarius | from a nfs export only? | 18:30:43 |
| raitobezarius | hmm I didn't try this type of netbooting, like I netbooted via TFTP and it was ~OK grade IIRC | 18:31:02 |
 Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | i have /boot on a small sd card | 18:32:38 |
| raitobezarius |
mount: mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /mnt-root failed: Invalid argument
invalid argument looks like to me that you maybe don't have the right kernel modules to perform the mount?
| 18:32:58 |
| raitobezarius | you probably want to enable all debug options for boot | 18:33:13 |
| raitobezarius | like tracing etc | 18:33:15 |
| raitobezarius | boot1debugmounts, etc. | 18:33:18 |
| raitobezarius | (documented in nixos manual) | 18:33:21 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | it should be present, nfs is in supportedFilesystems, and nfs4 is in availableKernelModules. also the server is contacted for a few files (/, /etc, /etc/NIXOS_LUSTRATE) | 18:34:59 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | it just stops after that | 18:35:21 |
| raitobezarius | are you able to have proper internet with the current kernel module? | 18:35:55 |
| raitobezarius |
[ 38.487202] starfive-dwmac 16030000.ethernet end0: Link is Down
| 18:35:57 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | i am building the same kernel as here: https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2 | 18:36:41 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | and i know that the natively compiled build works | 18:36:57 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | * and i know that the natively compiled build on that repo | 18:37:11 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | * i am building the same kernel code and config as here: https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2 | 18:44:54 |
|  aciceri joined the room. | 18:49:03 |
 misuzu | In reply to @lotte:chir.rs
Gstarting device mapper and LVM...
mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /...
mount: mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /mnt-root failed: Invalid argument
[ 38.487202] starfive-dwmac 16030000.ethernet end0: Link is Down
boot.initrd.network.flushBeforeStage2 = false;? | 19:28:02 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | i can try that | 19:29:17 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | ohhhh | 19:29:39 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | that makes sense | 19:29:41 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | yup that was it! | 19:55:02 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | thank you very much | 19:55:06 |
| 16 Jun 2023 |
 Alex | misuzu I've been trying to boot your NixOS VF2 configuration (https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2) on my rev1.3b board, but it doesn't seem to be working (continuous red LED, no green LED). I've also tried the pre-built native image you've published, but that didn't help.
I don't have any way of connecting serial to debug it, so I thought I'd ask you a few questions that'll help me figure out what's going wrong:
- I flashed the latest firmware using the manufacturer's pre-compiled Debian image, could that be the cause? (The Debian image still boots.)
- Should I expect ethernet or HDMI out to work with your image? (I'm hoping to get the Linux console on HDMI.)
- Do the on-board LEDs blink when the system successfully boots, similarly to the Debian image?
- The GPIO switches on the board are currently set to boot from SD, since that worked for the Debian image; should they be set to something else?
| 11:10:18 |
| misuzu | In reply to @alex:tunstall.xyz
misuzu I've been trying to boot your NixOS VF2 configuration (https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2) on my rev1.3b board, but it doesn't seem to be working (continuous red LED, no green LED). I've also tried the pre-built native image you've published, but that didn't help.
I don't have any way of connecting serial to debug it, so I thought I'd ask you a few questions that'll help me figure out what's going wrong:
- I flashed the latest firmware using the manufacturer's pre-compiled Debian image, could that be the cause? (The Debian image still boots.)
- Should I expect ethernet or HDMI out to work with your image? (I'm hoping to get the Linux console on HDMI.)
- Do the on-board LEDs blink when the system successfully boots, similarly to the Debian image?
- The GPIO switches on the board are currently set to boot from SD, since that worked for the Debian image; should they be set to something else?
1 vendor firmware should work
2 ethernet should work, didn't test hdmi
3 red led should be on
4 there's no firmware in the image, boot switch should be set to boot from spi | 11:14:49 |
 j-k | has anyone recently tried m.2 ssd boot on VF2? | 11:19:55 |
| misuzu | In reply to @j-k:matrix.org
has anyone recently tried m.2 ssd boot on VF2? root on nvme works | 11:21:57 |
| Alex | In reply to @misuzu:matrix.org
1 vendor firmware should work
2 ethernet should work, didn't test hdmi
3 red led should be on
4 there's no firmware in the image, boot switch should be set to boot from spi Thanks, after setting the switch to 00 ("Flash" according to the printing on the board), it boots and I now have a working SSH session.
FYI, my monitor is saying that there's no HDMI output. | 11:22:02 |
| j-k | In reply to @misuzu:matrix.org
root on nvme works thanks. I'll need to take some time to set this up!
I think I saw you mention the cache has some native bits cached right? So if I'm using the matching nixpkgs in the flake & helpers etc I shouldn't be rebuilding absolutely everything right?
| 11:26:36 |
