realtek target needs help

[Paul D]

On 2024-08-12 12:21, Bas Mevissen wrote:
> 

All things being equal, is it worth a try with a different GCC version? Where GCC 13.3.4 boots, and 13.3.0... doesn't?



> 
> I acquired an HP 1920-24G and gave this branch a spin. Unfortunately, it does not boot with this branch. Booting 23.05.4 and current main branch are fine.
> 
>> System application is starting...[    0.000000] Linux version 6.6.41 (bas at lenovo) (mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc (OpenWrt GCC 13.3.0 4
>> [    0.000000] RTL838X model is 83826800
>> [    0.000000] SoC Type: RTL8382
>> [    0.000000] printk: bootconsole [early0] enabled
>> [    0.000000] CPU0 revision is: 00019070 (MIPS 4KEc)
>> [    0.000000] MIPS: machine is HPE 1920-24G (JG924A)
>> [    0.000000] earlycon: ns16550a0 at MMIO 0x18002000 (options '38400n8')
>> [    0.000000] printk: bootconsole [ns16550a0] enabled
>> [    0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
>> [    0.000000] Using appended Device Tree.
>> [    0.000000] Primary instruction cache 16kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 16 bytes.
>> [    0.000000] Primary data cache 16kB, 2-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 16 bytes
>> [    0.000000] Zone ranges:
>> [    0.000000]   Normal   [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]
>> [    0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
>> [    0.000000] Early memory node ranges
>> [    0.000000]   node   0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]
>> [    0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]
> 
> So there is work to do. Not sure where to start as this is very early in the kernel boot...
> 
> For reference, this is part of the boot from https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=SNAPSHOT&target=realtek%2Frtl838x&id=hpe_1920-24g
> 
>> System application is starting...[    0.000000] Linux version 5.15.161 (builder at buildhost) (mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc (OpenWrt GCC 13.3.4
>> [    0.000000] RTL838X model is 83826800
>> [    0.000000] SoC Type: RTL8382
>> [    0.000000] printk: bootconsole [early0] enabled
>> [    0.000000] CPU0 revision is: 00019070 (MIPS 4KEc)
>> [    0.000000] MIPS: machine is HPE 1920-24G (JG924A)
>> [    0.000000] earlycon: ns16550a0 at MMIO 0x18002000 (options '38400n8')
>> [    0.000000] printk: bootconsole [ns16550a0] enabled
>> [    0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
>> [    0.000000] Using appended Device Tree.
>> [    0.000000] Primary instruction cache 16kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 16 bytes.
>> [    0.000000] Primary data cache 16kB, 2-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 16 bytes
>> [    0.000000] Zone ranges:
>> [    0.000000]   Normal   [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]
>> [    0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
>> [    0.000000] Early memory node ranges
>> [    0.000000]   node   0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]
>> [    0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]