Updated GPU firmware

[dom]

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coherent_pool=2M cma=2M smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait

Seems your "rootwait" parameter is being ignored, as with that enabled it is supposed to wait an eternity for the device to appear, instead of 2 seconds.
Try if it works better if you move it before your other parameters, to make sure there is not some kind of character limit truncating the cmdline.txt parameters.

Try updating:

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sudo rpi-update d27ca5e5f1c3a94a0a1311e4c0dd86644f0acacc

The maximum command line length has been increased from 500 to 1024.

[bleep42]

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coherent_pool=2M cma=2M smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait

Seems your "rootwait" parameter is being ignored, as with that enabled it is supposed to wait an eternity for the device to appear, instead of 2 seconds.
Try if it works better if you move it before your other parameters, to make sure there is not some kind of character limit truncating the cmdline.txt parameters.

Try updating:

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sudo rpi-update d27ca5e5f1c3a94a0a1311e4c0dd86644f0acacc

The maximum command line length has been increased from 500 to 1024.

Hi Dom,
Ok thanks I'll give it a go.
Presumably I can get rid of some of the stuff in my cmdline.txt string now any way, like "dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1" for example, maybe "sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0" or "dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0" as well? anything else?.
What is the basic baseline cmdline.txt?
Regards, Kevin.

[dom]

Presumably I can get rid of some of the stuff in my cmdline.txt string now any way, like "dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1" for example, maybe "sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0" or "dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0" as well? anything else?.
What is the basic baseline cmdline.txt?

dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 is a default so is unnecessary
The other two do something.

[milhouse]

This seems to be the default cmdline.txt in Raspbian:

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dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait

[bleep42]

Presumably I can get rid of some of the stuff in my cmdline.txt string now any way, like "dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1" for example, maybe "sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0" or "dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0" as well? anything else?.
What is the basic baseline cmdline.txt?

dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 is a default so is unnecessary
The other two do something.

Ok thanks very much for the information Dom I'll get rid of that one and try the new firmware that you have pointed to.
Regards, Kevin.

PS, just checked string length and it is only 242 characers, so I don't think that is the problem, I'll try the new firmaware anyway.

[dom]

PS, just checked string length and it is only 242 characers, so I don't think that is the problem, I'll try the new firmaware anyway.

The firmware adds extra options to /boot/cmdline.txt. Once booted look at /proc/cmdline for the full command line.

[pepedog]

Thanks Dom
Over on arch we made it so we can help with the program
To switch to the 3.6.7 kernel and firmware

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pacman -Sy linux-raspberrypi-next linux-headers-raspberrypi-next raspberrypi-firmware-next

pacman -Syu will always pull down the latest, I will try to keep up with your source.
As a note, this picks up the bcmrpi defconfig, but tagged with -ARCH

Without options in, VCHI initialization failed

Options in
Nov 26 2012 22:30:04
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 353322 (release)

xbmc runs 2cm with, half height of screen, with this (I have no settings for video)
tvservice-client: Invalid group 3 in [vc_tv_hdmi_get_supported_modes]

[dom]

xbmc runs 2cm with, half height of screen, with this (I have no settings for video)
tvservice-client: Invalid group 3 in [vc_tv_hdmi_get_supported_modes]

I believe xbmc need rebuilding with the updated header files/libs.

[bleep42]

PS, just checked string length and it is only 242 characers, so I don't think that is the problem, I'll try the new firmaware anyway.

The firmware adds extra options to /boot/cmdline.txt. Once booted look at /proc/cmdline for the full command line.

Hi Dom,
OK working now thanks.
The only problem so far I've come across is there is no zram module built in, otherwise it seems to be fine.
Thanks for your help.
Regards, Kevin.

[pepedog]

In compiling xbmc, would this indicate a file is missing or moved to another place?

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from PlayerCoreFactory.cpp:35:
/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/vcgencmd.h:33:27: fatal error: vchost_config.h: No such file or directory

[dom]

Latest firmware has some fixes to CMA. I think it is quite usable now. A few changes:

In cmdline.txt you want:

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coherent_pool=6M  smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N

(remove cma= or mem= settings).

config.txt should have:

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gpu_mem_256=112
gpu_mem_512=368
cma_lwm=16
cma_hwm=32
cma_offline_start=16

Upate firmware:

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sudo rpi-update bed00525a7d5ea232e2a0afb631771fe61026e77

You should find you have 466M free (on 512M) or 212M free (on 256M), so X/web browsing is quite usable.
But, now you can run penguinspuzzle, omxplayer, quake3, xbmc without rebooting!

[edit: reduced gpu_mem numbers to avoid allocation failures when web browsing]

[dom]

In compiling xbmc, would this indicate a file is missing or moved to another place?

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from PlayerCoreFactory.cpp:35:
/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/vcgencmd.h:33:27: fatal error: vchost_config.h: No such file or directory

I think you'll find it here:
/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads/vchost_config.h
so add /opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads to your ipath.

[pepedog]

So would I expect to see the file here?
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... s/pthreads

[dom]

So would I expect to see the file here?
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... s/pthreads

Perhaps here:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... t_config.h

[pepedog]

I recompiled xbmc
(coherent_pool=6M 256 model)
With
gpu_mem_256=112
gpu_mem_512=368
cma_lwm=16
cma_hwm=32
cma_offline_start=16
it doesn't run, crash no screens

gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=368
#cma_lwm=16
#cma_hwm=32
#cma_offline_start=16
Does run

Note for arch users running next kernel/firmware

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pacman -U http://myplugbox.com/xbmc-rbp-git-20121129-1-armv6h.pkg.tar.xz

[dom]

I recompiled xbmc
(coherent_pool=6M 256 model)
With
gpu_mem_256=112
gpu_mem_512=368
cma_lwm=16
cma_hwm=32
cma_offline_start=16
it doesn't run, crash no screens

Working for me. Can you report output of:
vcgencmd version
uname -a
dmesg |grep vc

[pepedog]

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# /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
Nov 26 2012 22:30:04
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 353322 (release)

# uname -a
Linux alarmpi 3.6.7-3-ARCH+ #1 PREEMPT Wed Nov 28 11:56:42 UTC 2012 armv6l GNU/Linux

# dmesg |grep vc
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: dma.dmachans=0x7f35 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=1920 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=1200 bcm2708.boardrev=0x2 bcm2708.serial=0x7c6ae7cc smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:6A:E7:CC sdhci-bcm2708.emmc_clock_freq=100000000 vc_mem.mem_base=0xec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x10000000  coherent_pool=6M sdhci-bcm2708.enable_llm=1 sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0 smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 loglevel=2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext3 rootwait
[    0.086235] bcm2708_vcio: mailbox at f200b880
[    0.626380] vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x0ec00000 mem_size:0x10000000(256 MiB)
[    0.830377] vc-cma: Videocore CMA driver
[    0.830395] vc-cma: vc_cma_base      = 0x00000000
[    0.830405] vc-cma: vc_cma_size      = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[    0.830413] vc-cma: vc_cma_initial   = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[    0.845948] vchiq: vchiq_init_state: slot_zero = 0xc7000000, is_master = 0

Kernel was made same time as firmware

[dom]

Kernel was made same time as firmware

Are you sure you had

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cma_lwm=16
cma_hwm=32

enabled when running dmesg?

[pepedog]

That was without, sorry it's the working one

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# dmesg |grep vc
[    0.000000] early_vc_cma_mem(0/0x5c00000@0x9000000)
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: dma.dmachans=0x7f35 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=656 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=416 bcm2708.boardrev=0x2 bcm2708.serial=0x7c6ae7cc smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:6A:E7:CC sdhci-bcm2708.emmc_clock_freq=100000000 vc-cma-mem=0/0x5c00000@0x9000000 mem=0x8000000@0x0 mem=0x5c00000@0x9000000 vc_mem.mem_base=0xec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x10000000  coherent_pool=6M sdhci-bcm2708.enable_llm=1 sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0 smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 loglevel=2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext3 rootwait
[    0.097445] bcm2708_vcio: mailbox at f200b880
[    0.638223] vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x0ec00000 mem_size:0x10000000(256 MiB)
[    0.788571] vc-cma: Videocore CMA driver
[    0.788589] vc-cma: vc_cma_base      = 0x09000000
[    0.788599] vc-cma: vc_cma_size      = 0x05c00000 (92 MiB)
[    0.788607] vc-cma: vc_cma_initial   = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[    0.803495] vchiq: vchiq_init_state: slot_zero = 0xc7000000, is_master = 0
[    0.804833] vchiq_get_state: g_state.remote->initialised != 1 (0)
[    0.804863] vchiq: vchiq_initialise: videocore not initialized

[dom]

That was without, sorry it's the working one

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[    0.804863] vchiq: vchiq_initialise: videocore not initialized

This is the problem. I don't get that. Do you get that line when using official github kernel?
https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/ ... kernel.img

[pepedog]

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uname -a
Linux alarmpi 3.6.7+ #313 PREEMPT Wed Nov 28 20:19:26 GMT 2012 armv6l GNU/Linux
[root@alarmpi ~]# dmesg |grep vc
[    0.000000] early_vc_cma_mem(0/0x5c00000@0x9000000)
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: dma.dmachans=0x7f35 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=656 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=416 bcm2708.boardrev=0x2 bcm2708.serial=0x7c6ae7cc smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:6A:E7:CC sdhci-bcm2708.emmc_clock_freq=100000000 vc-cma-mem=0/0x5c00000@0x9000000 mem=0x8000000@0x0 mem=0x5c00000@0x9000000 vc_mem.mem_base=0xec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x10000000  coherent_pool=6M sdhci-bcm2708.enable_llm=1 sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0 smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 loglevel=2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext3 rootwait
[    0.098069] bcm2708_vcio: mailbox at f200b880
[    0.638588] vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x0ec00000 mem_size:0x10000000(256 MiB)
[    0.779389] vc-cma: Videocore CMA driver
[    0.779408] vc-cma: vc_cma_base      = 0x09000000
[    0.779418] vc-cma: vc_cma_size      = 0x05c00000 (92 MiB)
[    0.779426] vc-cma: vc_cma_initial   = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[    0.794283] vchiq: vchiq_init_state: slot_zero = 0xc9000000, is_master = 0
[    0.795080] vchiq_get_state: g_state.remote->initialised != 1 (0)
[    0.795110] vchiq: vchiq_initialise: videocore not initialized

I grabbed the official kernel and modules, using this

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git clone --depth 1 -b next git://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware.git

[mcgyver83]

Hi to all,
I run sudo rpi-update and now I have these outputs:

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uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.2.27+ #307 PREEMPT Mon Nov 26 23:22:29 GMT 2012 armv6l GNU/Linux

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vcgencmd version
Nov 22 2012 18:12:01 
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 352766 (release)

I think to have the last gpu firmaware but the kernel isn't the last one.
How ca I do to update my rpi 512MB to the last kernel?

CMA looks very interesting, I added

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coherent_pool=6M  smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N

to cmdline.txt and checked that no "cma=" or "mem=" settings are present;
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gpu_mem_512=480
cma_lwm=16
cma_hwm=32
cma_offline_start=16

to config.txt.

Can someone explain me these settings?
I know that now I'm starting with 480MB of ram for the cpu and 32MB for gpu, when the gpu has less than 16MB of free ram it asks to have more ram, when gpu has more than 32MB of free ram it releases some ram.
But what about cma_offline_start?

[dom]

Hi to all,
I run sudo rpi-update and now I have these outputs:

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uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.2.27+ #307 PREEMPT Mon Nov 26 23:22:29 GMT 2012 armv6l GNU/Linux

You don't have the "next" firmware tree. Please read the prededing posts by me of how to update to "next" firmware (it involves adding a hash number to the end of the rpi-update line).

But what about cma_offline_start?

The "online" shared memory is owned by the GPU. The "offline" shared memory is owned by ARM.
That means the first 16M is dedicated to GPU, to allow for initial allocations of framebuffer etc. which occur before the CMA driver has started.

[mcgyver83]

Ok, I have to run rpi-update with the hast you posted before, but is this a stable kernel or e beta one? Why it isn't available through rpi-update standard?

[dom]

Ok, I have to run rpi-update with the hast you posted before, but is this a stable kernel or e beta one? Why it isn't available through rpi-update standard?

No guarantees about stability when using rpi-update. You should stick with what "apt-get upgrade" gives you if you want stability.

The "next" tree is more experimental than the normal "rpi-update" tree, so even less guarantees.

However at the moment, I'm not aware of any specifc issues with either "rpi-update" trees, so they should be quite usable.