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CubieBoard: Revision 26
{file: BreadBoard V1.0 03-25 For CubieBoard.pdf}

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^ A20

* Debian image sunxi_ss crypto http://www.cubieforums.com/index.php/topic,1275.0.html
* http://www.armbian.com/cubieboard-2/

^ NAND in mainline kernel

* http://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_NAND_Howto
* http://linux-sunxi.org/MTD_Driver

Samsung K9GBG08U0A NAND

^^ u-boot

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HELLO! BOOT0 is starting!
boot0 version : 1.5.1
dram size =1024
Succeed in opening nand flash.
Succeed in reading Boot1 file head.
The size of Boot1 is 0x0003c000.
The file stored in 0X00000000 of block 2 is perfect.
Check is correct.
Ready to disable icache.
Succeed in loading Boot1.
Jump to Boot1.
[ 0.133] boot1 version : 1.4.0
[ 0.133] pmu type = 3
[ 0.134] bat vol = 0
[ 0.161] axi:ahb:apb=3:2:2
[ 0.161] set dcdc2=1400, clock=1008 successed
[ 0.163] key
[ 0.175] no key found
[ 0.175] flash init start
[ 4.051] flash init finish
[ 4.052] fs init ok
[ 4.053] fattype FAT16
[ 4.053] fs mount ok
[ 4.060] script finish
[ 4.061] power finish
[ 4.069] BootMain start
[ 4.069] 13
[ 4.089] key value = 0
[ 4.089] recovery key high 6, low 4
[ 4.090] unable to find fastboot_key key_max value
[ 4.098] test for multi os boot with display
[ 4.100] show pic finish
[ 4.103] load kernel start
[ 4.127] load kernel successed
[ 4.127] start address = 0x4a00000

U-Boot 2011.09-rc1 (Nov 26 2012 - 14:01:52) Allwinner Technology

CPU: SUNXI Family
Board: A10-EVB
DRAM: 512 MiB
NAND: 3776 MiB
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
--------fastboot partitions--------
-total partitions:11-
-name- -start- -size-
bootloader : 1000000 1000000
env : 2000000 1000000
boot : 3000000 2000000
system : 5000000 14000000
data : 19000000 20000000
misc : 39000000 1000000
recovery : 3a000000 2000000
cache : 3c000000 8000000
private : 44000000 1000000
sysrecovery : 45000000 14000000
UDISK : 59000000 93000000
-----------------------------------
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
sunxi#
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^^^ compile

.pre
dpavlin@klin:/klin/u-boot$ cp configs/Cubieboard_defconfig .config

# add NAND, MTD options, A10 for cubieboard1

# compile while defining flash:

dpavlin@klin:/klin/u-boot$ cat build-cubieboard.sh
make V=1 CONFIG_NAND_SUNXI_SPL_ECC_STRENGTH=40 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE=4036 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE=640 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE=0x100000


dpavlin@cubieboard:~$ scp 10.60.0.92:/klin/u-boot/u-boot*spl* .

dpavlin@cubieboard:~$ sudo dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1024 seek=8
488+1 records in
488+1 records out
500154 bytes (500 kB) copied, 0.0423498 s, 11.8 MB/s


.pre

----

everything below line is for legacy kernel and quite old

^ disk speed

^^ NAND

.pre
root@cubieboard2:/home/dpavlin# uname -a
Linux cubieboard2 3.4.109-sun7i #4 SMP PREEMPT Sun Oct 11 14:32:15 CEST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@cubieboard2:/home/dpavlin# hdparm -t /dev/nand

/dev/nand:
Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 3.22 seconds = 9.94 MB/sec

# this is different, faster sdcard
root@cubieboard2:~# uname -a
Linux cubieboard2 4.3.3-sunxi #3 SMP Mon Dec 28 11:27:16 CET 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@cubieboard2:~# hdparm -tT /dev/mmcblk0

/dev/mmcblk0:
Timing cached reads: 770 MB in 2.00 seconds = 384.59 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 60 MB in 3.05 seconds = 19.67 MB/sec


.pre

^^ SATA

Powered by 2A Nexus 7 power supply (for SATA)

https://groups.google.com/d/searchin/cubieboard/sata/cubieboard/hKJgJneGVmQ/xme3w4Y7XtsJ?fromplusone=1

.pre
root@debian:~/sunxi-tools# ./bin2fex /boot/script.bin script.fex
fexc-bin: /boot/script.bin: version: 0.1.2
fexc-bin: /boot/script.bin: size: 42144 (76 sections)

root@debian:~/sunxi-tools# cp script.fex script+sata.fex

root@debian:~/sunxi-tools# diff -urw script.fex script+sata.fex
--- script.fex 2013-05-30 10:41:13.979510762 +0000
+++ script+sata.fex 2013-05-30 10:42:36.380244101 +0000
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@

[sata_para]
sata_used = 1
-sata_power_en =
+sata_power_en = port:PB08<1><default><default><0>

[mmc0_para]
sdc_used = 1

root@debian:~/sunxi-tools# ./fex2bin script+sata.fex /boot/script.bin

root@debian:/etc# git diff
diff --git a/modules b/modules
index d8894c3..9e65a80 100644
--- a/modules
+++ b/modules
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.

+sw_ahci_platform
.pre

Reboot to activate changes and test speed (using 80G intel SSD to have sense of maximum performance)

.pre
root@debian:~# hdparm -i /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

Model=INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC, FwRev=2CV102HD, SerialNo=CVPO035101VN080JGN
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=unknown, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=1
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1: ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7

* signifies the current active mode

root@debian:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 784 MB in 2.00 seconds = 392.08 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 460 MB in 3.00 seconds = 153.32 MB/sec
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And test with disk:

.pre
root@debian:~# hdparm -i /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

Model=ST96812AS, FwRev=7.24, SerialNo=3PJ1GCKE
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=117231408
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7

* signifies the current active mode

root@debian:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 746 MB in 2.00 seconds = 372.90 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 120 MB in 3.03 seconds = 39.56 MB/sec
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^ GPIO

* https://github.com/gootoomoon/WiringCB-python

^ Camera

[OV7670] is supported http://linux-sunxi.org/CSI

* https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/linux-sunxi/DYWwfUFgVlw/_7A5APHyl7UJ
* https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/cubieboard/SWzC9qvpVL8/9cjQ_CPHQzUJ

^ hardware

* http://linux-sunxi.org/Cubieboard/ExpansionPorts
* https://linux-sunxi.org/A20/PIO

pinout: {image: gpio_defination_large.jpg}

https://www.olimex.com/wiki/How_to_add_pwm

.pre
cat /sys/class/pwm-sunxi/pwm0/pin
PB2

echo 10khz > /sys/class/pwm-sunxi/pwm0/period

echo 25 > /sys/class/pwm-sunxi/pwm0/duty_percent

echo 1 > /sys/class/pwm-sunxi/pwm0/run
.pre

^^ LEDs

.pre
dpavlin@cubieboard2:~$ grep . /sys/class/leds/*/trigger
/sys/class/leds/blue:ph21:led2/trigger:none battery-charging-or-full battery-charging battery-full battery-charging-blink-full-solid ac-online usb-online mmc0 timer [heartbeat] backlight cpu0 cpu1 default-on
/sys/class/leds/green:ph20:led1/trigger:[none] battery-charging-or-full battery-charging battery-full battery-charging-blink-full-solid ac-online usb-online mmc0 timer heartbeat backlight cpu0 cpu1 default-on
.pre

^ forum

* ov7670 http://www.cubieforums.com/index.php/topic,3823.0.html
* LVDS http://www.cubieforums.com/index.php/topic,3908.0.html