Since Buildroot commit [1] "package/gcc: switch to GCC 14.x as the
default", pine64_star64_defconfig compilation is failing in
u-boot with error:
drivers/video/dw_hdmi.c: In function 'dw_hdmi_write':
drivers/video/dw_hdmi.c:81:42: error: passing argument 2 of 'writeb' makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
See build failure [2].
Upstream U-Boot includes a support for this board since commit [3],
first included in v2024.07.
Upstream Kernel includes a support for this board since commit [4],
first included in v6.11.
This commit switches uboot and linux from the repository
https://github.com/Fishwaldo
to their respective upstream sources.
U-Boot is updated from the fork from a v2021.10 base to v2025.10.
The Linux Kernel is updated from the fork from a v5.15.131 base
to v6.12.56.
While at it, this commit updates the defconfig to the new convention:
- It adds custom hashes and enables BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
- It switches to a glibc stable bootlin external toolchain
Note that the upstream uboot defconfig name for the pine64 star64
board is starfive_visionfive2 (which is in fact another, but very
similar board). The detection of the board is made inside the SPL.
See [5].
Finally, switching to upstream uboot and kernel required few
adjustments:
- The genimage.cfg is updated to use the "u-boot.itb" file produced by
U-Boot,
- In genimage.cfg, the uboot partition-type-uuid is changed to
xbootldr (the genimage human readable name), to follow the
recommendation of the UUID to use from [5],
- In extlinux.conf, rootwait is added in kernel arguments,
- The post-build.sh script and the star64-uboot-fit-image.its file
are removed: they are no longer needed, since U-Boot and Binman
are managing everything,
- BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME is updated in the defconfig, to reflect
the file name generated by U-Boot,
- BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_STARFIVE_SPLTOOL is removed from the defconfig,
it is no longer needed, since upstream U-Boot produces the file
at the correct format,
- BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS is also removed from the defconfig,
it is no longer needed since U-Boot uses Binman,
- the defconfig is updated to include the new uboot requirements
(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_{NEEDS,USE}_*),
- the pine64_star64_defconfig entry is removed from .checkpackageignore
it is no longer needed.
This patch was tested on a Pine64 Star64 board V1.1,
PCB revision: 0xc1, BOM revision: A.
Fixes:
- [2]
[1] 1e1fafa1f0
[2] https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/jobs/11916952973
[3] 7ebf7e77c0
[4] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=2606bf583b9623694b864c220fd6b3d2ed13ba13
[5] https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/v2025.10/doc/board/starfive/pine64_star64.rst
Reviewed-by: Thomas Bonnefille <thomas.bonnefille@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
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