Posts by kszaq

quitroot I got the drivers from Videostrong. The license is not very friendly and I need to discuss terms on which the driver can be shared further. Only then I can build a test version.

Picture viewer renders pictures to GUI and GUI is rendered at 1080p. In .006 and some early test versions GUI was rendered at 4K and that caused videos to stutter and overall performance was not good.

Quote from Sinusoid

I can see that Odroid C2, with the same hardware, for both Ubuntu and Android has 800x600 support (but also with a lot of video tweaking settings), and a very convenient boot.ini configuration file:
en:c2_tips [Odroid Wiki]
There is no chance to implement this in LibreElec?

To support 800x600 and other resolutions there needs to be a kernel patch and a Kodi patch. I know where to find the patches but integrating them in current kernel is not a trivial task and since most users connect their boxes to TVs I have no immediate plans to inegrate the patches. I will happilly accept patches if anyone implements and PRs them, otherwise this is on my "not that important, might implement" list.

Boot.ini support needs to be implemented in u-boot (bootloader) and that is not a part of my builds. You would have to ask your box manufacturer for u-boot source code, patch it and flash to internal memory to support boot.ini.

For Odroid-C2 situation is different: bootloader resides on SD card (or eMMC module) and you can very easily replace it. Also, C2's bootloader source is open and you can modify it as you like.

michaelchen I have been looking for a fix to i2c-mux driver to work with latest media_build but I can't seem to find a suitable solution. I'm afraid in the end we would have to keep the "old" rtl28xx driver to make it work again.

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kszaq this is the dmesg | paste output (to HaZM ) - I hope to be understood what you need..

willyfan Please try this build: s905-bcm4335

Remember to replace dtb.img - or in case of updating from 7.0.2.006 you don't need to do that.

Please do not create multiple threads for the same type of devices. S905X is not yet supported by my builds. For test builds look at this thread: LibreELEC

plikmuny This thread is about S905X devices and yours is S905. Your situation is explained in first post of 7.0.2.006 thread: you need an empty FAT32 formatted SD card with recovery.img and dtb.img from stock Android firmware. Then use toothpick to boot into recovery.

Quote from willyfan

Maybe you are included also my wifi driver? KII pro, I mean...

Unfortunately not yet as this is not as simple as adding firmware and one line in text file to load it properly - your WiFi needs at least a new definition in driver, maybe more.

Can you post a dmesg | paste output collected immediately after boot from power off? I'd like to see if the kernel module is at least loaded for your chip.

wkchick Please post a link to a short sample that exhibits the issue so that I can test myself.

pm_mickey Thanks for dmesg, I noticed 2 mistakes. Next build to test AP6255 (everything else = test5 build): s905x-ap6255

jasmas If you apply the patch available in download folder to 7.0.2.006 tag you'll get the same output. I don't push test builds commits to my GitHub as it's a mess.

pawnthep Here's yet another try at universal S905/X build, please test: s905x-test5

pm_mickey I have included firmware for AP6255 WiFi and Bluetooth and definitions to load them automatically. Please check if it works.

lama0900 Diff patch from 7.0.2.006 included in download folder.

@tecbox@ Memory management will be better in next release.

Quote from skyeagle

So what is the secret. I let it update. I replaced dtb.img and aml_autoscript and it never gets off the start screen. All i have to do is replace the system, kermel and md5 files with 7.0.2.005 and it boots

You have to use toothpick once after you replaced aml_autoscript.

Quote from pm_mickey

Is there any possibility to use AP6255 modules from android stock rom ?

Sure, the firmware is shared by Amlogic. To make it load while keeping the driver work with other chips, I need an output from the following command: cat /sys/bus/sdio/devices/*/device; cat /sys/bus/sdio/devices/*/vendor

pawnthep Can you re-confirm that "test3" version does not boot on your box? The best would be if you can re-download that version and test agian:
LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0-devel-20160825131726-r23297-g5b935ef.img.gz
I'm asking for this because Pulsar reported that it worked for him on the same box.

Now that you have Pulsar's build on NAND you can test my builds from SD card without fear of bricking - no toothpicking should be needed.

If and only if "test3" version doesn't work for you, please try "test4": LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0-devel-20160826080343-r23298-g47a986c.img.gz

I would prefer if "test3" worked as "test4" has a little hack to probably make it work.

quitroot I asked Videostrong for the driver. Please don't spam them, I think we can only get the driver in a polite way.

lama0900 I always push tagged code to my GitHub when I release builds. I don't do that for test builds as there's lots of picking, fixing and rebasing in my development flow and I don't want to have that mess public. Any time you want source for a test build just ask - but I don't keep that kind of code for long.
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tester100 Please carefully read the first post of this thread.

3rd test build: s905x-test3

bumperboy Pulsar's build or my test2 build?

Can you tell me what you get from ls /dev/tty* | paste on Pulsar's build?
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2nd attept at universal S905/S905X build: s905x-test2