Posts by ilmich

hi chewitt

to obtain this result we studied the flow a lot and understood that, for example, the driver used a custom implementation for the encryption protocols, when in reality the chip can do it at the hardware level/using the kernel routines.

Therefore a lot of code incompatible with the mainline kernel has been removed and porting has become easier.

But we worked on what we had (rockchip) so the custom code for amlogic was removed because we couldn't test it.

The original driver has different behaviors for amlogic, and the error you receive is related to how the mac address is retrieved (rockchip read efuse .. amlogic seems to use static uboot parameter)

Clearly having an amlogic box would be more useful, and I thank you for the proposal.

But I do it in my little free time and I would not like to promise something that I cannot keep.

Hi all,

with fabiobassa and jock2 we are experimenting with the 6051p driver.

The idea is to rewrite it, but in the meantime we have managed (by cleaning up the code a bit) to have a working version for the mainline kernels.

It needs firmware (ssv6051-sw.bin) and a configuration file (ssv6051-wifi.cfg) under /lib/firmware in order to work properly.

Don't tested yet with libreelec (my working on mainlining libreelec for rk322x is not yet usable), but with armbian seems to works well.

markosc, I've updated only the image for v884k and v88mars.. try and let me know

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I just use it on an sd and compared to the previous build I see that I can't connect via ssh and samba files and I'm connected via wifi which looks powerful. my tv box is rk3229 V88 4k...Cheer

Thanks for the report. I'll try to fix it in the next build.

My images contains some optimizations, and works better, but rk322x is an old soc.

So what i meant is that to try to improve even more, i should try to overclock gpu and cpu.

and I don't know if it makes sense to risk system stability for a gui.

for the usb problem you could try to copy the dtb file of the image that works, and use it with my images.

share kernel logs anyway. I'll try to take a look.

thanks

sadly rk322x is not rpi4

so fast UI at 4k with all visual effects enabled is impossible.

I suggest to stay at 720p for a better UI experience.

in the meantime i managed to build an alpha version of libreelec 10.. it works quite well ... but please don't ask ETA

Yes. However, I'm not sure that all the things that are working with legacy kernel will work also in mainline kernel (NAND for example).

This is because the legacy kernel is the official one from rockchip, instead, the mainline kernel works thanks to the work of volunteers

Hi,

last update for my libreelec-9.2 fork:

- fixed rkmpp memory leaks

- small improvements

as usual I've builted all the images.

code: https://github.com/ilmich/LibreELEC.tv

images: https://drive.google.com/drive…Ee4EJ5ZaMby1G

Hi shMatrix, to optimize even further, in the next build I've disabled some kernel options used by developers (aka debugfs).

This can improve something, but I don't expect miracles.

My suggestion is to try with another image considering that the one for mxq4kpro is for rk3228a. This soc in teory should have a lower clock for cpu and gpu (see first post for details).

Often these boxes are sold as a model, but internally they may be different.

For example mine is an mxq4k, but the board is identical to the one present in v88 mars

So check in the first post if there is an image that is similar to the one you use(ddr3, same wifi chip, same internal memory etc etc), but suitable for rk3229 / rk3228b and download it from my gdrive.

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OK thanks. For now i will use a micro sd card just in case. Is the builds from 6th Jan this year the best to use?

try it and let me know. I'm planning another build (there is a bug for sure) but I prefer to collect all the wrong things before

Hi ushilives, you can install on NAND in many ways:

- use rkdevelop tool (hard)

- dd from a working libreelec (medium)

- use the great multitool from armbian port (easy)

Installing on NAND should make the boot a bit faster, but the major issue is that in order to update the image you need to upload it manually via ssh (or burn again).

This is because I didn't setup yet an update site for my builds.

p.s.obviusly, if you install libreelec on NAND, you will lost the stock firmware of your box.

try with this image

testing – Google Drive

and let me known

thanks Dave, seems a bug of rkmpp.

I can try to fix, but can you please tell me which image are you using in order to rebuild only that one for testing?!

cheers

hi shMatrix , try to share dmesg for network devices issue(for s9012p I don't know if there is a working driver) and kodi logs for other issues.

Hi Dave, can you please share some logs?!

Hi,

last update for my libreelec-9.2 fork:

- updated some packages

- fix hardware decoding (revert rkmpp version)

- improvements for ssv6051 wireless chip (thanks to fabiobassa and jock2)

- switch to better kernel scheduler and cpufreq governor

- some fixes for NAND setup

as usual I've builted all the images.

code: https://github.com/ilmich/LibreELEC.tv

images: https://drive.google.com/drive…Ee4EJ5ZaMby1G

netflix & others are software decoded... so simply this box is unable to decode resolution > 720p

I've discovered some trouble with latest rkmpp(hardware decoding library) builted in my images.

In the next few days, I'll release my latest builds of legacy libreelec (I'm working on mainlining) with some nice improvements on WiFi ssv6051p and other small fixes.

thanks for the patience