NixOS on ARM/OLIMEX Teres-A64 - Revision history

SigmaSquadron: /* Compatibility notes */ Dark mode support

2025-04-17T17:25:50Z

Compatibility notes: Dark mode support

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	{\| class="table arm-compatibility"		{\| class="table arm-compatibility"
	!colspan="2" style="background: ~~#fafafa~~"\| Mainline kernel on NixOS		!colspan="2" style="background: var(--color-inverted)"\| Mainline kernel on NixOS
	\|-		\|-
	! HDMI		! HDMI

imported>KREYREN: HDMI seems to work

2024-02-06T10:05:11Z

HDMI seems to work

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	! HDMI		! HDMI
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	* ~~Hasn't been tested.~~		* Works
	\|-		\|-
	! Display		! Display
	\|		\|
	* Expected to work without issues		* Expected to work without issues with exceptions, see sunxi wiki
	\|-		\|-
	! WiFi/Bluetooth		! WiFi/Bluetooth

imported>KREYREN: add note about u-boot

2024-02-06T10:02:31Z

add note about u-boot

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	Stable, production-ready and suitable for mission critical environment		Stable, production-ready and suitable for mission critical environment

			For U-Boot use armbian's distribution as currently the nixos's version is outdated and broken

	== Installation instructions ==		== Installation instructions ==

imported>KREYREN: Teres now works without any known issues on NixOS

2024-02-06T10:01:23Z

Teres now works without any known issues on NixOS

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	== Status ==		== Status ==

	~~TBD~~		Stable, production-ready and suitable for mission critical environment

	== Installation instructions ==		== Installation instructions ==

imported>KREYREN: Adjustments to refer current status

2024-02-04T19:20:37Z

Adjustments to refer current status

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imported>KREYREN: Add warning about broken substitutes

2023-07-15T16:47:02Z

Add warning about broken substitutes

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	=== Broken rendering on Linux <6.0.X;6.1.X> ===		=== Broken rendering on Linux <6.0.X;6.1.X> ===

			{{warning\|This affects all graphical packages on nixos stable and unstable supplied through substitutes, see [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/243680 nixos/nixpkgs#243680]}}

	Building the bootloader and the configuration on linux 6.0~6.1 will result in broken display rendering due to "''DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory''' caused by insufficient Quality Assurance at mesa upstream tracked on https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/8198.		Building the bootloader and the configuration on linux 6.0~6.1 will result in broken display rendering due to "''DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory''' caused by insufficient Quality Assurance at mesa upstream tracked on https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/8198.

imported>KREYREN: Stub for further info

2023-07-15T13:09:44Z

Stub for further info

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	=== Downstream ~~kernel~~ ===		=== Kernels ===

			==== Downstream Kernel ====

	{{note\|Keep in mind that using non-upstream forks of the kernel always incurs some risk as far as security goes.}}		{{note\|Keep in mind that using non-upstream forks of the kernel always incurs some risk as far as security goes.}}

imported>KREYREN: Adjusted the serial console section

2023-07-15T13:07:04Z

Adjusted the serial console section

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	Serial console can be accessed by default on BAUM 115200 using the [https://www.olimex.com/Products/DIY-Laptop/KITS/TERES-USB-DEBUG/ TERES-USB-DEBUG] cable (or make one it's 3 pole jack with pl2303 converter, can be made work off of single board computer, etc..) in headphone jack port and accessed through:		Serial console can be accessed by default on BAUM 115200 using the [https://www.olimex.com/Products/DIY-Laptop/KITS/TERES-USB-DEBUG/ TERES-USB-DEBUG] cable (or make one it's 3 pole jack with pl2303 converter, can be made work off of single board computer, etc..) in headphone jack port and accessed through:

	~~<pre>~~		$ picocom -b BAUD /dev/SERIAL-DEVICE # Often set as /dev/ttyUSB0 @ baud of 115200
	$ picocom -b ~~BAUM~~ /dev/SERIAL-DEVICE # Often set as /dev/ttyUSB0
	~~</pre>~~

	Currently the sdcard has set this by fault, but if you use custom configuration and want to maintain the serial console functionality then you need to append it to the kernel CLI through:		Currently the sdcard has set this by fault, but if you use custom configuration and want to maintain the serial console functionality then you need to append it to the kernel CLI through:

	~~<pre>~~		boot.kernelParams = ["console=ttyS0,115200n8"];
	boot.kernelParams = [
	"console=ttyS0,115200n8"
	~~"console=ttyAMA0,115200n8"~~
	~~"console=tty0"~~
	];
	~~</pre>~~

	== Compatibility notes ==		== Compatibility notes ==

imported>KREYREN: Tracking for optimalizations

2023-07-06T03:14:10Z

Tracking for optimalizations

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	Is currently being investigated..		Is currently being investigated..

			=== KASLR disabled due to lack of seed ===

			[ +0,028609] KASLR disabled due to lack of seed

			Cause unknown

			=== Static allocation of GPIO base is deprecated, use dynamic allocation. ===

			[ +0,006568] gpio gpiochip0: Static allocation of GPIO base is deprecated, use dynamic allocation.
			[ +0,004633] gpio gpiochip1: Static allocation of GPIO base is deprecated, use dynamic allocation.


			TBD

			=== Failed to find 'trips' node ===

			[ +0,015136] thermal_sys: Failed to find 'trips' node
			[ +0,000050] thermal_sys: Failed to find trip points for thermal-sensor id=1

			TBD

			=== thermal-sensor failed err -22 ===

			[ +0,000025] sun8i-thermal: probe of 1c25000.thermal-sensor failed with error -22

			TBD

			=== Dummy regulators ===

			[ +0,004699] sun50i-a64-r-pinctrl 1f02c00.pinctrl: supply vcc-pl not found, using dummy regulator
			[ +0,002064] sun50i-a64-pinctrl 1c20800.pinctrl: supply vcc-pb not found, using dummy regulator


			TBD

			=== plymouth quit failed ===

			[ +0,082794] systemd[1]: plymouth-quit.service: Service has no ExecStart=, ExecStop=, or SuccessAction=. Refusing.

			TBD

			=== lima complaints ===

			[ +0,045280] lima 1c40000.gpu: gp - mali400 version major 1 minor 1
			[ +0,000097] lima 1c40000.gpu: pp0 - mali400 version major 1 minor 1
			[ +0,000082] lima 1c40000.gpu: pp1 - mali400 version major 1 minor 1
			[ +0,000045] lima 1c40000.gpu: l2 cache 64K, 4-way, 64byte cache line, 64bit external bus
			[ +0,017881] lima 1c40000.gpu: bus rate = 200000000
			[ +0,000044] lima 1c40000.gpu: mod rate = 297000000
			[ +0,000189] lima 1c40000.gpu: error -ENODEV: _opp_set_regulators: no regulator (mali) found

			TBD

			=== DMA Mask Not Set ===

			[ +0,026846] axp20x-battery-power-supply axp20x-battery-power-supply: DMA mask not set
			[ +0,002934] axp20x-gpio axp20x-gpio: DMA mask not set
			[ +0,020608] axp20x-gpio axp20x-gpio: AXP209 pinctrl and GPIO driver loaded
			[ +0,024144] [drm] Initialized lima 1.1.0 20191231 for 1c40000.gpu on minor 0
			[ +0,010950] input: axp20x-pek as /devices/platform/soc/1f03400.rsb/sunxi-rsb-3a3/axp221-pek/input/input3
			[ +0,028111] axp20x-adc axp813-adc: DMA mask not set
			[ +0,018871] axp20x-ac-power-supply axp20x-ac-power-supply: DMA mask not set
			[ +0,005514] [drm] Found ANX6345 (ver. 170) eDP Transmitter
			[ +0,029170] onboard-usb-hub 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform

			TBD

			=== r8723bs quality unknown ===

			[ +0,101511] r8723bs: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.

			TBD

			=== Wifi thing ===

			[ +16,686444] warning: `.dleyna-rendere' uses wireless extensions which will stop working for Wi-Fi 7 hardware; use nl80211

			TBD

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==

imported>KREYREN: tracking for optimizations

2023-07-06T03:03:38Z

tracking for optimizations

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	== Known issues ==		== Known issues ==

			=== Broken rendering on Linux <6.0.X;6.1.X> ===

	Building the bootloader and the configuration on linux 6.0~6.1 will result in broken display rendering due to "''DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory''' caused by insufficient Quality Assurance at mesa upstream tracked on https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/8198.		Building the bootloader and the configuration on linux 6.0~6.1 will result in broken display rendering due to "''DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory''' caused by insufficient Quality Assurance at mesa upstream tracked on https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/8198.
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	Please let me know if you encounter this issue outside of known broken linux release. -- KREYREN		Please let me know if you encounter this issue outside of known broken linux release. -- KREYREN

			=== Unable to detect cache hierarchy ===

			[ +0,002092] cacheinfo: Unable to detect cache hierarchy for CPU 0

			Is currently being investigated..

	== Resources ==		== Resources ==