linux-kernel - Re: Support for Rock PI-4b

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Message-ID: <638b9565b90714f56caa9535b7b9b96cd86100d6.camel@collabora.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:28:48 +0200
From: Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd@...labora.com>
To: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@...gle.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
 "moderated list:ARM SMMU DRIVERS" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
 linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, krzk+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org, 
 Heiko Stuebner
	 <heiko@...ech.de>
Subject: Re: Support for Rock PI-4b

On Fri, 2025-09-26 at 15:07 +0100, Mostafa Saleh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to run Linux[1] on my Rock PI-4b, which I see is supported in
> the kernel in “rk3399-rock-pi-4b.dts”.
> 
> However, compiling “defconfig” (ARM64) and flashing my Image doesn’t
> work,
> It just hangs before any console (even with earlycon), I tried to also use
> some of the vendor configs with no luck.
> I did some research and found that [2], which indicates that the upstream
> support has been broken for some years?

We've got the Rock 4b in our automated testing lab as part of kernelci and other
efforts. Upstream works just fine on those boards, so it's likely an issue in
your setup.

See e.g https://lava.collabora.dev/scheduler/job/19978558#L525 for a recent
upstream kernel boot.

Regards,
  Sjoerd

> 
> Has anyone tried to flash a recent kernel successfully on it? or any
> tips are greatly appreciated.
> Otherwise, maybe it can be removed to avoid misleading other developers
> (I got this board to do some upstream kernel development on)
> 
> [1] base: 4ff71af020ae59ae2d83b174646fc2ad9fcd4dc4
> [2] https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/dev/kernel-mainline
> 
> Thanks,
> Mostafa
> 
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