X1000 CFE Patches: Testers Welcome (Fear not: real-time, no reflashing) v.01

So I tried it with the HD card. So, the first s2.
When I run the vga_init and the sata patch, it crashes:
Without the vga_init patch and with sata patch it works. The system boots normally to the Workbench.



So far, I've only tested the new s3_2 with vga_init and the rx.
Everything freezes when loading sata_fix

@TearsOfMe

Wait wait, forget about s2 :) S2 - go to trash. Use s3_2.zip ONLY now (this will cope with vga_init issue too). And i really mean s3_2.zip (as in previous post), not pure s3.zip (i delete it from server already so no one else will).

Sorry. The last test was with the stall was the s3_2 fix (18.896bytes).
I write it wrong, edit it now.

@TearsOfMe
Ok, good. Can you then check without vga_init it all over the places, on all bugs you may find. Just without vga_init patch. Can be radeonrx or radeonhd doesn't matter if you will do all from serial, just so i know there no more bugs in this patch exactly and all boots and works ,and detects on all ports.

It's a bit mess when there lots of different ones, so probably after we deal with all this, i better start to combine everything in one single patch (in general that was a plan as well, by small ones test small fixes and combine in one big).

Sorry, I can not test with the serial. I can get the input not to work here. So I must change evertime the cards.

The keycon has also not work when SATA fix was loaded, but this was the old s2 fix.
Maybe we wait for others to test also.

@TearsOfMe
Ok, then let it be VGA console, just with RadeonHD then (so you see the output) and without any other patch, just a latest sata_fix.

Okay, I try now.

With HD card without VGA fix all works.

Okay, tryed with a different card. An rx570 card and the patches working all with this card.
In case it helps this is a polaris 10 card, the rx550 is polaris 12.

@kas1e

sata_fix s3_2 now works perfectly!
I can boot from ide0.0 and and ide1.1, loading times are very fast.

I have this PCI(e) devices: 2x gfx card, USB 3.0, PCI RTL

sata_fix:


All devices found:


Thanks for perfect upgrades!

@Sailor
That cool :) You can also test even by single CD to be on anything like ide1.1 or ide 1.0 and boot from, all cases should work fine, i tested many. Of course something still can be missing, but so far i tried to cover all possible cases (even with 2 cddrives at one time, etc).

@All

So, if that was not enough, there is what i work last 2 days on : udb_fix !!

Grab it while it hot, and test it the same without evertyhing, or, at least with only sata_patch:

https://kas1e.mikendezign.com/aos4/x1000/firmware/usb_fix_1.zip

What it do:

- add hooks on USB attach/detach to dynamically create/remove device tree nodes with necessary methods enabling USB boot through amigaboot.of !
- supports both usbdisk0 and usbdisk1 simultaneously: you can have 2 sticks at the same time, both can be bootable. but you still need them be reinserted.
- added support for USB CD/DVD (SubClass 2):
- originally only SubClass 5-6 (flash drives) were accepted, and anything else were simple rejected.
- also added EHCI read-splitting hook: originally CFE's EHCI driver rejects transfers larger than ~20KB ,
but USB CD-ROM doing ~90kb at once, so hook split large reads into 16kb chunks, made USB CD-ROM working (i tested on some ASUS USB CD-DVD Rom).

Try this out ! But remember, you should "reinsert" sticks/drives still, i didnt' want add enumeration in patch as it will take ~3-4 seconds on enumerating attached devices.. At least in form as i were able to do it, if it can be reduced to 1 sec, then probably that can be added (so to not slow loading down).. That to be seen, but for now, have fun with !

@kas1e
I just tried usb_fix, but please, can you explain more detailed what to test?

- I can boot amigaboot.of from ext2 usb stick, both with and without usb_fix.elf
- I cannot boot amigaboot.of from fat usb stick, both with and without usb_fix.elf - it allways stops with missed interrupt after loading modules and splashscreen:

So in this cases there are no difference with fix.

usb-DVD I am not tested yet, I will find some and test it tomorrow.

@Sailor
Main point of this fix is : 1) AmigaOS can boot from amiga usb stick on x1000 2) USB CD-Drive booting.

That mean that stick should be of course not a fat one, but ffs one, due to all sort of differences.

Edit: you say you can boot amigaboot.of even without fix from ex2fs : you can load amigaboot.of if vourse, but it will not find usb stick as bootable media without fix, thats main point.

I can confirm boot AmigaOS4 from usb stick on x1000 is working.
Testet with usb and SATA fix.

@TearsOFme
Quote:

Good ! Thanks for tests !

Did i understand correctly from all our binary patches of latest versions, that the only issue now is when we combine them with vga_init fix, and issue is _only_ on RX card, and only on one of them (polaris12) and not on another one (polaris10) ? Can you confirm it plz ?

And without vga_init all patchs works together fine ?

Yes correct.

Rx550: with VGA fix - issues
Rx550: without VGA fix - all other works

Rx570: with VGA fix - all works

@TearsOfMe
And with RadeonHD all works with and without vga_fix too ? (vga_fix also may have impact on radeonhd, a little , but still).

To be honest, I'm a bit confused about hd now. I don't remember anymore. Later I will test again.

@All

Some more news:

Okay.
HD with VGA fix - all works

@kas1e

Okay did some testing. Tried usb and sata fix. Then tried to load amigaboot.of from USB stick. Couldn't load for some reason, couldn't init the filesystem. USB stick had been imaged with OS4 install ISO. I've loaded amigaboot.of before I'm sure from CD formatted USB.

So just ran menu to load it from HD. AmigaBoot could then see all my volumes including USB. Was strange to see all volumes, including USB and my SSD. It messed up the order of my menu, lol. The USB was at the top, but instead of device name, it had volume name of OS CD.

So picked USB and could see it was loading modules of USB. Took about 15 seconds. But then AmigaOS didn't load up. I had serial connected also and the last thing listed was a message about loaded modules in 15 seconds. No evidence the kernel had loaded. I applied the usb and then sata fix after if it matters.

So reset and reloaded sata patch. Ran menu and booted OS4. Modules loaded in 0.545 seconds, could hardly see it move!