docs/devices/sm8550-hdk.rst

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SM8550-HDK
==========

.. note::
    sm8x50-userdebug is an AOSP build target for Snapdragon 8 Gen devboards.
    It is supported only on v6.8+ kernel versions. Primarily supported and
    tested on sm8550-hdk. Other `Snapdragon 8 Gen devboards <https://estore.lantronix.com/collections/product-development-kits>`_
    like sm8450-qrd, sm8450-hdk, sm8550-qrd, sm8650-qrd, and sm8650-hdk are
    supported on the best efforts basis.

`SM8550-HDK <https://estore.lantronix.com/collections/product-development-kits/products/snapdragon-8-gen-2-mobile-hardware-development-kit>`_
is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Hardware Development Kit.


Getting started with SM8550-HDK
-------------------------------

The power-up sequence for sm8550-hdk is similar to that of RB3 and RB5. The wall
power need to be switched ON first and then connect the USB-C to boot
automatically without pressing any physical button on the board. Make sure that
switch <7, 8> of S5702 is ON before powering ON the device to enable HDMI out.

sm8x50-userdebug boots to UI with v6.8+ android-mainline and upstream kernel
using software rendering and linux-firmware binaries for now.
`lunch` target is not added yet and will be added as soon the firmware binaries
land in linaro-vendor / linux-firmware repo to make sure that the device has
more features enabled and is in a more usable state. Boot image header v2 is
used for now, while we are working on releasing ABL with header v4 support.


Compile AOSP from sources for SM8x50 (Snapdragon 8 Gen) devices
---------------------------------------------------------------

.. code::

   mkdir $AOSP
   cd $AOSP
   repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b master
   repo sync -j`nproc`
   ./device/linaro/dragonboard/fetch-vendor-package.sh
   source ./build/envsetup.sh
   lunch sm8x50-trunk_staging-userdebug
   make -j`nproc`

The above instructions will build AOSP images for sm8x50 devboards. This default
build supports booting from an mmc-sdcard (due to upstream UFS bugs currently
being looked at) and will boot to UI using software rendering support.


Flashing and booting AOSP from mmc-sdcard
-----------------------------------------

Reboot sm8x50 in fastboot mode and run following commands to disable verity
verity and and erase AOSP partitions for any stale images and to make sure
that every reboot/reset lands at the ABL fastboot mode prompt.

.. code::

   $AOSP/external/avb/avbtool.py make_vbmeta_image --flag 2 --padding_size 4096 --output ./vbmeta_disabled.img
   fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta ./vbmeta_disabled.img
   fastboot erase boot dtbo init_boot vendor_boot
   fastboot reboot bootloader

Booting AOSP from a mmc sdcard is an experimental build configuration and is
only intended to be used in the LKFT lab. But booting from mmc-sdcard is the
default option on SM8550-HDK due to some upstream UFS breakages.

We chainload U-Boot from ABL bootloader and flash the, already plugged-in,
mmc-sdcard. For now we are using a WIP `upstream u-boot fork
<https://source.devboardsforandroid.linaro.org/platform/external/u-boot/+/refs/heads/wip/sm8x50/>`_.

mmc boot configuration require atleast 16GB sdcard. Here are the instructions to
prepare and flash AOSP images on a MMC sdcard:

.. note::
   Following commands that are listed with **=>** prompt means those commands need
   to be run from the u-boot prompt on the device and commands with **$** means
   they need to be run from the HOST machine.

* Build U-Boot for SM8550-HDK and boot with it:

.. code::

   $ git clone https://source.devboardsforandroid.linaro.org/platform/external/u-boot -b wip/sm8x50
   $ cd u-boot
   $ make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- qcom_defconfig all
   $ gzip u-boot-nodtb.bin
   $ mkbootimg --os_version 14.0.0 --os_patch_level 2023-10 --header_version 2 --kernel u-boot-nodtb.bin.gz --dtb dts/upstream/src/arm64/qcom/sm8550-hdk.dtb --pagesize 2048 --cmdline "" --output u-boot-sm8550-hdk.img
   $ fastboot boot u-boot-sm8550-hdk.img # this will boot U-Boot on sm8550-hdk

* Prepare AOSP partition layout on the sdcard from the U-Boot prompt. Make sure
  that a 16GB+ MMC sdcard is plugged into the board:

.. code::

   => run gpt_mmc_aosp
   => reset                          # this will reboot in ABL fastboot mode
   $ fastboot boot u-boot-sm8550-hdk.img
   => run fastboot                   # starting U-Boot's fastboot command
   $ fastboot erase boot erase init_boot erase vendor_boot erase modemst1 erase modemst2 erase fsg erase fsc erase misc erase metadata erase super erase userdata
   $ fastboot reboot                 # rebooting in ABL fastboot mode
   $ fastboot boot u-boot-sm8550-hdk.img
   => run fastboot

* To flash images on the MMC sdcard, make sure we run U-Boot's fastboot command
  on the device before running the following flash and boot commands:

.. code::

   cd out/target/product/sm8x50
   fastboot flash super ./super.img flash userdata ./userdata.img format:ext4 metadata reboot
   fastboot boot ./boot.img

.. note::
   We do not flash **boot.img** on the sdcard; instead, we load the boot image from
   device RAM by running ``fastboot boot boot.img``.

It should boot sm8x50 devices to UI with software rendering support.


Building and booting with custom kernel
---------------------------------------

The **Preferred** option is to build Android GKI kernel artifacts using official
Bazel build instructions.

#. Build android-mainline kernel for SM8x50 devices

Run the following commands to clone the android-mainline repo including the
kernel source, prebuilt Android toolchains and build scripts.

.. code::

   mkdir gki-repo
   cd gki-repo
   repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/manifest -b common-android-mainline
   repo sync -j`nproc`
   tools/bazel clean
   tools/bazel run //common:db845c_dist

Now delete all the objects in
$(AOSP_TOPDIR)device/linaro/dragonboard-kernel/android-mainline/, then copy
build artifacts from out/db845c/dist/ to
$(AOSP_TOPDIR)/device/linaro/dragonboard-kernel/android-mainline/

Then rebuild AOSP and boot with new boot.img using:

.. code::

   make TARGET_KERNEL_USE=mainline bootimage -j`nproc`'
   fastboot boot ./boot.img


#. Download and build upstream tracking kernel

.. code::

   git clone https://git.linaro.org/people/amit.pundir/linux -b rbX-mainline
   cd linux
   make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- aosp_defconfig
   make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- DTC_FLAGS=-@ -j`nproc`
   make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- INSTALL_MOD_PATH=./modules/ INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install -j`nproc`
   cp arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qrb5165-rb5.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-db845c.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8450-hdk.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8450-qrd.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550-hdk.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550-qrd.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8650-hdk.dtb arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8650-qrd.dtb $AOSP/device/linaro/dragonboard-kernel/android-upstream/
   find ./modules/lib/ -iname \*.ko -exec cp {} $AOSP/device/linaro/dragonboard-kernel/android-upstream/ \;

Then rebuild AOSP and boot with new boot.img using:

.. code::

   make TARGET_KERNEL_USE=upstream bootimage -j`nproc`'
   fastboot boot ./boot.img


Known issues and Troubleshooting on sm8550-hdk
----------------------------------------------

#. UFS is not stable. There are a series of known issues that are currently
   being worked upon.

   For example: Probability of UFS probe running into a hard crash during boot
   time is very high and it needs a power reset to recover.

   And then there is a run time UFS crash which leaves the device unusable.

#. At times `fastboot boot` run into the following failure:

.. code::

   fastboot boot ./boot.img
   Sending 'boot.img' (19988 KB)                      OKAY [  0.460s]
   Booting                                            FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')
   fastboot: error: Command failed

Run the following set of commands to recover from the above error:

.. code::

   fastboot reboot bootloader
   fastboot set_active a boot ./boot.img


Device Maintainer(s)
********************
- Amit Pundir <pundir at #aosp-developers on OFTC IRC>