videostrong-kii-pro: Initial support for the Videostrong KII Pro.
Initial support for the Meson GXBB-based Videostrong KII Pro TV Box (Amlogic S905). Not to be confused with the Mecool KII Pro, which uses a different SoC (the Amlogic S905D).
The Videostrong KII Pro needs a kernel with a configuration different from the mainline kernel configuration Alpine Linux uses.
This is also my first MR, so don't hesitate to give me recommendations! 
What works:
- U-Boot v2020.07 (newer versions partially work)
- mainline Linux
- booting up postmarketOS with both the vendor U-Boot (~2015) and the mainline U-Boot
- hardware acceleration
- wayland and X11 (the latter needs a config file)
- Xwayland
- ethernet (when booting from the mainline U-Boot)
- the 2 LEDs the device has
- HDMI
- USB-A
- Wi-Fi with nonfree firmware
- bluetooth with nonfree firmware
- audio
- ... (see wiki)
What doesn't work/Isn't tested: Everything else
Wiki: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/VideoStrong_KII_Pro_(videostrong-kii-pro)
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By f_ on 2023-02-03T19:18:14
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Oh wait. postmarketOS doesn't boot without regenerating the uImage with this command:
mkimage -A arm64 -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x1080000 -e 0x1080000 -n linux-next -d vmlinuz uImageDon't merge yet until I fix that.
By f_ on 2023-02-04T11:58:56
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By f_ on 2023-02-04T14:02:08
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well u could try getting linux-edge kernel to work it.as far i know s905 has great mainline support .
see also : https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/2948
By ΞЖKƆ/QVH on 2023-02-04T19:24:19
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@exkc As said before
linux-edgedoesn't work. It boots but is stuck on a splash screen that says that the initramfs couldn't detect the boot partition, so it seems likelinux-videostrong-kii-prois needed.By f_ on 2023-02-05T02:12:30
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Next: Getting mainline U-Boot to work! These instructions could help: https://github.com/hexdump0815/u-boot-misc/blob/master/readme.gxb
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By f_ on 2023-02-05T19:21:35
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Got U-Boot to work. I cannot compile and test for now because of !3846 (closed) but I did compile on my host and test and it works (along with HDMI output!). By using mainline U-Boot I also got ethernet to work!
By f_ on 2023-02-05T19:23:43
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Does u-boot work with extlinux.conf?
By jenneron on 2023-02-06T09:21:12
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!3846 (closed) has been merged. I can now test this.
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Not ready. Gotta fix U-Boot. Don't merge yet.
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By f_ on 2023-02-10T18:41:05
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For now the
u-boot-amlogic-s905package uses a prebuilt U-Boot binary I built myself on my host (which uses a slightly older toolchain) because building U-Boot v2020.xx versions or older doesn't work (ld.bfdreturns 1). I'll fix the linking errors later. For now I need to concentrate on postmarketOS itself.For reference this is how to build the binary and install it:
- Get the U-Boot v2020.07 source
- Get a (small) patch (located in the package directory)
patch -p1 < patchfile.patchmake p201_defconfigmake
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u-boot.binto the root of the boot partition in the SD card.
By f_ on 2023-02-11T15:10:30
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