Re: SATA for Banana Pi Pro

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On May 28, 2019, at 11:06 AM, Ron Georgia <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
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> Jason,
> Thank you. So... I can download the image from invisible.ca and that should have the latest DTS file?

I don't know how often Jared's images are updated, but I'm pretty sure that if there's no separate u-boot package for the Banana Pro, then using the Banana Pi image will cause the kernel to be given the wrong DTB (i.e. not the one for the Banana Pro).

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> On 5/28/19, 1:32 PM, "Jason Thorpe" <thorpej%me.com@localhost> wrote:
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>> On May 28, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Ron Georgia <netverbs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
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>> "how is the external SSD powered?"
>> Good question. It is power via the on-board 5V SATA Power Output connector. I did try an external spinning disk with it's own power supply. I got the same result, does not see the hard drive.
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>    The Banana Pi and the Banana Pro do use different DTS files (Jared recently updated our DTS in -current, but now we need a separate u-boot package for it).  However, I don't see any differences that would obviously apply to the AHCI...
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>    -- thorpej
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-- thorpej