Re: U-Boot for Raspberry Pi

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Reza Alizadeh Majd <r.majd@pantherx.org> writes:

> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:14:50 +0100
> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>mmc-block or mmc_block?
>
> based on the following thread I thought that it might be the issue with
> module name, so I tested with both mmc_block an mmc-block.
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34902
>
> unfortunately neither of those worked for me and I received the error
> message I mentioned before. 
>
>>
>>What does the directory contain?  If the module doesn’t exist you’ll
>>have to build a kernel with a configuration that enables this module.
>>
>
> $ find /gnu/store/*-linux-libre-arm64-generic-5.14.15/lib/modules -name 
> '*mmc*'
> /gnu/store/gjm8fcl4z9zl7qql5d3cvpbrdlkfjx27-linux-libre-arm64-generic-5.14.15/lib/modules/5.14.15-gnu-v7l/kernel/drivers/mmc
> /gnu/store/gjm8fcl4z9zl7qql5d3cvpbrdlkfjx27-linux-libre-arm64-generic-5.14.15/lib/modules/5.14.15-gnu-v7l/kernel/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.ko
> /gnu/store/gjm8fcl4z9zl7qql5d3cvpbrdlkfjx27-linux-libre-arm64-generic-5.14.15/lib/modules/5.14.15-gnu-v7l/kernel/drivers/mmc/host/of_mmc_spi.ko
>
> so it seems that the module is actually not available. is that because
> of the the libre kernel restrictions?

What restrictions?

The list of modules depends largely on the kernel configuration.  I
encourage you to check if you need to add something to the kernel
configuration and build your own kernel.

-- 
Ricardo