Re: Problems running Guix System initrd on an i.MX6 ARM board

[jbranso]

December 12, 2022 10:42 PM, "Maxim Cournoyer" <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guix!
> 
> I've been trying for some time to run Guix System on an ARM board (a
> TS-7970 with an i.MX6 Cortex A9 CPU). I wanted to cross-compile the
> image for speed and efficiency, and stumbled upon some problems on the
> way, such as https://issues.guix.gnu.org/44924, fixed on core-updates.

Please bear in mind that what you are trying is a little beyond my paygrade.

Is this a 32 bit or 64 bit processor?  My gut feeling is that running guix
system on a 32 bit arm board is going to be very painful.

I think I recall chatting on guix-devel and someone saying that 1GB or 2GB
RAM memory is the absolute minimum.  So you will run into low memory issues
too.  :(

I personally have a pinephone, and I haven't tried running guix system on it.
I assume other non-free distros will work better.  And I need the non-free
drivers for SMS and calling...  :(

> 
> Then it took me some time to figure out that Guile 3.0.7 was segfaulting
> when running the initrd's init script, which would cause the following
> kernel panic and backtrace:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> [ 5.913371] ALSA device list:
> [ 5.913374] #0: On-board Codec
> [ 5.913376] #1: imx-hdmi-soc
> [ 5.921483] sdhci-esdhc-imx 2190000.usdhc: card claims to support voltages 
> below defined range
> [ 5.938332] mmc0: new SDIO card at address 0001
> [ 5.987225] mmc2: new DDR MMC card at address 0001
> [ 5.998025] mmcblk2: mmc2:0001 MMC04G 3.60 GiB
> [ 6.009623] mmcblk2boot0: mmc2:0001 MMC04G partition 1 16.0 MiB
> [ 6.020181] mmcblk2boot1: mmc2:0001 MMC04G partition 2 16.0 MiB
> [ 6.031772] mmcblk2rpmb: mmc2:0001 MMC04G partition 3 128 KiB
> [ 6.957080] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1024K (80e00000 - 80f00000)
> [ 6.967865] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! 
> exitcode=0x00008b00
> [ 6.967865]
> [ 6.977015] CPU3: stopping
> [ 6.979732] CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Not tainted 4.9.11-tsimx #1
> [ 6.986174] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX6 Quad/DualLite (Device Tree)
> [ 6.992704] Backtrace:
> [ 6.995189] [<80111d48>] (dump_backtrace) from [<80111f38>] 
> (show_stack+0x18/0x1c)
> [ 7.002765] r7:00000000 r6:20000193 r5:00000000 r4:80f2fecc
> [ 7.008437] [<80111f20>] (show_stack) from [<8054d61c>] (dump_stack+0x80/0x9c)
> [ 7.015669] [<8054d59c>] (dump_stack) from [<8010d8dc>] 
> (handle_IPI+0xe0/0x178)
> [ 7.022981] r7:00000000 r6:d80b1f18 r5:00000003 r4:80e7f034
> [ 7.028648] [<8010d7fc>] (handle_IPI) from [<801014d8>] 
> (gic_handle_irq+0x70/0x78)
> [ 7.036222] r7:f4a01100 r6:80f0358c r5:f4a00100 r4:d80b1f18
> [ 7.041895] [<80101468>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<80a0a34c>] 
> (__irq_svc+0x6c/0xa8)
> [ 7.049380] Exception stack(0xd80b1f18 to 0xd80b1f60)
> [ 7.054434] 1f00: 00000000 00000001
> [ 7.062617] 1f20: 59eaf000 dad2fec0 9fdcb41d 9f4ecbfd dad2f1a8 00000000 
> 00000001 00000000
> [ 7.070800] 1f40: 00000001 d80b1f9c d80b1f68 d80b1f68 80826350 80826374 
> 60000113 ffffffff
> [ 7.078981] r7:d80b1f4c r6:ffffffff r5:60000113 r4:80826374
> [ 7.084651] [<80826284>] (cpuidle_enter_state) from [<80826488>] 
> (cpuidle_enter+0x1c/0x20)
> [ 7.092921] r10:d80b1fc0 r9:80e801a0 r8:80f030f4 r7:d80b0000 r6:00000003 
> r5:80f08cd4
> [ 7.100752] r4:dad2f1a8
> [ 7.103301] [<8082646c>] (cpuidle_enter) from [<80165ccc>] 
> (call_cpuidle+0x3c/0x40)
> [ 7.110966] [<80165c90>] (call_cpuidle) from [<80165f48>] 
> (cpu_startup_entry+0x188/0x1a8)
> [ 7.119149] [<80165dc0>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<8010d5b8>] 
> (secondary_start_kernel+0x134/0x164)
> [ 7.128196] r7:80f8d320 r4:80f14490
> [ 7.131779] [<8010d484>] (secondary_start_kernel) from [<1010156c>] 
> (0x1010156c)
> [ 7.139178] r7:80f8d320 r6:10c03c7d r5:00000051 r4:6809806a
> [ 7.144839] CPU1: stopping
> [ 7.147554] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 4.9.11-tsimx #1
> [ 7.153996] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX6 Quad/DualLite (Device Tree)
> [ 7.160524] Backtrace:
> [ 7.162999] [<80111d48>] (dump_backtrace) from [<80111f38>] 
> (show_stack+0x18/0x1c)
> [ 7.170573] r7:00000000 r6:20000193 r5:00000000 r4:80f2fecc
> [ 7.176242] [<80111f20>] (show_stack) from [<8054d61c>] (dump_stack+0x80/0x9c)
> [ 7.183471] [<8054d59c>] (dump_stack) from [<8010d8dc>] 
> (handle_IPI+0xe0/0x178)
> [ 7.190783] r7:00000000 r6:d80adf18 r5:00000001 r4:80e7f034
> [ 7.196449] [<8010d7fc>] (handle_IPI) from [<801014d8>] 
> (gic_handle_irq+0x70/0x78)
> [ 7.204022] r7:f4a01100 r6:80f0358c r5:f4a00100 r4:d80adf18
> [ 7.209689] [<80101468>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<80a0a34c>] 
> (__irq_svc+0x6c/0xa8)
> [ 7.217173] Exception stack(0xd80adf18 to 0xd80adf60)
> [ 7.222227] df00: 00000000 00000001
> [ 7.230410] df20: 59e93000 dad13ec0 9fdcb2cf 9f4ecbfd dad131a8 00000000 
> 00000001 00000000
> [ 7.238592] df40: 00000001 d80adf9c d80adf68 d80adf68 80826350 80826374 
> 60000013 ffffffff
> [ 7.246773] r7:d80adf4c r6:ffffffff r5:60000013 r4:80826374
> [ 7.252439] [<80826284>] (cpuidle_enter_state) from [<80826488>] 
> (cpuidle_enter+0x1c/0x20)
> [ 7.260709] r10:d80adfc0 r9:80e801a0 r8:80f030f4 r7:d80ac000 r6:00000001 
> r5:80f08cd4
> [ 7.268539] r4:dad131a8
> [ 7.271082] [<8082646c>] (cpuidle_enter) from [<80165ccc>] 
> (call_cpuidle+0x3c/0x40)
> [ 7.278746] [<80165c90>] (call_cpuidle) from [<80165f48>] 
> (cpu_startup_entry+0x188/0x1a8)
> [ 7.286931] [<80165dc0>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<8010d5b8>] 
> (secondary_start_kernel+0x134/0x164)
> [ 7.295979] r7:80f8d320 r4:80f14490
> [ 7.299560] [<8010d484>] (secondary_start_kernel) from [<1010156c>] 
> (0x1010156c)
> [ 7.306959] r7:80f8d320 r6:10c03c7d r5:00000051 r4:6809806a
> [ 7.312621] CPU2: stopping
> [ 7.315337] CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 4.9.11-tsimx #1
> [ 7.321779] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX6 Quad/DualLite (Device Tree)
> [ 7.328306] Backtrace:
> [ 7.330780] [<80111d48>] (dump_backtrace) from [<80111f38>] 
> (show_stack+0x18/0x1c)
> [ 7.338355] r7:00000000 r6:20000193 r5:00000000 r4:80f2fecc
> [ 7.344024] [<80111f20>] (show_stack) from [<8054d61c>] (dump_stack+0x80/0x9c)
> [ 7.351254] [<8054d59c>] (dump_stack) from [<8010d8dc>] 
> (handle_IPI+0xe0/0x178)
> [ 7.358567] r7:00000000 r6:d80aff18 r5:00000002 r4:80e7f034
> [ 7.364232] [<8010d7fc>] (handle_IPI) from [<801014d8>] 
> (gic_handle_irq+0x70/0x78)
> [ 7.371806] r7:f4a01100 r6:80f0358c r5:f4a00100 r4:d80aff18
> [ 7.377472] [<80101468>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<80a0a34c>] 
> (__irq_svc+0x6c/0xa8)
> [ 7.384956] Exception stack(0xd80aff18 to 0xd80aff60)
> [ 7.390010] ff00: 00000000 dad24bc0
> [ 7.398192] ff20: 00000001 d80ae000 9fdcb6b7 9fca06dd dad211a8 00000001 
> 00000001 00000004
> [ 7.406375] ff40: 00000001 d80aff9c d80aff28 d80aff68 8018eb00 80826374 
> 20000013 ffffffff
> [ 7.414555] r7:d80aff4c r6:ffffffff r5:20000013 r4:80826374
> [ 7.420222] [<80826284>] (cpuidle_enter_state) from [<80826488>] 
> (cpuidle_enter+0x1c/0x20)
> [ 7.428493] r10:d80affc0 r9:80e801a0 r8:80f030f4 r7:d80ae000 r6:00000002 
> r5:80f08cd4
> [ 7.436323] r4:dad211a8
> [ 7.438866] [<8082646c>] (cpuidle_enter) from [<80165ccc>] 
> (call_cpuidle+0x3c/0x40)
> [ 7.446531] [<80165c90>] (call_cpuidle) from [<80165f48>] 
> (cpu_startup_entry+0x188/0x1a8)
> [ 7.454714] [<80165dc0>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<8010d5b8>] 
> (secondary_start_kernel+0x134/0x164)
> [ 7.463761] r7:80f8d320 r4:80f14490
> [ 7.467342] [<8010d484>] (secondary_start_kernel) from [<1010156c>] 
> (0x1010156c)
> [ 7.474742] r7:80f8d320 r6:10c03c7d r5:00000051 r4:6809806a
> [ 7.480414] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! 
> exitcode=0x00008b00
> [ 7.480414]
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> I found that guile would segfault and return an exit code of 139
> (perhaps ETXTBSY, per guile sources), by adding bash-static to the
> initrd and invoking guile from there during the early boot.
> 
> Luckily, Guile 3.0.8 doesn't have this problem, so the following fixed
> it:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> modified gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
> @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ (define %guile-static-stripped
> ;; A stripped static Guile 3.0 binary, for use in initrds
> ;; and during bootstrap.
> (make-guile-static-stripped
> - (make-guile-static guile-3.0
> + (make-guile-static guile-3.0-latest
> '("guile-2.2-default-utf8.patch"
> "guile-3.0-linux-syscalls.patch"
> "guile-3.0-relocatable.patch"))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> The initrd now runs, but it fails with the following error:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> [ 8.448448] ALSA device list:
> [ 8.451472] #0: On-board Codec
> [ 8.454768] #1: imx-hdmi-soc
> [ 8.461095] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1024K (80e00000 - 80f00000)
> GC Warning: pthread_getattr_np or pthread_attr_getstack failed for main thread
> GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat
> [ 8.481168] mmc0: new SDIO card at address 0001
> Welcome, this is GNU's early boot Guile.
> Use 'gnu.repl' for an initrd REPL.
> 
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
> Throw to key `record-abi-mismatch-error' with args `(abi-check "~a: record 
> ABI mismatch;
> recompilation needed" (#<record-type <file-system>>) ())'.
> 
> Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
> GNU Guile 3.0.8
> Copyright (C) 1995-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'.
> This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; type `,show c' for details.
> 
> Enter `,help' for help.
> scheme@(guile-user)>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> The .go modules appear to be correctly cross-compiled for
> arm-linux-gnueabihf (they run fine on the same target using a different
> OS that I can boot with).
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Maxim