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Banana Pi BPI-R2 New Image Release : Ubuntu 16.04 V1.3 2018-3-30
1.About this release
* This release is for banana pi R2 board which is based on MTK7623N, and it is based on Ubuntu 16.04 Operation system.
2.What's new in this release
* Fixed bugs
Issue：Environments of u-boot won't save in sd card when boot from external sd card
https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp/issues/28
Issue：Unable to disable tx-checksum-ipv4 for both eth0 and eth1
https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp/issues/23
* Enabled Uart0 / 1 by default
* Support 4G module EC25 ( qmi-wwan / ppp；GPS / BeiDou )
* Change CONFIG_ATA and CONFIG_SATA_AHCI drivers to built-in mode
* Add mmc-util tool
3.Known limitations
* Bluetooth is unstable
* Wifi Ap is unstable
* SPI is unstable
4.Image link：
* Baiduyun：https://pan.baidu.com/s/1iOSUxAZI9d15O98PCTrkhQ
*google driver: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ze_YGDT3B1-P57wPcm3gcVFcCMfBLspL/view?usp=sharing
username: root , password: bananapi
You can find more infos from here：
http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/emmc-partition-information-mmc-tools-on-a-live-system/4940/3
discuss on forum :
http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-r2-new-image-release-ubuntu-16-04-v1-3-2018-3-30/5293
BPI-R2 New image : 2018-01-12-centos-7-lite
2018-01-12-centos-7-lite-v1.0-bpi-r2-sd-emmc.img.zip
MD5: 48c39640bd6ce11331dfdce86543e194
Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15H42iEiBDVtyfe_upoOxvXAJibBdg9z1/view?usp=sharing
Baidu cloud:
https://pan.baidu.com/s/1pMnnDu7
BPI-R2 new image : 2018-01-04-kali-xfce-desktop-v1.0-bpi-r2-sd-emmc.img
2018-01-04-kali-xfce-desktop-v1.0-bpi-r2-sd-emmc.img.zip
Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fDo8ITziO3tIMQ_sXT7aSiKv1k1NKdxV/view?usp=sharing
MD5: 88f146d09b5fbe7b87b5c08263df1f62
BPI-R2 new image : ubuntu 16.04 V1.2.1 Release: BT and WIFI AP mode are working fine 2017-11-27
V1.2.1 Release notes
About this release
This release is for banana pi R2 board which is based on MTK7623N, and it just includes Ubuntu image which is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop with Linux kernel 4.4.70, we can get the Linux kernel 4.4.70 and u-boot from the link https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp
The file system is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop, the default user name/password are pi/bananapi , root/bananapi.
What's new in this release
1) Support AP mode of onboard WIFI module(MT6625)
2) On board BT is supported
3) Fix an ethernet issue in u-boot
4) Add a command in u-boot to set partition configuration of EMMC
Known limitations
1) MIPI interface doesn't work
2) Somtimes HDMI doesn't work fine
Image link:
Google drive:
Baidu drive: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1o8R25N8
md5sum: b8f4b305f0301d121971ab575c65bb0f
5.FAQ
1) How to enable AP mode Please refer to link: http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/2-4ghz-and-5-6ghz-wifi-working-fine/3844/32
2) How to enable BT Please use command: hciconfig hci0 up to enable it
3) How to program Ubuntu image to EMMC
a. Program ubuntu image to SD card
b. Install this SD to R2 board and boot from SD
c. Enter the Uboot prompt, and run command emmc pconf 48 to change Partition config of EMMC
d. And then run command reset, let it boot to OS
e. Enter the system with username pi or root
f. Run command
echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk1boot0/force_ro to enable /dev/mmcblk1boot0 write mode
g.To write preloader to EMMC by running command:
bpi-bootsel BPI-R2-EMMC-boot0-DDR1600-0k-0905.img.gz /dev/mmcblk1boot0
where BPI-R2-EMMC-boot0-DDR1600-0k-0905.img.gz is the preloader for emmc, please download it from link https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-files/blob/master/SD/100MB/BPI-R2-EMMC-boot0-DDR1600-0k-0905.img.gz
h. To copy ubuntu image to EMMC:
unzip -p <XXX.img.zip> | pv | dd of=<device> bs=10M status=noxfer
or
bpi-copy <XXX.img.zip> <device>
where the XXX.img.zip is ubuntu image we can get it from http://www.banana-pi.org/r2-download.html, and where <device> should be /dev/mmcblk1.
i. power off
j. remove SD & power on
4) How to control GPIO
Please refer to link: https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp/issues/11\#issuecomment-326988062
BPI-R2 new Image：Ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-bpi-r2-sd-emmc-v1.2.0.img.zip 2017-09-04
WIFI working fine and boot from eMMC flash.
About this release
This release is for banana pi R2 board which is based on MTK7623N, and it just includes Ubuntu image which is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop with Linux kernel 4.4.70, we can get the Linux kernel 4.4.70 from the link
https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp.
The file system is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop, the default user name/password are pi/bananapi , root/bananapi.
What's new in this release
Support HDMI audio
Support onboard WIFI module\(MT6625\)， The wifi interface is enabled by default in latest image which is released by banana-pi please use command "echo 0>/dev/wmtWifi" to turn it off and use the command "echo 1>/dev/wmtWifi" to enable it.
Enable EMMC
Change the DDR frequency from 1.3GHZ to 1.6GHZ
Both PWM4 and PWM5 work
Add the utility iperf to this image
Known limitations
BT isn't supported
MIPI interface doesn't work
Sometimes Linux kernel 4.4.70 can't boot successfully
Somtimes HDMI doesn't work fine
AP mode isn't supported yet
Image link:
Google drive：
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B\_YnvHgh2rwjNUFiY0F2aURxY00/view?usp=sharing
Baidu drive:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jH4pl5c
md5sum: 8c554bfe1f2e84c74fc60aef298282fa
discuss on forum :
BPI-R2 new image :ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-docker-preview2-bpi-r2-sd-emmc.img-2017-08-01
2017-08-01-ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-docker-preview2-bpi-r2-sd-emmc.img.zip
based on ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop
support BPI-R2 kernel 4.4.70
username & password: pi/bananapi , root/bananapi
support HDMI
support GMAC * 5 (2 real GE ports, 1 is WAN port, another is connected to 4 LAN ports)
support SATA * 2
support eMMC (support boot from eMMC)
support IR
support OTG
support PWM (PWM1/PWM2/PWM3, PWM4 and PWM5 are not supported)
support USB 3.0 * 2
support mPCIe
support uEnv.txt to fatload uImage
support bpi-bootsel
support bpi-copy to write SD/eMMC with img.zip file
support docker
How to boot from eMMC:
boot from SD
sudo su
echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk1boot0/force_ro #enable /dev/mmcblk1boot0 write mode
bpi-bootsel BPI-R2-EMMC-boot0-0k.img.gz /dev/mmcblk1boot0 #write once
bpi-copy /path_to_your_image/xxx.img.zip
poweroff
remove SD & power on
Known limitations:
WIFI/BT isn't supported
MIPI interface doesn't work
Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjS1Z1OFRRZlpQNDg/view?usp=sharing
baidu cloud:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1bpElcf1
MD5: 021e2e5a627f9e60742c6bbb6b4e8dc8
FILESIZE: 1774241037 (~1692MB)
UNPACK: 7456MB (eMMC size)
BPI-R2 new image: Ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-preview-bpi-r2-sd-emmc-v1.1.1 2017-06-22
About this release
This release is for banana pi R2 board which is based on MTK7623N, and it just includes Ubuntu image which is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop with Linux kernel 4.4.70, we can get the Linux kernel 4.4.70 from the link
https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R2-bsp
What's new This is first official release for banana pi R2 board, the following features are supported: 1) Root file system: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Mate Desktop, default user name/password are pi/bananapi , root/bananapi 2) Linux kernel: 4.4.70 3) HDMI 1080P & 480P & 720P 4) Two GE ports 5) SATA disk 6) Two usb3.0 ports 7) IR 8) OTG 9) PWM1/PWM2/PWM3 10) GPIO
Known limitations 1) Both PWM4 and PWM5 are not supported 2) WIFI/BT isn't supported 3) Don't support booting from EMMC 4) MIPI interface doesn't work
Image link:
Google drive:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_YnvHgh2rwjeFJjeTFiMjVRa2s/view2
Baidu drive:https://pan.baidu.com/s/1dEX15Od
md5sum: efcc0c695e27aa3fc860a93720e9e5d9
