Pi 5, ControlBlock and nvme issues?

[mitu]

@r3dstar said in Pi 5, ControlBlock and nvme issues?:

Installed on an SD card and unplugged NVMe, but the same results.

I'm just speculating here, but it may be due to the Linux kernel version (6.6) and GPIO related changes on that version. Which kernel version do you have installed ? Installing a fresh RaspiOS should start with Linux kernel version 6.1, but if you updated (via apt) then you'll get version 6.6.

[r3dstar]

@mitu I didn't update, but the default RaspiOS install for Pi5 is 6.6. Tried to install the legacy BullsEye 6.1 from an image and it doesn't want to run on a Pi5.

[mitu]

@r3dstar said in Pi 5, ControlBlock and nvme issues?:

I didn't update, but the default RaspiOS install for Pi5 is 6.6

Try with an slightly older RaspiOS image that has a 6.1 kernel - https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios_arm64/images/. However, while that might make ControlBlock work, may render the NVME Hat unusable if it needs a recent kernel version.

[r3dstar]

@mitu OK... this is promising.

I've used 2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img on my SD card and ControlBlock works, so the kernal is absolutely the issue.

Now using disk duplicator to clone the SD to the NVMe which is still recognised.

Taking a bit as the card is 128GB...

Fingers crossed.

[r3dstar]

OK. Done?

Feel I'm missing something, but the SD card is out and ControlBlock is working with the NVMe?

Now to transfer over my games and my custom interface!

[mitu]

OK, so the changes in the RaspiOS Linux ver 6.6 are breaking the ControlBlock driver. I guess the driver needs some modifications to be compatible with the new GPIO naming/changes introduced in that version, so for now maybe skip the Linux kernel package updates through apt.

[r3dstar]

One thing I have noticed is that it doesn't seem to like the power going via the ControlBlock even refusing to boot past a certain point, power is going in direct to the Pi 5 at the moment.

[petrockblog]

Sorry, I have messed up my forum notification settings, but they should be good again now 🤦‍♂️
Sort for this delayed reply!

The ControlBlock driver was updated five months ago for some RPi 5 specifics, but if a new kernel version introduces changes to the device tree, the driver probably needs an update again. I will take a look at this! I will update the test script that comes with driver as well. It is not up to date anymore and not very helpful with the RPi 5.

[thebigzwatson]

@petrockblog Hi. I'm having problems with my install. When I do configure input in emulation station, it says 2 gamepads detected, but I can't configure them. I can configure the keyboard just fine.

Pi5 with controlblock rev 2.1. Installed with the installation script. Full RaspianOS with retropie installed.

Is this the kernal issue? Was it resolved?

[petrockblog]

@thebigzwatson Hi, it sounds as if the driver is running as correctly since there are two controllers detected. I would try and check the wiring of the controls: Try using a jump wire to short the buttons to ground. This should lead to "key press" events. You could use jstest as described at https://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2?tab=readme-ov-file#troubleshooting for that as well. Hope that helps!

[thebigzwatson]

@petrockblog Thanks for the reply.

Shorting the wires (just touching the signal and the ground together) doesn't solve the problem. I should have mentioned earlier that the controlblock works perfectly with my pi2, but I'm trying to upgrade.

I can't get the jtest to work. I can't find the command in /dev/input.

The more I'm playing around with this I think it is a problem with my retropie install, but I can't figure out what