Compute Module • Re: Waveshare cm4-nvme-nas-box Booting CM4 from SSD via the PCIe slot (continued)

I got a reply from Waveshare:

Yes, the SSD cannot be used for booting.

The related driver could only been enabled after booting the OS which make the NVME can not be recognzied if you remove the SD card.

Well I've done a whole bunch more messing around , mostly with a Argon 5 NVMe , this works fine , all my NVMe sticks work here (an it can boot from them (but it does only have one NVMe slot... so the bug/feature is not an issue.

However I have come back the the Waveshare, with 2 stick I now know are good. They simply fail to appear. looking a dmesg I can't see any attempt to access them, it's simply as if there is no NVMe "subsystem" in existence.

Code:

root@waveshare:/var/log# root@waveshare:/var/log# lsblkNAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTSmmcblk0     179:0    0 29.7G  0 disk ├─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  512M  0 part /boot/firmware└─mmcblk0p2 179:2    0 29.2G  0 part /root@waveshare:/var/log# lspci00:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM2711 PCIe Bridge (rev 20)01:00.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1184e 4-Port PCIe x1 Gen2 Packet Switch02:01.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1184e 4-Port PCIe x1 Gen2 Packet Switch02:03.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1184e 4-Port PCIe x1 Gen2 Packet Switch02:05.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1184e 4-Port PCIe x1 Gen2 Packet Switch02:07.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1184e 4-Port PCIe x1 Gen2 Packet Switch03:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VL805/806 xHCI USB 3.0 Controller (rev 01)04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)root@waveshare:/var/log# 

At the above point there are 2 sticks of NVMe installed.



So far with this box I've had:

1. Did not even stay powered up with an Orange Pi CM4 (WS support said this was not supported ...after I'd bought all the HW)
2. Did not boot from NVMe (WS support said this was not supported ...after I'd bought all the HW)
3. Does not seem to work with 2 sticks of NVMe installed (well I have bought all the hardware)

This is look like the first ever computer where I'll just have to give up, so little works I can't make a useful device out of it.

Statistics: Posted by aBUGSworstnightmare — Sat Jun 08, 2024 7:09 am