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Description

Similar to #10442, but only for M6 and M6V2.

GitHub issue reference:
Jira reference number [AR-9999]

How Has This Been Tested?

  • M6 tested
  • M6V2 tested

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added unified boot support for NanoPi M6 and M6V2 hardware variants.
    • Added automatic board detection and device-tree selection.
    • Added fallback device-tree handling when the primary selection is unavailable.
    • Added support for SPI and non-SPI boot configurations, storage, networking, USB, audio, and board peripherals.
    • Added support for the Zbit ZB25LQ128 SPI-NOR flash device.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved PCIe cold-boot link-training reliability.
    • Improved BTRFS zstd decompression handling.

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The change adds unified NanoPi M6/M6V2 U-Boot support with SARADC hardware detection, multiple device-tree variants, runtime fallback handling, and SPI/eMMC boot selection. It also updates PCIe, BTRFS zstd, and SPI-NOR U-Boot patches.

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NanoPi M6/M6V2 support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Runtime device-tree fallback
config/boards/nanopi-m6.conf, config/bootscripts/boot-rk35xx.cmd, lib/functions/rootfs/distro-agnostic.sh
The board configuration now provides a fallback DTB. Rootfs installation writes fdtfile_fallback, and the boot script uses it when fdtfile is empty.
Unified U-Boot board target
config/boards/nanopi-m6.conf, patch/u-boot/v2026.07/board_nanopi-m6/*, patch/u-boot/v2026.07/defconfig/*, patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_uboot/*
U-Boot v2026.07 adds NanoPi M6/M6V2 detection through SARADC, BootROM-aware SPL fixups, late initialization, FIT matching, and board-specific configuration.
NanoPi device-tree variants
patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_upstream_rockchip/*
Base, generic, SPI, and M6V2 device trees define board peripherals, audio, storage, SPI flash, and boot configurations.

U-Boot maintenance patches

Layer / File(s) Summary
Platform patch updates
patch/u-boot/v2026.07/0001-*, patch/u-boot/v2026.07/general-fix-btrfs-zstd-decompression.patch, patch/u-boot/v2026.07/mtd-spi-nor-Add-support-for-Zbit-ZB25LQ128.patch
PCIe link training now retries 25 times. BTRFS zstd decompression uses direct context handling. SPI-NOR support adds the ZB25LQ128 device.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 00f4b

The PR adds NanoPi M6/M6V2 boot support, but the current head still contains a device-tree syntax error that prevents the U-Boot build from completing, along with a decompression allocation risk. It is not ready to merge until these issues are corrected.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SPL
  participant SARADC
  participant NanoPiBoard
  participant FITMatcher

  SPL->>SARADC: Read channel 5
  SARADC-->>NanoPiBoard: Return board voltage
  NanoPiBoard->>NanoPiBoard: Detect M6 or M6V2
  NanoPiBoard->>FITMatcher: Select model and boot-source DTB
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patch/u-boot/v2026.07/general-fix-btrfs-zstd-decompression.patch (1)

76-95: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Reject invalid frame sizes before allocating tmp.

Return an error when zstd_find_frame_compressed_size() fails. ZSTD_getFrameContentSize() parses only the frame header, so a truncated frame can still provide an attacker-controlled 64-bit content size. On 64-bit targets, fcs > SIZE_MAX is not a practical allocation limit. Bound fcs by the BTRFS maximum uncompressed extent size, including permitted sector alignment, before calling malloc(fcs).

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In `@patch/u-boot/v2026.07/general-fix-btrfs-zstd-decompression.patch` around
lines 76 - 95, Update the decompression flow around
zstd_find_frame_compressed_size and ZSTD_getFrameContentSize to return an error
when frame-size discovery fails, then validate fcs against the BTRFS maximum
uncompressed extent size including allowed sector alignment before malloc(fcs).
Keep the existing buffer expansion behavior only for validated frame sizes and
retain the allocation-failure handling.
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Inline comments:
In `@config/boards/nanopi-m6.conf`:
- Around line 14-15: Update the NanoPi M6 DTB configuration so overlay
generation receives a non-empty DTB directory: use the directory component of
BOOT_FDT_FILE_FALLBACK, or the established configured overlay directory, instead
of relying on the unset BOOT_FDT_FILE. Preserve runtime SARADC HW-ID selection
while ensuring overlays resolve under the rockchip directory.

In `@patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_upstream_rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-generic.dts`:
- Around line 7-10: Fix the root node declaration in the NanoPi M6 generic
device tree by changing the opening brace to the required root-node form `/ {`,
preserving the existing model and compatible properties.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@patch/u-boot/v2026.07/general-fix-btrfs-zstd-decompression.patch`:
- Around line 76-95: Update the decompression flow around
zstd_find_frame_compressed_size and ZSTD_getFrameContentSize to return an error
when frame-size discovery fails, then validate fcs against the BTRFS maximum
uncompressed extent size including allowed sector alignment before malloc(fcs).
Keep the existing buffer expansion behavior only for validated frame sizes and
retain the allocation-failure handling.
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  • config/boards/nanopi-m6.conf
  • config/bootscripts/boot-rk35xx.cmd
  • lib/functions/rootfs/distro-agnostic.sh
  • patch/u-boot/v2025.10/defconfig/nanopi-m6-rk3588s_defconfig
  • patch/u-boot/v2025.10/dt_uboot/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-u-boot.dtsi
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/0001-pci-pcie_dw_rockchip-increase-PCIe-LTSSM-timeout-for-cold-boot.patch
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/board_nanopi-m6/0001-allow-fdt-fixups-before-dm-as-spl_board_init-works-l.patch
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/board_nanopi-m6/0002-Create-unified-U-boot-for-M6-and-M6V2.patch
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/defconfig/nanopi-m6-rk3588s_defconfig
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_uboot/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-generic-u-boot.dtsi
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_uboot/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-spi-u-boot.dtsi
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_uboot/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-u-boot.dtsi
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_uboot/rk3588s-nanopi-m6v2-spi-u-boot.dtsi
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_uboot/rk3588s-nanopi-m6v2-u-boot.dtsi
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_upstream_rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-generic.dts
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_upstream_rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-spi.dts
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  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_upstream_rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-m6v2-spi.dts
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/dt_upstream_rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-m6v2.dts
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/general-fix-btrfs-zstd-decompression.patch
  • patch/u-boot/v2026.07/mtd-spi-nor-Add-support-for-Zbit-ZB25LQ128.patch
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  • patch/u-boot/v2025.10/dt_uboot/rk3588s-nanopi-m6-u-boot.dtsi
  • patch/u-boot/v2025.10/defconfig/nanopi-m6-rk3588s_defconfig

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While you're on the M6, perhaps it makes sense to cherry-pick 1adbd20 ?

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efectn commented Aug 23, 2026

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While you're on the M6, perhaps it makes sense to cherry-pick 1adbd20 ?

Will create another PR for that

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Boot on M6, does not boot on M6V2. Image from M6 boots on M6V2 for refference.

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EvilOlaf marked this pull request as draft September 4, 2026 03:47
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marked as draft since reported non-working

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