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From:
Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
Subject:
Re: u-boot/rk3588: enable IPv6
To:
Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
Cc:
ports@openbsd.org, patrick@blueri.se, marcus@nazgul.ch, jsg@jsg.id.au
Date:
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:34:15 +0100

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> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 22:09:41 +0000
> From: Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
> 
> 13.12.2025 18:47, Klemens Nanni пишет:
> > 01.12.2025 00:46, Klemens Nanni пишет:
> >> U-boot has had support for years, but it is enabled by default only
> >> for some boards/targets.
> >>
> >> After I flashed my NanoPi R6S's eMMC (no SD-card) as per INSTALL.arm64:
> >>
> >> 	=> setenv serverip6 fe80::1
> >> 	=> tftpboot BOOTAA64.EFI -ipv6
> >> 	ROUTER SOLICITATION 1
> >> 	Set gatewayip6: fe80:0000:0000:0000:fce1:baff:fed0:2e5c, prefix_length: 64
> >> 	Using ethernet@fe1c0000 device
> >> 	TFTP from server fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001; our IP address is fe80:0000:0000:0000:5c27:b1ff:fe14:a9c9
> >> 	Filename 'BOOTAA64.EFI'.
> >> 	Load address: 0xc00800
> >> 	Loading: ################
> >> 	         1.7 MiB/s
> >> 	done
> >> 	Bytes transferred = 229585 (380d1 hex)
> >> 	=> bootefi $loadaddr
> >> 	Booting /BOOTAA64.EFI
> >> 	disks: sd0
> >> 	>> OpenBSD/arm64 BOOTAA64 1.22
> >> 	boot> 
> >>
> >> iPXE also boots this way, but then hangs, at least on the serial:
> >>
> >> 	Booting /ipxe.efi
> >> 	iPXE initialising devices...
> >>
> >>
> >> 	iPXE 1.21.1+ (ge9a2) -- Open Source Network Boot Firmware -- https://ipxe.org
> >> 	Features: DNS HTTP iSCSI TFTP VLAN SRP AoE EFI Menu
> >>
> >> 	Press Ctrl-B for the iPXE command line...
> >>
> >> I'll investigate that next, but IPv6 itself works fine incl. the
> >> ping6 and pxe commands.
> >>
> >> I don't use DHCPv6 and omitting it causes interactive prompts,
> >> hence why it's disabled.
> >>
> >> Image size growth seems negligible:
> >>
> >> 	$  du -k u-*
> >> 	9408	u-boot-rockchip.bin
> >> 	9424	u-boot-rockchip.bin.new
> >>
> >> Feedback? OK?
> > 
> > Ping, now with base arm64 hackers in Cc.
> > Same diff again.
> 
> One more ping, now with Marcus in Cc also.
> 
> Unless there are objections, I'm inclined to commit this in a few days.

What does this do on boards that don't have network interfaces
enabled?  For example the Radxa ROCK 5B.

Maybe a better strategy is to just patch the boards you care about
(and submit the changes upstream)?

> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/ports/sysutils/u-boot/rk3588/Makefile,v
> diff -u -p -r1.10 Makefile
> --- Makefile	9 Aug 2025 09:53:19 -0000	1.10
> +++ Makefile	30 Nov 2025 20:23:33 -0000
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>  VERSION=	2025.07
> +REVISION=	0
>  
>  SOC=		rk3588
>  
> @@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ EXTRACT_ONLY=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
>  
>  MAKE_ENV+=	BL31=${FULLDISTDIR}/${RK3588_BL31}
>  
> +ENABLE_OPTS=	IPV6 \
> +		IPV6_ROUTER_DISCOVERY \
> +		CMD_PING6
> +DISABLE_OPTS=	CMD_DHCP6
> +
>  pre-build:
>  	cc -o ${WRKSRC}/rkbinpatch ${FILESDIR}/rkbinpatch.c 
>  	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
> @@ -41,7 +47,9 @@ do-build:
>  	        O="build/${BOARD}" \
>  	        -f ${MAKE_FILE} "${BOARD}"_defconfig
>  	cd ${WRKSRC}/build/${BOARD} && \
> -	    ../../scripts/config --set-val BAUDRATE 115200
> +	    ../../scripts/config --set-val BAUDRATE 115200 \
> +	        ${ENABLE_OPTS:=-e %} \
> +	        ${DISABLE_OPTS:=-d %}
>  	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
>  	    ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RK3588_TPL} ${MAKE_PROGRAM} \
>  	        ${MAKE_FLAGS} O="build/${BOARD}" \
> 
>