Note that the remix is for the Genesi Smartbook only. The title of the email was incorrectly referring to the Genesi Smarttop. I have not tried to boot the image on a Smarttop, and highly doubt that it will work as expected. Sorry for any confusion, Niels On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 03:27:55PM +0200, Niels de Vos wrote: > Hello all, > > after quite some delay, I have been able to try out a work-in-progress > kernel-tree (3.7) from Sascha Hauer[1] for the Genesi EFIKA MX > Smartbook[1]. The Fedora Remix image I have created uses the barebox[2] > bootloader to load the device-tree and the kernel (a zImage with > concatenated initramfs). > > The contents of the image is based on the Fedora 18 Generic Root > Filesystem armhfp[3]. XFCE and most of the desktop basics are included. > Very little changes were needed over all. As the Smartbook has only > 512MB of RAM, it is recommended to add some swap space, re-using the > swap on the internal HD works for me (you need to update your > /etc/fstab). > > The current kernel configuration as found in Sascha's tree does not play > very nice with the Fedora rootfs. When exercising some load, quite some > oopses occur and it often results in a kernel panic (this happens > because some 'sh' process reads /proc/meminfo, no idea what process, or > why). I have been able to re-configure the kernel to the Fedora > specifics, while keeping to the options from Sascha's defconfig. This > kernel looks more stable, and a 'yum update' over the integrated Wifi > adapter has finished successfully. So, if you have tried an earlier (not > publicly announced) image, it would be in your benefit to update to this > new release. > > A difficulty with using this image, is that you need to configure your > Smartbook to boot from SD-card, not the internal SPI-NOR. This change is > done by flipping three dip-switches that are located under the keyboard, > next to the flat-cable that connects the keyboard. The Genesi site > contains a very good explanation on removing the keyboard[4] so that you > can access the switches. > > The standard and default configuration of these switches cause the > system to use the bootloader (uboot) to boot from the internal SPI-NOR > and look like this: > > +---------+ > | X | > | X X X | > +---------+ > > Change this to the following to boot with barebox from the SD-card: > > +---------+ > | X X | > | X X | > +---------+ > > For now, I was only successful with booting from the left SD-card slot. > barebox should also support booting from the micro-SD-card slot that is > accessible by removing the battery. You will need to modify the barebox > configuration (see [2] for adding variables/scripts) for this. A future > release of this remix will hopefully come with a modified barebox > configuration so that both card slots work (and also separating zImage > from the initramdisk). > > These instructions and a link for downloading are captured in the Fedora > Wiki[5] and anyone is free to improve, correct and amend that page. > > Feedback is much appreciated! Thanks, > Niels > > > [0] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/205566 > [1] http://www.genesi-tech.com/products/smartbook > [2] http://wiki.barebox.org/doku.php?id=boards:efikasb > [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F18/Remixes > [4] http://www.genesi-tech.com/support/smartbook/tutorial/keyboard:here > [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Genesi_Smartbook > > _______________________________________________ > arm mailing list > arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
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