Sorry for not replying sooner!
In the case of the Pandaboard ES B3, there is no known kernel able to boot the board.
In the case of the A6, the upstream kernel is believed to support the board with a very recent version of uboot. However, recently one of our contractors (*not* an expert on ARM kernel & boot issues) was unable to find any Linux distribution that could boot on it.
Therefore, I would say that:
- In principle, all that is needed is to build a working kernel RPM, build a working boot loader, and package them together with a F20 arm7hfp rootfs.
- In practice, the evidence suggests that there may be some non-trivial issues to overcome.
On our Pandaboard A3s running F20, we carry one kernel patch: we patch the board file to enable the spidev driver for the OMAP4's MCSPI1 controller.
Best wishes,
Peter
On 7 March 2014 08:49:24 GMT+00:00, Gordan Bobic <gordan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there something non-obvious regarding your requirements (e.g. no working kernel available supporting all of the board's features), or is this a simple matter of of building and bundling a working kernel (rpm packaged being a requirement?) with the F20 rootfs?
Peter TB Brett <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi all,
At my employer we're short of manpower at the moment, and one thing we need
to do is to port Fedora to the Pandaboard A6 (and/or the Pandaboard ES B3).
We are currently considering getting a contractor to do the work to create
a Fedora 20 spin for us. I thought that this list seemed like the obvious
place to ask.
If you (or your company) are interested in carrying out this work, please
get in touch at my work e-mail address: peter.brett@xxxxxxxxxxx. We woul d
be able to provide target hardware and (reasonable) fees, but would need
the port to be completed by mid-April (sometime in the 14th April to 20th
April timeframe).
Regards,
Peter
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