> On 14 August 2014 19:55:03 GMT+08:00, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >>Hi, >> >>> I have a headless cubieboard 2 running a 3.4 kernel that came with >>the >>> board, but a Fedora rootfs already. >>> >>> It's been pretty workable, but now I need to compile an OOT kernel >>module, >>> and that's a big mess with the magic 3.4 kernel. The defconfig it was >>built >>> with has gone 404, although a tarball of the sources (with different >>> defconfigs) exists. >>> >>> So after reading the megathreads here about cubieboard 2 support >>working, I >>> went to look for a rawhide kernel package and give it a try. >>> >>> However after looking at Wikis that are out of date compared to the >>mailing >>> list, and an "Arm Koji" that only has 64-bit arm binaries in the >>kernel >>> package, I have no idea where to go to get the latest armhf kernel >>package, >>> U-Boot pieces etc. >> >>ARMv7 was promoted to a primary architecture with Fedora 20 so all >>ARMv7 packages are part of mainline Fedora so you get them from the >>same place as x86 > > I see. Thanks to David and Robert as well. > > >>> I think this respin concept is not a good idea, I see rotting one-off >>> "respins" including one from Feb for Cubieboard. But all I want is to >>> upgrade the 3.4 kernel to use a Fedora one with latest upstream >>pieces. My >>> fedora rootfs is already in good shape. >> >>Use F-21 or rawhide images, the process is outlined here [1] > > Thanks. > > >>> What steps should someone in this situation take to align themselves >>with >>> latest armv7 hf kernel and boot-related pieces that will work on >>Cubieboard >>> 2? >> >>Kernel is upstream. We don't currently have a uboot that supports the >>Cubieboard 2 but that will come as part of the uboot 2014.10-rc2 >>release that should be in Fedora in 3-4 weeks. > > OK thanks. > > I should be happy with upstream kernel if it can boot and do network and > usb, which it seems it should. Yes, serial console, MMC, sata, network, USB plus a few other random bits. 3.17 even adds support for the IR port! Just no display yet > There's a pile of slightly different "appliances" at the rawhide link from > the wiki page. > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/tasks?state=all&view=tree&method=appliance&order=-id > > I grabbed the image here > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=7272277 > > since it mentioned hardfloat and "Minimal". Yes, that's a minimal install but you need a serial console to configure usernames etc. > I'm extracting it to a spare SD Card and will try to get a boot by hand on a > second cubieboard 2, rather than mess with the rootfs on the main one I'll > try to just transplant the /boot pieces if they work on the test one. The fedora-arm-image-installer mentioned on the install page should be usable, you just need to setup a bit in boards.d (look at the Cubietruck example) pointing to the CB2 uboot. This will be easier once we've got the AllWinner support landed upstream. > The 3.4 stuff it shipped with doesn't obviously have a separate dtb so it > might take some meddling. The dtb you need is called sun7i-a20-cubieboard2.dtb > Thanks for putting me in the right direction. No problems. _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
