On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at 21:38, Sally A.haj <sallyahaj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > Thank you for all your efforts. > > I just thought about rpmfusion's images for RPix, while they are using > the downstream kernel, they might consider adding the support for RPi5, > this one instead of make a new remix, if that make sense. I have no idea what RPix is. My intention is to ultimately get everything into Fedora, the remix is intended to be short lived and assist in moving forward the upstreaming. > Sally > > On Sun, 2024-03-17 at 18:21 +0000, Peter Robinson wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I finally got some time over the weekend to dig into Fedora on the > > RPi5. > > > > The TL;DR is that there won't be any way of even basic support > > officially for F-40 GA. > > > > For those interested in more details..... > > > > The main pieces missing from the upstream kernel to boot to a login > > prompt over serial is appear to be the following: > > * The SoC pinctrl driver > > * Support in the mmc storage driver for the SoC variant > > * Minor bits for the gpio driver > > > > I'm not aware of any efforts to get anything upstream, I've not seen > > patches on lists etc. > > > > We have the firmware (bcm/u-boot) pieces in place in Fedora 40 and > > the > > kernel will start to boot and you get serial console output except > > you > > end up at a dracut prompt due to lack of storage. > > > > I am considering doing a Fedora kernel with patches in copr, and > > probably a F-40 remix minimal image, to enable minimal boot so other > > low level developers can use it as a basis for further investigation > > for things like upstream development. I don't have a timeline for > > this > > yet but I suspect late April. At the moment this looks like it'll be > > mSD, WiFi, serial console support and not much else. I've not looked > > at PCIe, the RP1 chip, or any other peripherals at all. > > > > I'll reply to this thread if/when I have any further updates, feel > > free to reference it elsewhere. > > > > Until there's either a kernel or kernel+image unless you can > > contribute to upstream kernel pieces there's probably nothing that > > can > > be done like "testing". If you can do kernel and would like to assist > > me feel free to reachout outside of this thread. > > > > Peter > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Do not reply to spam, report it: > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > -- _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
