Cubox-i with Debian Stock Kernel
Hello,
I debootstrapped sid for my cubox-i and installed a Debian stock kernel.
Thanks for the descriptions at
https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort/CuBox-i
from Steve and the therein referenced blog post from Gunnar.
The good news: it is up and running
root@bokocube:~# uname -a
Linux bokocube 3.15-rc5-armmp #1 SMP Debian 3.15~rc5-1~exp1 (2014-05-16)
armv7l GNU/Linux
root@bokocube:~# cat /proc/device-tree/model
SolidRun Cubox-i Dual/Quadroot@bokocube:~#
What I did is to use mkimage to create an u-boot image of the kernel+dtb
and initrd. Then I manually set the u-boot (setenv) and got the the
sytem up and running.
The are a few open issues left though. Any feedback and guidance if I am
on the right track here is welcome.
1) For each reboot, I manually have to enter the u-boot setup
I could use the u-boot cmd interface to save to set the settings when
once configured correctly. Is that the way to go?
Is there a way to set the proper settings from Debian itself (e.g.
create a u-boot.img and dd it into the mmc) ?
2) For each kernel update, I have to convert them to u-boot images using
mkimage
Would creating a flash-kernel db here be the way to go?
3) The functionality is limited, e.g. no video out, only serial console
Not a serious issue for me, because that is enough is running for my
usecase right now. But I wanted to mention that in case others follow
that way and only find out at the end that their usecase is not supported.
Thanks,
Rainer
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Rainer Dorsch
http://bokomoko.de/
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