Re: MIPS64EL rootfs available for use and test

[David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>]

On 11/11/2013 09:57 AM, YunQiang Su wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> In the recent days, I figure out the mips64el rootfs and test it on
> Loongson 3A platform.
> It works well in general, it's time to release it.
>
> It can be download from:
>      http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/rootfs/

Nice!

I tested it on our OCTEON boards.  Seems to be working.  I had to enable 
CONFIG_DEVTMPFS and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT in my kernel and edit 
/etc/inittab to put gettys on my serial ports, and set the root 
password.  But after that, it works seemingly without a hitch.


> To install it, what you need to do is just unpack it to a partition
> and configure kernel/bootloader/fstab by yourself.
>
> This is a more detailed instruction for Loongson 3A users:
>      http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/rootfs/README
>
> Know issues:
>      1. MIPS64r2 ISA is required,
>           while we have made a agree to downgrade the requirement to
> mips3 in future.
>      2. The permission is of /usr/bin/crontab is not correct, so you need to:
>               apt-get install cron --reinstall
>      3. some files in /var/cache/man are not correct, you need to:
>                rm -rf /var/cache/man/* ; mandb
>
> PS: we have 8500+ packages built now.
>
> Happy hacking, and I am wishing your feedback.