i got debian/armhf up and running on the a10-eoma68 board, but i'd like to make it easier for other people to install debian on it. the generally-proven method "go download some whopping great 1gbyte random image off the internet with packages preinstalled that you don't actually want" is pretty shit, so i'd like to do a debian-installer image. previously it was frans pop, bless 'im, who created a suitable debian-installer netinst for us.
the hardware we have is as follows: * no JTAG (don't ask...) * A10 processor with direct-to-memory loading and execution over Micro-USB [called FEL: front-end-loader] * NAND driver which needs some work (messy android, not mtd-compliant) so can't use it * working SDcard working (on SD3) * usb-gadget *only* (no network, no usb-host) here's what's been achieved already [thanks to help from several people]: * usb fel boot using miniroot: https://github.com/hno/miniroot * modify miniroot to get it working with g_ether and usbnet * modify miniroot to allow telnetd logins * usb fel boot using debian armhf image: http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/boot/ * confirm HDMI working on /dev/fb0 so - here's what i'd like to achieve over the next few days * boot a board using usb felboot: https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-tools/tree/master/felboot * create a modified netinst-initrd that uses usb0 ethernet gadget *blind* (no console!!) which gets far enough on its own to do DHCP client * also pre-install some sort of service (ssh? busybox telnet? other?) which allows an interactive login * use felboot to download a kernel, netinst-ramdisk and u-boot *direct* to memory of the board * log in (somehow) to the board over usbnet * get a kernel installed e.g. from here without prompting: http://dl.linux-sunxi.org/users/niall/debian/ * do an example minimal install onto a blank sdcard. that's the main goal. preparing the boot partition (vfat) so that the sdcard will boot is *outside* the scope, here. my main concern is to get past this first stage. i apologise: it looks like a lot, but it isn't! it's just a large chain of inter-connected awkwardness that should clear up a considerable mess in the arm world where people just insist on putting out these absolutely shit 1gbyte and 4gbyte pre-installed images. or force people into a situation of using the cross-install mode debootstrap. so - another way is rather badly needed, not just for this board but for MK802 and many other bits of hardware which have micro-usb gadget. suggestions on how to proceed greatly appreciated. also, where's the best place to hold this discussion? l. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capweedx39j3nj9jz6g47z0totzzmhas3q3znh3n2kqkvpov...@mail.gmail.com
