experimental, i don't know. i ve never installed more than a debian testing version. unstable was always hard in my view, but experimental, is definitively too hard for me... and i imagine there's no tutorial to do it, or it is maybe very complex for someone who is not develloper. anyway, if my pcduino3 can be useful for future debian tests, i can try some things... thanks,
Patrice G. 2014-12-27 16:15 GMT+01:00 Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org>: > On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:50:26 +0100 > Patrice Go <patgsios...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > i enounce my actual understanding of these points : > > > > Jessie is defined/frozen actually with a kernel 3.16, which doesn't > > support the A20 device-tree (structure of the pcduino3 board). then > > if i install a Jessie, will i be able to use it for minimal uses ? > > Without a suitable device tree blob, the system won't boot. > > > by > > example, command line and ssh, to install the kernel 3.17 backport > > which support the A20 device tree ? > > or is it better to install the sid ? > > You'll need experimental. > > > Patrice G. > > > > Le 25 déc. 2014 23:35, "Karsten Merker" <mer...@debian.org> a écrit : > > > > The pcduino3 is (in contrast to the older A10-based pcduino) not > > > yet officially supported by Debian (device-tree support for it > > > has been added in kernel 3.17 while Jessie uses Kernel 3.16), but > > There is a 3.18 in experimental which may include the relevant support > but it would be up to you to test on real hardware. > > https://packages.debian.org/experimental/linux-image-3.18.0-trunk-armmp > > usr/lib/linux-image-3.18.0-trunk-armmp/sun7i-a20-pcduino3.dtb > > That will involve preparing the files to install yourself so that it > includes the relevant kernel package before you could boot the board. > The dtb can't simply be used with a 3.16 kernel. > > You'll also need all the setup required for the bootloader, presumably > u-boot. > > > > we could possibly backport the device-tree support. The major > > > issue at the moment is that Debian is currently frozen for the > > > next release, which means that normally only bugfixes get > > > accepted, but no new features. If you are willing to act as a > > > tester, I can look into backporting the relevant changes to > > > kernel 3.16 and making the necessary adjustments to the > > > installer, but I cannot promise that these modifications would > > > be accepted by the release team. > > > > > > Please note that Debian would in any case only support using a > > > serial console on the pcduino3, as there is no video driver > > > support for the A20 in the mainline kernel. For background > > > information about Debian on Allwinner-based systems, I would like > > > to refer you to the Debian Wiki at > > > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner. > > -- > > > Neil Williams > ============= > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ > >
