On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:31:10 +0300 Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiya...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31/03/2023 00:50, Brian Sammon wrote: > >> I currently have a Lenovo Duet 5 chromebook (with ARM processor) that > >> debian off an SD Card via USB. > > The SC7180 one? Does it work with the Debian-built kernel?
It's a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Ver2. I'm running the kernel that came with the image I downloaded from https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder a few months ago. I believe it's a 5.19.1 kernel minimally patched from kernel.org sources (and possibly some customization of the .config and devicetree). Reportedly, v6 of the kernel should work unpatched. I should start a DebianOn page for the wiki. > >> I haven't gotten to the point of understanding if/why all these steps > >> actually necessary, but I've used this process successfully to > It's just how Google designed their bootloader to boot ChromeOS, instead Right, I get the general idea. Just not sure if you need to follow that process 100%, or if there's some flexibility. In particular, I don't know if the lz4 step is necessary, and whether other compression formats are allowed. Relatedly, I'm wondering how many kernel partitions I can have. Can I have (usefully) a "KERN-Z" partition? > Debian Installer can create ChromeOS kernel partitions (manually) and > can use depthcharge-tools to make things bootable now, assuming you can > get the installer to boot (wrt/ kernel support, manual image > preparation, size limits). > > I need to work more on generating pre-built installer images, and I > expect I'll need to write a wiki page for some parts eventually. But > things are looking good (kernel config aside). Is there anywhere (besides this list) that I should be reading/subscribed to to learn more about debian-installer support for Chromebooks?
