On Sun, 2014-05-18 at 19:41 +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 09:59:58AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > [enabling flash-kernel to run inside d-i on machines listed > in the flash-kernel machine db] > > I think I've got it working, there were a few yakks to shave but I have > > now done a full install from sid on a cubietruck. I'll clean up the > > patches (rough versions attached), push and upload ASAP (hopefully > > tonight). > > Hello, > > attached is a small patch against flash-kernel to add machine db > entries for the Cubieboard 1/2 and the Mele A1000. These three > are generally supported by the armmp kernel and have SATA > connectors, i.e. with linux-image-3.14-1-armmp 3.14.4-1 (in > testing since yesterday) it should be possible to do Debian > installations on a SATA disk attached to them.
Ah, I didn't realise it had migrated, great! flash-kernel still has 4 days to go, I think we should wait for 3.19 to migrate to testing before uploading any more, so I think we should hold off on your patch until then if that is OK with you? The big stumbling block at the moment is finding a u-boot with AHCI support. I've got a tree I can point people at until that gets sorted upstream. > I unfortunately don't have access to any of these models, so this > is purely based on information from the linux-sunxi wiki and from > the dts files in the kernel source. Testers welcome :-). I did consider doing a sweep over the dtb files which the kernel builds and just adding them all, but then I was thinking it might be best to fault them in as they are tested, any opinions? > I'll probably get access to a Cubieboard2 sometime next week and > will test an installation on it, but for the Cubieboard 1 and the > Mele somebody else would have to give them a try. I tested on cubieboard2 this morning and it worked ok (my /etc/flash-kernel/db entry is identical to the one in your patch). I'll write something up for the wiki shortly (perhaps this week, although there is a beer festival in town...). I've got notes for the fully integrated with flash-kernel case as well as the case where that isn't present yet (i.e. how to bodge the first boot and manually configure f-k), which should make it possible for people to get something working and file a wishlist bug against f-k. I've got an A20 based MELE of some sort on my desk at work, but it's been sat there for months and I still haven't bothered to solder the UART cable together, I wouldn't be on me getting round to it any time soon... Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1400440166.29121.60.ca...@dagon.hellion.org.uk
