Re: help? efivar 0.20-3 fails to build on arm64

On Fri, 2015-06-26 at 17:01 -0400, Peter Jones wrote: > *ahem*, > https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar/commit/510b861012c111a362aa4c3da6ba408f2d78aaca :) Thanks > By not distributing it in Fedora, so far. We've been looking at > options, and it's worth noting that there *is* a Free-as-in-Freed

Re: help? efivar 0.20-3 fails to build on arm64

> [...] it's worth noting that there *is* a Free-as-in-Freedom FAT > driver ( https://github.com/pbatard/efifs ), but it's derived from grub > code that's GPLv3, and that makes for some interesting legal questions > as well since in at least some of the ovmf/aavmf builds we want Secure > Boot enabl

Re: Kirkwood installation on QNAP TS-420U

On Fri, 2015-06-26 at 16:27 +0200, Nagel, Peter (IFP) wrote: [...] > > Just a hunch, but can you still log-in as install/installer? Perhaps > > the kernel/initrd didn't get flashed and you somehow ended up in > > debian-installer again? [...] > I've also tried to login as installer (for DHCP and

Re: How to start Xen hypervisor on armhf based system(s)?

On Fri, 2015-06-26 at 09:27 -0400, Nigel Sollars wrote: > Hi Guido, > > > I think this is the sauce your looking for: > > > http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions#Booting_Xen That plus the Allwinner specific stuff at http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_

Re: U-Boot, d-i and selecting the console device

Karsten Merker writes: > Ah, so the configuration happens via specific build-time config > options and not via the u-boot environment. In that case, > building additional variants would of course work rather easily > by defining additional targets, but we would end up with a really > large numbe

Re: help? efivar 0.20-3 fails to build on arm64

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 08:15:39AM -0700, Blibbet wrote: > > Sounds good, thanks. > > > > OVMF/AAVMF is unfortunately non-free due to the FAT driver license. > > How are RedHat, Linaro etc dealing with that issue? > > The UEFI spec requires FAT for the ESP (EFI System Partition). Apple (an > OEM a

Re: help? efivar 0.20-3 fails to build on arm64

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:46:38AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 11:05 -0400, Peter Jones wrote: > > > The thing is, *all* the library does is provide a C API for interactions > > with firmware. So that's really what "make test" exercises, which is > > why a) it's more useful fo

Re: U-Boot, d-i and selecting the console device

Karsten Merker writes: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:06:05AM +0200, Jens Thiele wrote: > >> The specific u-boot environment is needed for the lcd display >> settings/timings. Would it be an option to build different u-boot >> configurations for the different board+display combinations? > > AFAICS

Re: U-Boot, d-i and selecting the console device

On Sun, 2015-06-21 at 19:01 +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > > > What about adding support in debian-installer to dsisplay on both the > > serial console and framebuffer? > > My memory on that topic is unfortunately a bit shady, but IIRC > this was proposed some time ago already and was dismissed

Re: Kirkwood installation on QNAP TS-420U

Am 26.06.2015 um 17:06 schrieb hartemaa: On 26 Jun 2015, at 16:27, Nagel, Peter (IFP) wrote: Am 26.06.2015 um 15:57 schrieb JM: On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Peter Nagel mailto:peter.na...@kit.edu>> wrote: Hi everybody, I'm trying to install Jessy on a QNAP TS-420U using GPT and

Re: help? efivar 0.20-3 fails to build on arm64

> Sounds good, thanks. > > OVMF/AAVMF is unfortunately non-free due to the FAT driver license. > How are RedHat, Linaro etc dealing with that issue? The UEFI spec requires FAT for the ESP (EFI System Partition). Apple (an OEM and an OSV) ignores this and uses HFS+ for it's ESP. A Linux OEM could a

Re: Kirkwood installation on QNAP TS-420U

> On 26 Jun 2015, at 16:27, Nagel, Peter (IFP) wrote: > > > Am 26.06.2015 um 15:57 schrieb JM: >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Peter Nagel > > wrote: >> >>Hi everybody, >> >>I'm trying to install Jessy on a QNAP TS-420U using GPT and RAID1: >> >>RA

Re: Kirkwood installation on QNAP TS-420U

Am 26.06.2015 um 15:57 schrieb JM: On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Peter Nagel > wrote: Hi everybody, I'm trying to install Jessy on a QNAP TS-420U using GPT and RAID1: RAID1 device #0 - 20.0 GB Software RAID device > #1 20.0 GBf ext4

Re: Kirkwood installation on QNAP TS-420U

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Peter Nagel wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm trying to install Jessy on a QNAP TS-420U using GPT and RAID1: > > RAID1 device #0 - 20.0 GB Software RAID device > > #1 20.0 GBf ext4 / > SCSI1 (0.0.0) (sda) - 4.0 TB ATA WDC WD40EFRX-68W > >

Kirkwood installation on QNAP TS-420U

Hi everybody, I'm trying to install Jessy on a QNAP TS-420U using GPT and RAID1: RAID1 device #0 - 20.0 GB Software RAID device > #1 20.0 GBf ext4 / SCSI1 (0.0.0) (sda) - 4.0 TB ATA WDC WD40EFRX-68W > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE > #1 1.0 MBf biosg

Re: How to start Xen hypervisor on armhf based system(s)?

Hi Guido, I think this is the sauce your looking for: http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions#Booting_Xen Nige On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Guido Haase wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've a problem getting started the Xen hypervisor (xen-4.4-armhf) > on an armhf bas

How to start Xen hypervisor on armhf based system(s)?

Hi folks, I've a problem getting started the Xen hypervisor (xen-4.4-armhf) on an armhf based hw (Cubietruck, A20/2xA7) with debian jessie. I already installed jessie on SD card which works fine. Afterwards I installed the packages xen-system-armhf, xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf xen-utils-4.4. The al

Re: U-Boot, d-i and selecting the console device

not a direct answer to your mail but very related and raising other questions / problems: jessie kernel already supports simplefb (simple framebuffer) together with newer u-boot, specific u-boot environment and a custom device tree it is possible to get a framebuffer. The specific u-boot environm