On 01/07/2017 01:51 PM, Paul R. Ganci wrote:
I received a Raspberry PI 3 for Christmas with which I am playing. I would like to install the aarch64 CentOS 1611. However I am finding very limited information on the web as how to go about doing that. Can somebody get me started on what I need to do in order to install CentOS 1611? Some initial questions.
1.) Can the aarch64 distribution even be installed on a Raspberry PI 3?
Not, but we're working on it. There's a patchset that needs to be backported from a more recent kernel to the 4.5 kernel used in the aarch64 release. Additionally, there are a couple bugs in the kernel to be fixed regarding memory handling. The RPI3 is limited enough in ram that these bugs would have serious implications when running the 64bit version. In short, I hope to have something we can use in the coming weeks, but it's not currently in a functional state.
One final note: There's a bug in the upstreamed graphics driver that has significant problems. Because of that, the patchset we're working on disables it. The distro would be limited to framebuffer console on the rpi3 only in 64bit mode.
2.) If the answer to question 1 is yes, can somebody give me some instructions on how to proceed? Links to any quick start or installation guides would be appreciated.
3.) I have not been able to get X windows to start with the armv7hl CentOS version already installed. Will Gnome run on Raspberry PI 3 or is some other desktop graphics suggested
Oh, see answer above. I answered a bit out of order it seems.
Thank you for your help getting started.