[Arm-dev] Howto / bananapi

Mon Jul 20 11:09:07 UTC 2015
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 07/20/2015 05:47 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 19/07/15 08:51, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 07/18/2015 09:22 AM, Mandar Joshi wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For your Bananapi R1/Lamobo R1, from what I've read so far, two bits
>>>> are missing from the standard repos
>>>> 1. U-Boot
>>>> 2. Driver for the switch
>>>> I had looked for a U-Boot for the R1 when you first posted the
>>>> question and found this page
>>>> http://www.igorpecovnik.com/2014/09/07/banana-pi-debian-sd-image/
>>>>
>>> Banana Pi and R1 will need different u-boot images.
>>> I had added support for bananapi based on info from the Fedora wiki. I
>>> can put together a template and files for Lamobo R1 based on
>>> information contained in the above link.
>>>
>>> I don't have a R1 to test myself. But I can try and blindly create a
>>> template and put together the kernel files but I won't be able to test
>>> the generated image. If it doesn't work then you'll have to try a
>>> different kernel, may be a vanilla one or a different u-boot.
>>>
>>> Do you want me to try create a template and put together the kernel
>>> files for you?
>>
>> I would say yes and KB can test it with his bananapi R1 board.
> 
> sure,
> 
> just to confirm the components being used in the template are all coming
> from those compiled ( including uboot etc ) in our armv7 builds ?
> 
> regards
> 
> 

Not in all cases .. for example, the raspberry pi2 needs its own kernel.

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