[Arm-dev] Bananapi / C7

Tue Sep 1 15:19:44 UTC 2015
Nicolas <nicolas at shivaserv.fr>

Hello

I have tested kernel 4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1 on bananapi.
The kernel boots fine but no ethernet like Robert (same error).



Le 24/08/2015 18:47, Nicolas a écrit :
> Le 24/08/2015 18:42, Nicolas a écrit :
>> Le 24/08/2015 17:52, Robert Moskowitz a écrit :
>>> On 08/24/2015 11:45 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>> On 08/23/2015 07:48 AM, Nicolas wrote:
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> I made some others tests for Bananapi and Centos image.
>>>>>
>>>>> Image generated with rbf is 4.3GB. I think we should shrink it to 
>>>>> 4GB to
>>>>> allow people use 4GB cards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe on a howto we can tell users to do :
>>>>> - install ntp (no clock on bananapi)
>>>>> - enable led activity
>>>>>      - /sys/class/leds/bananapi\:green\:usr/trigger with on the 
>>>>> following
>>>>> option :
>>>>>      [none] usb-gadget usb-host cpu0 cpu1 mmc0
>>>>>      mmc0 is a good choice.
>>>>> - make eth0 dhcp by default
>>>>>
>>>>> I did a yum update,
>>>>>
>>>>>   kernel armv7hl 4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1.centos.el7
>>>>> c7pass1                          60 k
>>>>>   kernel-core armv7hl 4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1.centos.el7
>>>>> c7pass1                          17 M
>>>>>   kernel-modules armv7hl 4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1.centos.el7
>>>>> c7pass1                          11 M
>>>>> Updating:
>>>>>   avahi armv7hl 0.6.31-14.el7 c7pass1 245 k
>>>>>   avahi-autoipd armv7hl 0.6.31-14.el7 
>>>>> c7pass1                          38 k
>>>>>   avahi-libs armv7hl 0.6.31-14.el7 
>>>>> c7pass1                          54 k
>>>>>   kernel-tools armv7hl 4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1.centos.el7
>>>>> c7pass1                         110 k
>>>>>   kernel-tools-libs armv7hl 4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1.centos.el7
>>>>> c7pass1                          65 k
>>>>>
>>>>> But I got the error :
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/51-dracut-rescue.install: line 59:
>>>>> /boot/loader/entries/5f978b1f46204461b2d19e876ea201d6-0-rescue.conf: 
>>>>> No
>>>>> such file or directory
>>>>> warning: 
>>>>> %posttrans(kernel-core-4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1.centos.el7.armv7hl)
>>>>> scriptlet failed, exit status 1
>>>>> Non-fatal POSTTRANS scriptlet failure in rpm package
>>>>> kernel-core-4.2.0-0.rc2.git0.1.centos.el7.armv7hl
>>>> The kernel updates will not happen right now via the RPM .. that 
>>>> has to
>>>> be a manual process because of the uboot process.
>>>>
>>>> We would like someone smart to figure out how to make that process
>>>> happen in a way we can roll it into the SRPM :)
>>>
>>> All I can say is ask the Fedora-arm devel team, as they have it 
>>> down.  Perhaps start with Peter Robinson as his is the name I 
>>> associate with at least being in charge of the list.
>> I already have done it once for the pcduino3 nano (armv7 too), and it 
>> seems for example for bananapi it looks like the same. Steps are 
>> here, but it seems to be based on the sunxi kernel (3.x, not 4.x).
>> Maybe I can try it, but I don't know how to use 4.2 kernel.
>>
>> http://wiki.lemaker.org/BananaPro/Pi:Building_u-boot,_script.bin_and_linux-kernel 
>>
>>
>> <off topic> I should have tested the pcduino3 nano, to validate 
>> centos 7 arm, but it is used in prod, and very far away :p </off topic>
> It seems Fedora explain here it too :
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/Fedora_ARM_Kernel_Updates#Generating_the_uImage_and_uInitrd_Images_Needed_By_UBoot 
>
>
> (sorry I don't want to spam :p)
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