[Arm-dev] Basic centos8 functionality on rpi4.

Thu Apr 16 14:35:34 UTC 2020
Jeremy Linton <jlinton at redhat.com>

Hi,

As a FYI, the pftf https://rpi4-uefi.dev/ is attempting to build a SBBR 
complaint firmware based on the SBSA complaint parts of the rpi4.

What this means, is that recent versions of the firmware can 
boot/install the centos 8 default ISO images out of the box. There are a 
number of limitations, including that the centos kernel doesn't yet have 
the network/ACPI patches in place for the platform. But, given a 
USB3/SSD & USB3/NIC, it is a fairly painless process to install and use.

The 3G limit & ACPI firmware options should be selected. Once that is 
done it can be booted/installed either via the graphical console (+usb 
keyboard/mouse on the USB3 ports), or on the serial ports depending on 
firmware settings.