[Arm-dev] Centos on rpi4

Tue Jun 2 20:05:54 UTC 2020
Pablo Sebastián Greco <pablo at fliagreco.com.ar>

On 2/6/20 15:32, R C wrote:
>
> Oh yeah,  definitely,  I see Pablo's name here all the time.
>
>
> On 6/2/20 12:29 PM, mark wrote:
>> RE: [Arm-dev] Centos on rpi4
>>
>> Just for the appreciation for all the work Pablo did (we make much 
>> use of it);
>>
Thanks ;)
>>
>>
>> Downloaded the image, flashed it and boot up right away..
>>
>>
>>
>> _OT_
>>
>>
>> As for Centos 8 I'll took the liberty to copy-cat and create an 
>> aarch64 development-image for the RPI4
>>
>> Note: it has no swap on disk but a zram implementation..
>>
>>
>> development image:
>>
>> https://github.com/markVnl/centos-sbc-tools/releases
>>
>> ( I run libvirt on it ot test aarch64 and armhfp packages in VM's on 
>> it and it did not let me down once...)
>>
>>
>> kernel (re)build on Copr:
>>
>> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/markvnl/Raspberry_PI4/packages/
>>
>>
>>
>> Awating a 5.x kernel with somewhat decent RPI 4 support i'v prepared 
>> aarch64 U-boot build with a <EFI/centos> patch
>>
>> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/markvnl/epel-8-aarch64_SBC-tools/packages/
>>
>>
>> grtz, Mark
>>
>>
>>     -----Original message-----
>>     *From:* R C <cjvijf at gmail.com>
>>     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 2, 2020 7:48 PM
>>     *To:* Pablo Sebastián Greco <pablo at fliagreco.com.ar>;
>>     Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware <arm-dev at centos.org>
>>     *Subject:* Re: [Arm-dev] Centos on rpi4
>>
>>     On 6/2/20 11:36 AM, Pablo Sebastián Greco wrote:
>>     >
>>     > On 2/6/20 13:52, R C wrote:
>>     >> Hello,
>>     >>
>>     >> I am trying to get Centos going on an RPI4 with 4GB;
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> so far I tried to use:
>>     >>
>>     >> CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-RaspberryPI-Minimal-4-2003-sda.raw.xz
>>     >>
>>     >>  (which does seem to do much of anything at all, black screen)
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     > This is the image I use normally for my work on my rpi4-4G without any 
>>     > issues (32bit-lpae memory)
>>
>>
>>     Ok,  I'll try that again.  (I have no idea what lpae memory is, I just
>>     bought an rpi4 with 4gb)
>>
>>
>>     >> and:
>>     >>
>>     >> CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-RaspberryPI-Minimal-2003-sda.raw.xz:
>>     >>
>>     >> which seems to display the "rainbow screen",  but that's about i.
>>     > That's expected not to work on rpi-4, so that's ok
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> Is there a different Centos image that would work  Or is there some 
>>     >> setting that's needed?
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> thanks,
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> Ron
>>     >>
>>     >>
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