07-23-2020, 06:01 AM
I am using the stable branch with the official and generic kernel from unstable and self-compiled u-boot. The DTB file (with the non-working networking) is included in the kernel btw as well.
This per-index support is imho not very saying as it covers only boards where Debian provides the firmware (u-boot, arm-trusted-firmware) as well. Despite having official support, some boards (e. g. OLinuXino-A64) still lack essential hardware support (here: ethernet) as well but can be fixed by using a different DTB.
Please note that a lot of other boards that are not officially "supported" work great as well. See this article:
https://www.kulesz.me/post/140-debian-de...4-install/
I see two possibilities why manjaro and Arch work while Debian does not: (1) The Debian kernel config lacks the driver although it is in mainline or (2) Manjaro and Arch add some patches that are not in mainline yet to make the ethernet work. I assume the second case since Manjaro sometimes ships device-specific kernels instead of one unified generic kernel like Debian does.
This per-index support is imho not very saying as it covers only boards where Debian provides the firmware (u-boot, arm-trusted-firmware) as well. Despite having official support, some boards (e. g. OLinuXino-A64) still lack essential hardware support (here: ethernet) as well but can be fixed by using a different DTB.
Please note that a lot of other boards that are not officially "supported" work great as well. See this article:
https://www.kulesz.me/post/140-debian-de...4-install/
I see two possibilities why manjaro and Arch work while Debian does not: (1) The Debian kernel config lacks the driver although it is in mainline or (2) Manjaro and Arch add some patches that are not in mainline yet to make the ethernet work. I assume the second case since Manjaro sometimes ships device-specific kernels instead of one unified generic kernel like Debian does.