01-15-2016, 08:02 AM
(01-15-2016, 07:44 AM)Galileo Wrote: I only tried it in Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 64bit). Based on your statements it seems you're able to build the BSP? Contrary to http://linux-sunxi.org/Pine64#U-Boot -- Since you're convinced the BSP isn't broken I would assume you already built it?
I said nothing of the sort and your induction is incorrect. All I said was that none of what you've cited indicates that it is broken. It may or may not be. At this point, it is orthogonal to the task of booting to a gnu/linux rootfs.
Quote:And another one that puzzles me: When you start working on Linux for A64 where will development happen? Do you share your code/fixes on Github? Working together with or against the linux-sunxi folks?
Since the first order of business is booting a minimal gnu/linux rootfs, the deliverable is likely to be an image + package repo and not actual code. My guess is that most, if not all, issues related to supporting a 3.0.x kernel can be resolved by rolling back to older versions that do not require kernel > 3.0.x, eg in the case of systemd. If code changes are needed for particular software, it might have to be forked since the chances of getting patches accepted to support an out of date kernel version are unlikely to be accepted, in which case it'll go up on github, yes.
My understanding of sunxi is that they work towards mainline support. While that is both admirable and desirable in the medium to long term, it does not gives us practical linux support in the short term. Since the latter is where my interests lie as of right now, that's where my efforts will be focused to the degree which other, more pressing time commitments allow. My guess is that all the different folks working on this sort of stuff will be posting on this forum and the pine64 wiki. If the community develops to a significant enough size that it makes collaboration and coordination necessary and practical, I'd like to see a mailing list as it's more congruent with the workflow most open source devs are familiar with.
I'm not sure what working 'against' linux-sunxi would even look like, never mind why it would be desirable. I'm just one hacker and don't speak for others or pine64, but I seriously doubt anyone would have an issue with anyone else working to improve linux support in whatever way they can along whichever vector suits them and their goals best.
-p