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Working sys_config.fex - jonsmirl - 07-31-2016
Does anyone have a working sys_config.fex? None of the ones in the downloads seems to be for the Pine64. Most are for the Allwinner dev boards. The closest one I have will come up to an Android command prompt but I can't get HDMI going.
I am trying to put together a working Android build and then I will push it up to www.gitlabs.com (not github, gitlabs accepts large repos).
Once we get a working build into git it will be possible for people to start fixing things. But without being able to rebuild the OS nobody can make any fixes.
RE: Working sys_config.fex - xalius - 07-31-2016
Just an idea, maybe it is possible to extract the sys_config.fex from one of the Phoenixcard images we have for Android with DragonFace?
http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pine_A64_Software_Release#Other_Tools has a download for DragoFace...
Or maybe Tl Lim can help us out here?
RE: Working sys_config.fex - @lex - 07-31-2016
Hey Jon,
I am not sure it is the correct answer, but some time ago i was looking for the same file, burned Android but could not find any FEX file.
It seems they have a specific DTS for that kernel, some thing like sun50iw1p1.dtsi.
@lex
RE: Working sys_config.fex - jonsmirl - 07-31-2016
The Android build works by taking a sys_config.fex and then running scripts on it to make a DTB. But... the bootloader is still using the sys_config.fex so you have to have the sys_config.fex.
It is probably possible to extract it from the Android images, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet.
I really don't see why the Pine64 devs can't provide us with a working build. And please verify that you can actually build the system by downloading it to another machine and redoing the build. If you had tried doing that with the ZIP files you would have figured out that they are practically useless.
RE: Working sys_config.fex - @lex - 07-31-2016
(07-31-2016, 06:39 PM)jonsmirl Wrote: The Android build works by taking a sys_config.fex and then running scripts on it to make a DTB. But... the bootloader is still using the sys_config.fex so you have to have the sys_config.fex.
It is probably possible to extract it from the Android images, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet.
I really don't see why the Pine64 devs can't provide us with a working build. And please verify that you can actually build the system by downloading it to another machine and redoing the build. If you had tried doing that with the ZIP files you would have figured out that they are practically useless.
Could never build a working image with the provided SDK/BSP files, may be lack of skills (actually i have never really wanted to, only interested in the fex file) , even if it was/is possible the Pine64 devs have some different source code base.
And agree, why not to release it?