On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 09:28:53PM +0100, Patrice Go wrote: > I am searching some technical informations to know if it is > possible to install a debian OS in a pcduino3. I was searching > on the debian arm iso ftp, but i don't know what is the arm iso > (armel or armhf) to choose for the pcduino3. It seems that it > is an arm v7, then maybe the armhf : > > CPU : AllWinner A20 SoC, 1GHz ARM Cortex A7 Dual Core. > GPU : OpenGL ES2.0, OpenVG 1.1, Mali 400 Dual Core
The architecture in this case is armhf. > I don't know what to choose between "mx5" and "vexpress" : > /debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-armhf/current/images/ It is neither mx5 nor vexpress - these are completely different systems. Support for certain Allwinner A20-based systems is officially available in Jessie (testing) and Sid (unstable), but not in Wheezy (stable). It is possible to setup Wheezy on an A20-based system, but you would have to do that completely "by hand" as Wheezy lacks the necessary installer support. > i don't see any informations about debian for this device. Was > there some tests previously on this kind of device ? I would > want to test the installation... The pcduino3 is (in contrast to the older A10-based pcduino) not yet officially supported by Debian (device-tree support for it has been added in kernel 3.17 while Jessie uses Kernel 3.16), but we could possibly backport the device-tree support. The major issue at the moment is that Debian is currently frozen for the next release, which means that normally only bugfixes get accepted, but no new features. If you are willing to act as a tester, I can look into backporting the relevant changes to kernel 3.16 and making the necessary adjustments to the installer, but I cannot promise that these modifications would be accepted by the release team. Please note that Debian would in any case only support using a serial console on the pcduino3, as there is no video driver support for the A20 in the mainline kernel. For background information about Debian on Allwinner-based systems, I would like to refer you to the Debian Wiki at https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner. Regards, Karsten -- Gem. Par. 28 Abs. 4 Bundesdatenschutzgesetz widerspreche ich der Nutzung sowie der Weitergabe meiner personenbezogenen Daten für Zwecke der Werbung sowie der Markt- oder Meinungsforschung. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
