understood. don't have enough technical capacities and time to advance in that... is it something like that, that it would be necessary to do ? : http://olimex.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/7795/
2014-12-27 16:37 GMT+01:00 David Goodenough <[email protected]> : > On Saturday 27 December 2014 15:50:26 Patrice Go wrote: > > Thanks for the help, > > > > I am not sure to be able and to have enough time to install a wheezy "by > > hand" (lfs, kernel compilation, modules choices, etc), i think i will > > rather test an install of a Jessie or a sid on the pcduino3. > > > > The use of my pcduino3, for the future, will be just for ssh (and others > > console, ncurses), then there's no need for me a video support, i won't > use > > X server. i don't have the necessity to use the pcduino3 now, i have > others > > arm board (raspberrypi, beaglebone black) for my use. Therefore, i would > be > > happy to be a debian tester for this pcduino3. > > and thanks to > > > > However, i am not sure to understand correctly all the technical point... > > > > i enounce my actual understanding of these points : > > > > Jessie is defined/frozen actually with a kernel 3.16, which doesn't > support > > the A20 device-tree (structure of the pcduino3 board). then if i install > a > > Jessie, will i be able to use it for minimal uses ? by example, command > > line and ssh, to install the kernel 3.17 backport which support the A20 > > device tree ? > > or is it better to install the sid ? > Actually this is not true. Out of the box Jessie supports A20 devices like > the Cubieboard-2, the Cubietruck and the PananaPi. It just does not have > the PcDuino DTS in a package. If you look at the the u-boot-sunxi package > it had the above mentioned DTS file in it, and the page you have been > pointed at below for installing on Sunxi systems you will find > instructions > for installing one which is not pre-installed. > > David > > > > Patrice G. > > > > Le 25 déc. 2014 23:35, "Karsten Merker" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > 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/7761596.NZLBO7QYr2@stargate > >
