This https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/aarch64-on-raspberry-pi-2-rev-1-2 -3b-3b/16853/37 is currently what you have to do to use the armhf netboot installer on a pi 2/3B/3B+. The debian-installer has no knowledge of the raspi2 kernel (you can't force it to install it), nor does raspi2 have any udebs.
I want to try grub2 on armhf, but I can't with raspi2 because it doesn't have the right modules built in. I've had a bug raised on that for months. Supposedly 5 million 3B+ have been sold since March. That is a lot of potential Ubuntu users. However Ubuntu hasn't updated the firmware for well over a year and a half to allow the 3B+ to boot, nor has it added a flash-kernel database entry for the 3B+. U-boot used on the server image doesn't work with the 3B or 3B+. It's great that Ubuntu provides raspi2, but it doesn't actually provide any suitable media to install Ubuntu on the raspberry pi 3B/3B+. With aarch64 on raspberry pi you have the arm64 kernel and the 64 bit version of raspi2. I don't see why there can't be generic-lpae and raspi2 for 32 bit. Finally, the vc4 graphics driver is being continually updated and being stuck on the same kernel version is a pain. It would be great to be able to use the hw enablement stack kernels. They are generic-lpae. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795869 Title: Generic-lpae unbootable on raspberry pi 3 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I've been trying to boot the generic-lpae kernel on my pi 3B. I've tried via U-boot and the pi's built in bootloader, but without success. There seems to be something inherently missing from the kernel. There are no bcm dtb files under armhf, but they are there for arm64. Using the one from arm64 with generic-lpae still fails to boot. Without the use of generic-lpae it is very hard to use the mini/netboot installer. It also means there is no hardware enablement stack on raspberry pi. Debian has had the ability to boot generic-lpae on the pi2 since 2015 I think! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1795869/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
