Re: [fedora-arm] Fedora on Cubox, getting close. Pointers needed

On 10/18/2012 01:18 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: > > > On 18 Oct 2012 20:29, "Jurgen Kramer" <gtmkramer(a)xs4all.nl > <mailto:gtmkramer@xs4all.nl>> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 10:21 -0600, Al Stone wrote: > > > On 10/18/2012 09:44 AM, Jurgen Kramer wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 16:34 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Jurgen Kramer > <gtmkramer(a)xs4all.nl <mailto:gtmkramer@xs4all.nl>> wrote: > > > >>> I am trying to get Fedora running on the cubox. I am getting > close but > > > >>> no cigar yet. > > > > > > I haven't had much luck yet, either, but I also haven't been able to > > > spend a great deal of time with my CuBox (maybe all of an hour so > > > far). I've been attempting an f17 rootfs, though. > > > > > > Is there some place I can go to and pick up the kernel/initrd you've > > > got and try it so that I can replicate what you're seeing? Or, are > you > > > just using the kernel source from SolidRun? > > > > > I got a bit further by using different memory addresses for the kernel > > and initrd. Systemd now starts but complains about missing autofs4 and > > cgroups. > > As kernel source and config I am using the SolidRun kernel sources > > enhanced with several patches (https://github.com/vDorst/linux) . > > > > I'll put up the kernel/initrd once it's done compiling with cgroups and > > autofs4 enabled. > > > > What would be needed for Fedora to support the CuBox? CuBox support is > > not upstream (yet). > > Upstream support in a unified kernel. From the little I've read Marvell > plans on supporting this as part of the mvebu support as they mention > supporting dove as part of it which is what I think the cubox is based on. I don't know about the unified part, but I'll look into that. I'm pretty sure the CuBox is a Marvell Armada 510 SoC (single CPU version of the Armada XP 4-CPU chip). In theory, it should even be able to use the Armada XP kernel -- or so I've been told :).