[first post by newbie]
OK, so I have/am running Debian linux and derivatives on most of my
Linux devices:
- Nokia N800
- Linksys NSLU2
- Cloud Engines Pogoplug
- various desktops and netbooks (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
Always looking for smaller, faster, leaner, quieter, cooler devices to
run Linux on, I have been watching the 'android TV stick' models come
and go, and the one that interests me the most right now (with claimed
Linux support) is the 'Hiapad Hi802', which uses the 'Freescale i.MX6'
SoC (quad at that!):
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/10/17/89-hiapad-hi802-android-mini-pc-based-on-freescale-i-mx6-quad-processor/
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/11/18/freescale-i-mx6-resources-development-boards-documentation-source-code-and-tools/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cnx-software%2Fblog+%28CNXSoft+-+Embedded+Software+Development%29
There is a lot of good and optimistic info for running 'Ubuntu' linux on
that chip (and various devices) -- but (in terms that I can understand)
how easy is this likely to put pure Debian onto it?
For a related question, my primary desktop Linux is LMDE (Linux Mint
Debian Edition) -- what *exactly* would I need from the maintainers of
that distro to create an ARMv7 (Freescale i.MX6) version? Is this even
realistic for someone like me? I have compiled source in a 'tool chain'
environment before (on an x86 desktop, to create binaries for my Nokia
N800).
I have searched for something that would explain 'how to port your
favorite distro to ARM in 5 easy steps', but have not found a resource
like that yet :)
Thanks
