Hello Jonathan,
Jonathan Frederickson <[email protected]> writes: > Rutherther <[email protected]> writes: > >> This release, system artefacts are available not only for >> x86_64, but >> also for AArch64! This is because AArch64 is also one of the >> primary >> architectures. Since this is the first release with AArch64 >> system >> artefacts, it's especially important for us to get feedback on >> those. >> They should boot even on physical hardware that has UEFI and a >> display. > > Ooh, exciting! I only just noticed this announcement, but I have a > Honeycomb LX2 lying around that I haven't yet done anything > with. I'd meant to set it up as a build server for my other > less-powerful ARM boxes, but hadn't gotten around to it; this > looks like it should make that process much more straightforward. Maybe, but note that the installer is not really prepared for giving out the proper kernel and so on for such devices. There is a linux libre specifically for honeycomb, but the installer would give you the regular one. So the AArch64 support still won't be as seamless. > > Unfortunately I don't have any spare microSD cards to flash the > image to for testing yet. I've ordered some and will give this a > go once they arrive! The image itself is currently not meant to be flashed on a microSD, as I mentioned in e-mail to Ian Eure, the AArch64 kernel is missing some configuration options and initrd modules have to be added to it to support booting from pretty much any possible device. I haven't added microSD yet, but I think we can do that for the release. However in that case it would be nice if someone could test it boots on a real hardware. I currently do not have AArch64 devices with UEFI support. I think I might be able to get SDCard running through QEMU, but still it's not 100% test. The installer is mainly meant to be booted from a USB stick, because it's expected you would be installing it to more persistent location, like the SDCard. (or a CDRom, but that's pretty much only meant for VMs nowadays) So if you could try flashing the iso image on a USB stick and booting it, checking if you arrive at the installer on a display, it would be very helpful. No need to actually install to an SDCard or anything right away, the part that can have most problems is the boot. Thank you Rutherther
