On 12.12.2013, at 14:41, Adrian Schröter <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2013, 14:03:14 schrieb Alexander Graf:
>> 
>> On 12.12.2013, at 12:32, Sergio Fernández Cordero 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello list,
>>> 
>>> My name is Sergio Fernandez , I am personally interested in helping with 
>>> the development
>>> of the image and OpenSuSE repositories for Raspberry Pi , since I have a 
>>> project for a
>>> specialized desktop computer based on these two components.
>>> 
>>> I have seen that there is only unofficial images for Raspberry Pi, by SuSE 
>>> decisions.
>>> I've also seen that everything is a bit chaotic and therefore funny :) And 
>>> I'd like to participate.
>>> 
>>> I have several years administering Linux systems , I´m familiar with SuSE 
>>> enterprise systems,
>>> and packaged for RPM distributions such as Mandriva and Mageia (and of 
>>> course RHEL). Don't know
>>> how SUSE buildsystem works, but come with the intention to learn.
>>> 
>>> I downloaded an image from Bernhard repository and I launched my Rpi. I've 
>>> done some modifications
>>> and configurations and, works well . But I need more integration and 
>>> stability and I want collaborate to
>>> do it for everyone.
>>> 
>>> So where I can start? What to read , where to search ...
>> 
>> The main reason we don't have an official Raspberry PI image today is that 
>> the build fails:
>> 
>>  https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/devel:ARM:13.1:Contrib:RaspberryPi
>> 
>> The build fails because the kernel we're using inside the build VM doesn't 
>> have proper FAT support. There are 2 things to do here:
> 
> btw, I added lately support to run distro kernel and initrd's. So such things 
> can
> be added now in projects.
> 
> You may just try to aggregate the (x86_64) kernel package from
> 
>  home:adrianSuSE kernel-obs-build
> 
> package and add the following line prjconf to use that kernel:
> 
> VMInstall: kernel-obs-build
> 
> Make sure to ExportFilter this also to your arm architecture repos.
> 
> shall I try to adapte this project to validate if it works?

We also need to force the codepage modules into the initrd so that it 
automatically loads them on boot (via -m). But yes, please :).


Alex

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