On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:37:18 -0500 Jim McDonough <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/10/2015 11:51 AM, Bill Merriam wrote: > > I imagine everyone is aware that a quad-core, ARMv7 version of the > > RPi is available. Does anybody know what is involved in using > > Opensuse on that device? I am hoping that I can use the normal > > ARMv7 repository for everything but the RPi specific packages. > > Should I branch those RPi packages and try building them for V7 or > > is someone already doing that? > Have you been able to bring anything up? I just started with the arm6 > image from 13.2 and get just the colorful background screen. I was > hoping to use it as a starting point. > > I created a microsd card with the armv6l Build36.2 image, put it in an SDcard adapter and it boots perfectly on an armv6 RPi. On the armv7 version I also get the colorful screen. I am working on rebuilding the packages for armv7 (this takes me a long time to figure out) and then will build an image for v7. When I have that I will test it, let you know where it is so you can test it, and then push the fixes upstream. Bill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
