Hi Andreas, On 08/24/2017 02:07 PM, Andreas Färber wrote: > Hi Loic, > > Am 22.08.2017 um 10:21 schrieb Loic Devulder: >> Just need to see the status of S912 SoC in the mainline kernel (at least >> in the openSUSE kernel). > > At FOSDEM 2017 I showed openSUSE Tumbleweed running on S912, but with a > mainline based kernel due to the TV box vendor's U-Boot not supporting > UEFI or raw initrds or kernel Images with default text offset. > > You can probably fix the initrd problem by tweaking the Vim2's U-Boot > config, but you'd need to convert the openSUSE kernel Image to a uImage > and boot as described on linux-meson.com.
So SUSE kernel should theoretically work, good news! > Or contribute to mainline U-Boot on S912 (S905 is in mainline, may need > smaller patches for e.g. pinctrl). Then our standard boot flows would > apply and we can attempt to build an official openSUSE image.[*] Why not, I may try. Not sure if a can do it, but trying doesn't hurt :-) I also ordered I VIM1 board (S905x), so mainline U-Boot should work on it, and so openSUSE too, no? I will try also. I hope to have my boards just before my next trip to Nuremberg! Loic > Regards, > Andreas > > [*] My meson-tools are not yet prepared for S912 either. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
