Re: [fedora-arm] Possible File Formats for a Fedora ARM release

2012-02-07 Thread Mark Langsdorf
On 02/06/2012 10:33 PM, Chris Tyler wrote: But back to the original question: what's the optimal way to package an installable image? I see several valid options: (1)- Per-platform image with MBR plus one or more partitions, with the last partition shipped as minimal length and resizable

Re: [fedora-arm] Possible File Formats for a Fedora ARM release

2012-02-07 Thread Gordan Bobic
On 02/07/2012 10:20 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Mark Langsdorf mark.langsd...@calxeda.com wrote: On 02/06/2012 10:33 PM, Chris Tyler wrote: But back to the original question: what's the optimal way to package an installable image? I see several valid options:

Re: [fedora-arm] Possible File Formats for a Fedora ARM release

2012-02-07 Thread Peter Robinson
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Gordan Bobic gor...@bobich.net wrote: On 02/07/2012 10:20 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Mark Langsdorf mark.langsd...@calxeda.com  wrote: On 02/06/2012 10:33 PM, Chris Tyler wrote: But back to the original question: what's the

Re: [fedora-arm] Possible File Formats for a Fedora ARM release

2012-02-06 Thread Chris Tyler
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 16:25 -0800, Brendan Conoboy wrote: The support grid is really just 2x2: You're either armv5tel or armv7hl. You either need a separate partition for bootloader bits (omap, etc scenario) or you don't (tegra scenario). Putting together tarball that has everything a

Re: [fedora-arm] Possible File Formats for a Fedora ARM release

2012-02-03 Thread Derek Atkins
Gordan Bobic gor...@bobich.net writes: Kernels are SoC specific. Not quite as narrowly specialized as device specific, but it's still not going to be a one-size-fits all, at least not any time soon (probably years). For example, if you have a Marvell Kirkwood kernel, you could use that

Re: [fedora-arm] Possible File Formats for a Fedora ARM release

2012-02-03 Thread Peter Robinson
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Derek Atkins warl...@mit.edu wrote: Gordan Bobic gor...@bobich.net writes: Kernels are SoC specific. Not quite as narrowly specialized as device specific, but it's still not going to be a one-size-fits all, at least not any time soon (probably years). For

Re: [fedora-arm] Possible File Formats for a Fedora ARM release

2012-02-03 Thread Brendan Conoboy
On 02/02/2012 02:41 PM, Gordan Bobic wrote: Not going to happen, sadly. The rootfs is common across all the devices (armv5tel for soft-float, armv7hl for hard-float). Hold up, there's a middle ground that we can shoot for here, even prior to everybody getting onboard with FDT. Kernels are