On 7/6/17, Pablo <pa...@parobalth.org> wrote: > This is a quite late reply to some Emails on this list from May. I took some > time to research and test. > John, do you still work on liberating Pocketchip?
Got distracted trying to install parabola on an asus c201 (nothing can write a sane gpt header to emmc it seems). Actually learned about the deblob scripts seeing a script use them on the chrome kernel, so I was thinking about running deblob in a u-boot directory and seeing what happens. My understanding (which isn't too reliable) is that the universal in universal bootloader is that u-boot handles some operations that would normally be handled by linux, including passing microcode and handling some firmware. > Good news is that I managed to install Debian > Stretch (current stable) with Debian Installer on a USB-stick. The CHIP > OS based on Debian by NextThing is completely left alone. > I plan to write a tutorial to document my approach and will put it on the > Debian Wiki. Yeah! >> I knew about the wiki, then again I believe someone else was asking >> about one earlier. > > Yes, it was me. heh.. Sorry ,xD I didn't know the exact url by heart and never got around to posting it on da list as a ref later. > I ditched all the custom NTC stuff and went for vanilla Debian. I have > managed to install Debian Stretch (current Stable) on a USB stick > using Debian Installer. I am using a self-compiled mainline U-Boot via > sunxi-fel to > circumvent the U-Boot version on NAND provided by the manufacturer which > can not boot from USB. I'm not sure if you mean version "of" NAND, but otherwise it sounds like your saying they hardcoded it not boot that way? Feature-not-a-bug? > I had some problems to boot the rootfs after completing installation and > solved it with help from the debian-arm mailing list (see this thread > for additional information: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2017/06/msg00027.html) > I am only using Debians main repos and connect to the Internet via > USB-OTG with the g_ether kernel module and a network bridge on my > desktop. That whole thing sounds like it was painful to get operating. > This is libre enough for me. > I am running Chip headless via ssh and have not tested video and > sound yet. There may be some hidden quirks I am not yet aware of but so > far it looks good. I would be very interested to know if GPIO functions okay like that. kudos Pablo! _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk