> I believe Don has one of those running with RedSleeve. I'm hoping he'll see > this > and provide any useful input he may have. > That would be great!
> > * I am booting using a very recent kernel from kernel.org using > > imx_v4_v5_defconfig > > I could be persuaded to include a suitable kernel rpm for this board provided > it > is as close as possible configuration-wise to the stock upstream (RH) kernel. > Even more preferable would be a patch to add imx53 support to the upstream > 2.6.32 kernel as I could then include an official (as opposed to > "contrib/extras") kernel rpm for imx53 (imx51 would be useful, too, as it > would > mean support for the likes of Genesi Efika and Hercules ecafe). > Does it have to be 2.6.32? I'm using 3.4.0-rc7+ right now. Do you prefer 2.6.32 because it's what's normally shipped with the equivalent x86 version? 2.6.32 might be a bit too old for this board. Freescale's BSP is at 2.6.35. It usually takes a while for the changes in the BSP to get into the mainline (if, ever). The ARM tree is also changing at a crazy pace. For my experiment here, I built the mainline kernel without any changes, using the stock defconfig file for these boards. The same kernel should also work with mx51 and mx6. Hopefully I can try those out soon too. > [...] > > * The "plymouth" command seems to be missing (/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: > > line 594) but init continues > > Plymouth isn't mandatory, but the anaconda installer always seems to install > it. > You can always: > yum install plymouth > Whoa I wasn't aware that yum would work out of box! That's great! > [...] > Hmm, what is ttymxc? Proprietary serial port on the imx devices? Doesn't it > provide /dev/ttyS nodes? > You're correct. i.mx devices name their serial ports "ttymxcX" and do not provide /dev/ttyS nodes. My version of tty.conf is hacky since I don't know where $TTY is set. > [...] > > yum --installroot=/path/to/chroot install <list of basic rpms> > > Then, force-re-install (rpm -Uvh --force --root=/path/to/chroot): > - initscripts (or shutdown will hang due to one of the init scripts missing, > haven't figured out why yet) > - MAKEDEV (or you'll get start time complaints about vcsa user missing, again, > don't know why the initial install doesn't add it) > This is a great starting point. Thanks! > > * The alpha rootfs doesn't seem to have httpd although it is listed in the > > 109 > > rpms. How can I add this to the rootfs? > > Where do you see it listed? > You can install it the usual way: > yum install httpd > (obviously you'll need working networking for that and internet access) > http://ftp.hands.com/redsleeve/yum/os/SRPMS/changed/httpd-2.2.15-9.el6.0.src.rpm Am I reading this incorrectly? I thought any rpms in "changed" meant they have been modified by you to compile/work under ARM. I will try to install it using yum. Speaking of which - my board is on a private network. Would you guys be OK if I downloaded all RPMs using wget's recursive download option and set up a repo on my computer on the private network?
