From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
To: sig-arm@lists.ipfire.org
Subject: Re: Understanding boot process.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:36:43 +0000
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Hello,

Again, *please* copy the list.

We currently do not have an ARM version of that kernel available. There is on=
ly a version for x86.

As soon as we have a kernel that boots it will be announced on the developmen=
t list. So, please watch this space :)

-Michael

> On 23 Nov 2020, at 11:34, Furkan Salman <tech(a)fkardame.com> wrote:
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> I would love to be part of testing 5.9 as most of the boards are already su=
pported there.=20
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> NanopiR2s
> RockpiE=20
> RockpiE3 (RockPiE with extra Lan,  total 3 lan) this is development board a=
nd not public yet.=20
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> I have good understanding in Dts updates so it will be helpful for ipfire t=
eam. I don't mind supporting  few devices myself.=20
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> I will dedicate one of my amlogic device for building ipfire images only.=20
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> Please guide me on how I can build images with kernel 5.9 as I have had bui=
ld images with 4.9 only.
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> Thanks
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> ---- On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:31:06 +0300 michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org wrote -=
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> We currently have a version of kernel 5.9 that we are testing and we will t=
arget to move to 5.10 as soon as it comes out.=20
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> I hope for a release early next year.=20
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> Best,=20
> -Michael=20
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> P.S. Please do not forget to copy the list.=20
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> > On 23 Nov 2020, at 11:25, Furkan Salman <tech(a)fkardame.com> wrote:=20
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> > Hello Michael,=20
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> > Yes I see that EFI boot is already provied in aarch64 image.=20
> > I am flashing rockpie and using rock64 dtb or I will try it with rockpie =
itself this time and report back to you by tonight or tomorrow max.=20
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> > When do you plan to move to kernel 5.4 ?=20
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> > ---- On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:21:43 +0300 michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org wrote=
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> > Hello Furkan,=20
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> > Thanks for signing up and posting :)=20
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> > I suppose we are talking about ARM64:=20
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> > We currently only support systems that use EFI. If there is an EFI BIOS, =
it will launch GRUB and hopefully return all required configuration to the ke=
rnel.=20
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> > > On 22 Nov 2020, at 15:00, Furkan Salman <tech(a)fkardame.com> wrote:=20
> > >=20
> > > Hello IPFire Team,=20
> > >=20
> > > I would like to understand how do you get the grub to work on the arm i=
mages.=20
> > >=20
> > > I have RockPiE which is not supported by your project but I am willing =
to add support it by myself.=20
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> > > Afaik I should be able to get it to boot with other Rk3328 board dtb i =
have its mainline uboot.=20
> > >=20
> > > It seems to get stuck on grub after selecting the ipfire version it doe=
snt boot further.=20
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> > Do you have any output from the bootloader/kernel?=20
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> > > I suspect that the bootscripts are designed for a specific arm board as=
 every board will have different addr for kernel load.=20
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> > No, we only support a generic way to boot, because it is simply not feasi=
ble for us to provide hundreds of different images for all ARM boards out the=
re.=20
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> > > Where can I find the source code for the boot script package?=20
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> > https://git.ipfire.org/?p=3Dipfire-2.x.git;a=3Dblob;f=3Dlfs/grub;h=3D811c=
2f745e267e5ff6c246b66bc5f2196e12b780;hb=3DHEAD=20
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> > This is how we install GRUB on x86 and ARM64.=20
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> > Best,=20
> > -Michael=20
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> > > Thank you.=20
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