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 11:31:06 +0000
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We currently have a version of kernel 5.9 that we are testing and we will tar=
get to move to 5.10 as soon as it comes out.

I hope for a release early next year.

Best,
-Michael

P.S. Please do not forget to copy the list.

> On 23 Nov 2020, at 11:25, Furkan Salman <tech(a)fkardame.com> wrote:
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> Hello Michael,
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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 it=
self 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 ?
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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 kern=
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> > On 22 Nov 2020, at 15:00, Furkan Salman <tech(a)fkardame.com> wrote:=20
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> > Hello IPFire Team,=20
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> > I would like to understand how do you get the grub to work on the arm ima=
ges.=20
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> > 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 ha=
ve its mainline uboot.=20
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> > It seems to get stuck on grub after selecting the ipfire version it doesn=
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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 e=
very 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 feasibl=
e for us to provide hundreds of different images for all ARM boards out there=
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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=3D811c2f=
745e267e5ff6c246b66bc5f2196e12b780;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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