F21 Self Contained Change: Allwinner sunxi (A10 / A13 / A20) ARM SoC support

[Jaroslav Reznik]

= Proposed Self Contained Change: Allwinner sunxi (A10 / A13 / A20) ARM SoC 
support =
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport

Change owner(s): Hans de Goede <hdegoede(a)redhat.com&gt;, Peter Robinson 
<pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org >

Allwinner A10 / A13 / A20 SoCs are used in a number of popular low cost arm 
development boards and arm mini computers. Currently Fedora ARM is supported 
on these devices through a Remix [1]. Allwinner kernel support is progressing 
rapidly upstream, and with this upstream kernel support it should be possible 
to support Allwinner SoCs in the official Fedora ARM images, without the need 
for a remix. 

== Detailed description ==
The linux-sunxi community is currently working hard to get Allwinner SoCs 
supported in the upstream kernel. A big part of this should land in the 3.14 
kernel. The plan is to support Allwinner SoCs in headless mode for now, and 
carry patches for mmc, ahci and usb support for 1-2 kernel releases (until 
they land upstream). 

== Scope ==
Supporting Allwinnner SoCs ootb will require kernel and u-boot support. Kernel 
support is landing upstream and we will add patches to the Fedora kernel for 
1-2 kernel releases to supplement this. u-boot support currently lives in a u-
boot fork upstream, this fork is tracking / merging u-boot upstream and does 
intent to get sunxi support merged into the official u-boot packages, but there 
is no timeline for this atm. For u-boot we will create a separate u-boot-sunxi 
package, which can be dropped once u-boot support has been merged into u-boot 
upstream.

Proposal owners: Will try to get as much kernel support upstream as possible, 
supplement with patches in the Fedora kernel package. Will create a u-boot-
sunxi package with sunxi specific u-boot. Will look into adding a config tool to 
the sdcard images to easily select and install the correct u-boot and dtb, 
like the Allwinner Remix images have.

Other developers: N/A 
Release engineering: N/A 
Policies and guidelines: N/A 

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
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[Jon]

Does the u-boot piece require a new package or sub package of existing
u-boot we already have? Just curious.

Suppose I'm asking if the sunxi support is upstream in denx?

Looking forward to this feature. :-D

Thanks
On Mar 3, 2014 8:05 AM, "Jaroslav Reznik" <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  = Proposed Self Contained Change: Allwinner sunxi (A10 / A13 / A20)
> ARM SoC
>  support =
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
>
>  Change owner(s): Hans de Goede <hdegoede(a)redhat.com&gt;, Peter Robinson
>  <pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org >
>
>  Allwinner A10 / A13 / A20 SoCs are used in a number of popular low cost arm
>  development boards and arm mini computers. Currently Fedora ARM is
>  supported
>  on these devices through a Remix [1]. Allwinner kernel support is
>  progressing
>  rapidly upstream, and with this upstream kernel support it should be
>  possible
>  to support Allwinner SoCs in the official Fedora ARM images, without the
>  need
>  for a remix.
>
>  == Detailed description ==
>  The linux-sunxi community is currently working hard to get Allwinner SoCs
>  supported in the upstream kernel. A big part of this should land in the
>  3.14
>  kernel. The plan is to support Allwinner SoCs in headless mode for now, and
>  carry patches for mmc, ahci and usb support for 1-2 kernel releases (until
>  they land upstream).
>
>  == Scope ==
>  Supporting Allwinnner SoCs ootb will require kernel and u-boot support.
>  Kernel
>  support is landing upstream and we will add patches to the Fedora kernel
>  for
>  1-2 kernel releases to supplement this. u-boot support currently lives in
>  a u-
>  boot fork upstream, this fork is tracking / merging u-boot upstream and
>  does
>  intent to get sunxi support merged into the official u-boot packages, but
>  there
>  is no timeline for this atm. For u-boot we will create a separate
>  u-boot-sunxi
>  package, which can be dropped once u-boot support has been merged into
>  u-boot
>  upstream.
>
>  Proposal owners: Will try to get as much kernel support upstream as
>  possible,
>  supplement with patches in the Fedora kernel package. Will create a u-boot-
>  sunxi package with sunxi specific u-boot. Will look into adding a config
>  tool to
>  the sdcard images to easily select and install the correct u-boot and dtb,
>  like the Allwinner Remix images have.
>
>  Other developers: N/A
>  Release engineering: N/A
>  Policies and guidelines: N/A
>
>  [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
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[Jaroslav Reznik]

----- Original Message -----
>  
>  
>  Does the u-boot piece require a new package or sub package of existing u-boot
>  we already have? Just curious. 
It's in the scope: "For u-boot we will create a separate u-boot-sunxi package,
which can be dropped once u-boot support has been merged into u-boot upstream."

Jaroslav

>  Suppose I'm asking if the sunxi support is upstream in denx?
>  
>  Looking forward to this feature. :-D
>  
>  Thanks
>  On Mar 3, 2014 8:05 AM, "Jaroslav Reznik" < jreznik(a)redhat.com > wrote:
>  
>  
>  = Proposed Self Contained Change: Allwinner sunxi (A10 / A13 / A20) ARM SoC
>  support =
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
>  
>  Change owner(s): Hans de Goede < hdegoede(a)redhat.com >, Peter Robinson
>  < pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org >
>  
>  Allwinner A10 / A13 / A20 SoCs are used in a number of popular low cost arm
>  development boards and arm mini computers. Currently Fedora ARM is supported
>  on these devices through a Remix [1]. Allwinner kernel support is progressing
>  rapidly upstream, and with this upstream kernel support it should be possible
>  to support Allwinner SoCs in the official Fedora ARM images, without the need
>  for a remix.
>  
>  == Detailed description ==
>  The linux-sunxi community is currently working hard to get Allwinner SoCs
>  supported in the upstream kernel. A big part of this should land in the 3.14
>  kernel. The plan is to support Allwinner SoCs in headless mode for now, and
>  carry patches for mmc, ahci and usb support for 1-2 kernel releases (until
>  they land upstream).
>  
>  == Scope ==
>  Supporting Allwinnner SoCs ootb will require kernel and u-boot support.
>  Kernel
>  support is landing upstream and we will add patches to the Fedora kernel for
>  1-2 kernel releases to supplement this. u-boot support currently lives in a
>  u-
>  boot fork upstream, this fork is tracking / merging u-boot upstream and does
>  intent to get sunxi support merged into the official u-boot packages, but
>  there
>  is no timeline for this atm. For u-boot we will create a separate
>  u-boot-sunxi
>  package, which can be dropped once u-boot support has been merged into u-boot
>  upstream.
>  
>  Proposal owners: Will try to get as much kernel support upstream as possible,
>  supplement with patches in the Fedora kernel package. Will create a u-boot-
>  sunxi package with sunxi specific u-boot. Will look into adding a config tool
>  to
>  the sdcard images to easily select and install the correct u-boot and dtb,
>  like the Allwinner Remix images have.
>  
>  Other developers: N/A
>  Release engineering: N/A
>  Policies and guidelines: N/A
>  
>  [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
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[Sérgio Basto]

On Seg, 2014-03-03 at 14:54 +0100, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: 
>  = Proposed Self Contained Change: Allwinner sunxi (A10 / A13 / A20)
> ARM SoC 
>  support =
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport
>  
>  Change owner(s): Hans de Goede <hdegoede(a)redhat.com&gt;, Peter Robinson 
>  <pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org >
>  
>  Allwinner A10 / A13 / A20 SoCs are used in a number of popular low cost arm 
>  development boards and arm mini computers. Currently Fedora ARM is supported 
>  on these devices through a Remix [1]. Allwinner kernel support is progressing 
>  rapidly upstream, and with this upstream kernel support it should be possible 
>  to support Allwinner SoCs in the official Fedora ARM images, without the need 
>  for a remix. 
>  
>  == Detailed description ==
>  The linux-sunxi community is currently working hard to get Allwinner SoCs 
>  supported in the upstream kernel. A big part of this should land in the 3.14 
>  kernel. The plan is to support Allwinner SoCs in headless mode for now, and 
>  carry patches for mmc, ahci and usb support for 1-2 kernel releases (until 
>  they land upstream). 
>  
>  == Scope ==
>  Supporting Allwinnner SoCs ootb will require kernel and u-boot support. Kernel 
>  support is landing upstream and we will add patches to the Fedora kernel for 
>  1-2 kernel releases to supplement this. u-boot support currently lives in a u-
>  boot fork upstream, this fork is tracking / merging u-boot upstream and does 
>  intent to get sunxi support merged into the official u-boot packages, but there 
>  is no timeline for this atm. For u-boot we will create a separate u-boot-sunxi 
>  package, which can be dropped once u-boot support has been merged into u-boot 
>  upstream.
>  
>  Proposal owners: Will try to get as much kernel support upstream as possible, 
>  supplement with patches in the Fedora kernel package. Will create a u-boot-
>  sunxi package with sunxi specific u-boot. Will look into adding a config tool to 
>  the sdcard images to easily select and install the correct u-boot and dtb, 
>  like the Allwinner Remix images have.
>  
>  Other developers: N/A 
>  Release engineering: N/A 
>  Policies and guidelines: N/A 
>  
>  [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AllwinnerSunxiSupport 
I have one tablet , I see now  that seems to be CORTEX A9 Dual Core ,
also an popular low cost arm,  but supposed that is an Allwinner sunxi.
I'd like to know , how I a boot there, if I can have dual boot to keep
android flavor etc, where I can get this kind of documentation ?
regarding install on it, Fedora arm .

Thanks, 


-- 
Sérgio M. B.