[fedora-arm] uboot for the Cubieboard2 - not so easy

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 08/03/2014 06:32 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 
> On 08/02/2014 06:54 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 08/01/2014 08:31 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> For me anyway.  I am begining to see how the pieces are suppose to fit together.
>>>
>>> The installer script is coded for only the Cubietruck, and if you don't capitalize it, the script fixes that.
>>>
>>> There IS a dtb for the cubieboard2:
>>>
>>> /run/media/rgm/__boot/dtb-3.16.0-0.rc7.git1.1.fc21.armv7hl/sun7i-a20-cubieboard2.dtb
>>>
>>> But no .bin supplied.
>> Correct.
>>
>>> I got u-boot-sunxi-cubieboard2.tar.xz from someplace on Jul 24 which has in it:
>> That won't work because it is missing the "generic distro support" patches
>> Fedora's images rely on.
>>
>> I've a u-boot tree which supports a lot more allwinner devices then just the
>> cubietruck, and does include the generic distro support.
>>
>> To build this do the following (on an x86 machine)
>>
>> yum install gcc-arm-linux-gnu
>> git clone https://github.com/jwrdegoede/u-boot-sunxi.git
>> cd u-boot-sunxi
>> git checkout -B next origin/next
> 
> # git checkout -B next origin/next
> Branch next set up to track remote branch next from origin.
> Switched to a new branch 'next'
> 
>> make -j4 CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnu- Cubieboard2_defconfig
> # make -j4 CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnu- Cubieboard2_defconfig
>   HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
> /bin/sh: gcc: command not found
> make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 127
> make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
> 
> Looks like there is something else I need to install...

It seems like you've never build anything from source on your system.

For starters you will need to install gcc:

yum install gcc

Given that your system is not setup to build software you may need
some other things too though.

Regards,

Hans