[fedora-arm] Fedora 21 Allwinner Remix image?

[Robert Brown]

On 08/12/14 22:11, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> On 12/08/2014 05:16 AM, Robert Brown wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply.
>> On 08/12/14 14:43, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Robert Brown 
>>> <rebrown at exemail.com.au> wrote:
>>>> Anyone working on a FC21 image for the A10? My device does not give me
>>>> access to a serial monitor so am hoping to change the dtb file for 
>>>> the A10
>>>> on a remix build and get this unit booting on 3.17.
>>>> Thanks
>>> You don't mention what your device is but a change in the .dtb won't
>>> fix the lack of display, there's a complete lack of driver,
>> Yes my wording could have been better.
>> Changing the .dtb was only about getting the device to boot as I 
>> realise hdmi is not yet ready.
>> The device is a Rikomagic MK802II. Booting it headless with 3.17 is 
>> my aim but the soldering job for a serial console is a challenge 
>> beyond my soldering skills - see 
>> http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2488
>> so am hoping some-one with a compatible device such as Mele A1000 or 
>> CB1 could develop an image. A howto for the build and to get wireless 
>> configured for an ssh connection is an alternative.
>
> You could just try booting without serial console if you provide 
> --norootpass on building the SD card.   SSHD permits logging in as 
> root, just don't do this on the Internet, as you are sitting wide open!
I think I would need to manually configure and select my local network 
SSID and passphrase to get it on the network so I can ssh to it. A new 
world for me under systemd.
>
> Thinking about the firstboot script the only really needed things it 
> does is set the timezone and root password.  You can add your user 
> after logging in as root.
>
> I would suspect that if no serial console, it just comes up as ready 
> as possible.  All you need is your WiFi to be working; that is a 
> pretty big assumption.  You might have to get a supported ethernet 
> dongle.
As above.
>
> What has happened in booting without a serial console so far?
I am running blind so I either see a new connection open up when I do an 
nmap search from my PC or more likely there is no new connection for the 
reasons I mention. The real trick is to know if I have even had a 
successful boot.
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rob
>>>>> I've generated Fedora 20 images for Allwinner A{10,20,...} devices 
>>>>> using
>>>>> Hans'
>>>>> scripts. It's basically a stock Xfce image with sunxi u-boot and
>>>>> sunxi-3.4 linux kernel. Available here: [1], please read the README
>>>>> [2] file for installation instructions. I've only tested on an A10
>>>>> based Cubieboard so far and I would be thankful for any feedback;
>>>>> reports about other boards that should be supported in particular.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] http://fedorapeople.org/~lkundrak/a10-images/
>>>>> [2] http://fedorapeople.org/~lkundrak/a10-images/README
>>>>>
>>>>> ♥,
>>>>> Lubo