[fedora-arm] Fedora 21 Allwinner Remix image?

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 12/08/2014 06:30 AM, Robert Brown wrote:
>
> 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.

After first boot, you can see what interface name it used, the create an 
appropriate ifcfg- file.  They still work.

>>
>> 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.

What else are you going to do right now but try?

>>
>>>
>>> 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