ArchLinux ARM for CubieTruck : any ideas ?

[HLFH]

Hi,

It would be nice if ArchLinux ARM could support CubieTruck (Cubieboard3).

Thanks in advance,

[WarheadsSE]

It would be, but we don't have one.

Needed:
- Fex
- Uboot
- Kernel

Use:
- any other sunxi rootfs

[WarheadsSE]

surely a board would be essential but there is already everything you asked in their repo.

the fex is there: https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-bo ... config/a20

and via sunxi-bsp you basically need just to

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
./configure cubietruck
make
')

… well, you know that already

[kentowen]

I got my cubietruck booted following the Cubieboard 2 instructions, although I can't seem to get the ethernet connection to work, I'm assuming because it's a different model than the Cubieboard. I'm currently connected through serial (UART -> USB). Currently reading everything I can to get it all working, I'd love to help out.

[e33b1711]

Hi there,

look at this: http://www.cubieforums.com/index.php?topic=977.0

I think somebody allready has made it work!

I´ll try tomorrow and post if it worked for me.

[moscar]

I'm running ArchLinux on my cubietruck, but with a kernel compiled on debian with gcc 4.6. The reason for that is that I have not been able to get a kernel compiled with gcc 4.7 to work yet.

This is the kernel I use:
https://github.com/cubieboard/linux-sunxi

with this config:
https://github.com/cubieboard/cubie_con ... _defconfig

And this is the fex:
https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-bo ... etruck.fex

[issue]

stage/sunxi-3.4 compiled fine for me with gcc 4.7. I put together a hwpack that can be flashed with the archrootfs to an sdcard
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k1f565ahsi0vjhh/m69wRBJkCl
ct.tar.xz is the hwpack

Also uploaded a PKGBUILD and package for the kernel

[maribu]

Hi, issue!

I can't get my CubieTruck booting with your kernel packages. This is what I did:

I followed the instructions for the Cubieboard 2 from here http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/allwinner/cubieboard-2. With this I get a booting sdcard, but my ethernet port does not work.

What I did then was chrooting in the root system of the working arch linux sdcard and removing linux-sun7i and installing your linux-sunxi kernel package and header package. With this new kernel, it does not boot anymore. I replaced the u-boot ($this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dd if=sunxi-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8') and $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dd if=sunxi-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=32')) with the versions on your dropbox. I tried both version you provided, the one directly in your dropbox folder in the version in ct.tar.xz. I also tried different versions of script.bin (the "default" script.bin in the official arch linux rootfs, the one from your ct.tar.xz and also the you get by fex2bin using this fex file: https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-bo ... etruck.fex).

I also tried the kernel in your ct.tar.xz, a kernel I compiled myself from https://github.com/cubieboard/linux-sunxi with different defconfs. Still no image boots, only the default arch linux cubiarboard 2 image and the official linaro image from cubieboard.org.

Is there anything I missed? Would you mind also uploading your script.bin and uEnv.txt? Do you use one big ext4 partition on your sdcard, as the instructions for cubieboard 2 suggest? Or do you have a small boot partition and a big ext4 partition?

Thanks!

[WarheadsSE]

Can this be merged with the existing sun7i ?

[maribu]

@WarheadSE This would be wonderfull. This was actually my first try to get the ethernet port working. I change the the _commit variable to the lastest commit and answered all the questions during compile to match the defconfig from here https://github.com/cubieboard/cubie_configs/blob/master/kernel-configs/3.4/cubietruck_defconfig

For me this didn't work. Just like the linux-sunxi kernel the system stopped booting for me.

Regards,
maribu