MXQ device

[uwebartels]

Hiho,

I recently bought a MXQ and need to install archlinux on it.
there is a android software installed which loads updates from sd card or usb. this expects the new update in that format:
filesystem: fat32 - no problem
release file: m201-ota-20150325.zip (the original from http://www.tronfy.com/downloads/tronfy- ... -download/)
optional file: factory_update_param.aml - which automated installation, this functionality is rather clear to me
recovery imagefile: recovery.img

device: TV BOX MXQ Quad Core Smart Box Android 4.4 KitKat 1.5 GHz XBMC KODI CPU Amlogic S805 1GB/8GB
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B013QJYE80

So my question are:
- which platform is best used?
I thought about http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7 ... /odroid-c1
- how do I convert the ArchLinuxARM-odroid-c1-latest.tar.gz to that zip file?

Let me know if you need further information.

every help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Uwe

[WarheadsSE]

You are going to need to brig your own kernel, and possible boot loader.

[uwebartels]

OK. that means I could keep the original kernel in OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update.zip and replace the system only?

this would be in OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/system/SYSTEM which is a squashfs filesystem file. I have meanwhile found how this is created: https://github.com/kszaq/OpenELEC.tv/bl ... ipts/image line 248 +/-

What do you think - could that work out?

Thanks,
Uwe

the content of the described zip file is
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/factory_update_param.aml
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/bootloader.img
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/KERNEL
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/CERT.RSA
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/CERT.SF
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/com
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/com/google
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/com/google/android
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/recovery.img
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/system
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update/system/SYSTEM
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2-update.zip
OpenELEC-Amlogic.MXQ.arm-5.95.5.2/recovery.img

[WarheadsSE]

That greatly depends on how their kernel is configured, and if it also requires an initramfs.

[uwebartels]

OK.
is the coosen platform i described initially the correct one?
and can you think of other methods to install archlinux?

actually I wonder why I have to bring a kernel, I thought arch linux arm provides kernels too. Or is that box kind of "not yet supported"?

[WarheadsSE]

ARM devices are not x86 devices, and require more complex and system-specific pinmux configuration because they do not have a BIOS and ACPI to do all this for them. No, this device has never been seen by one of our developers and therefore is not officially supported in any capacity.

[uwebartels]

Huh?
My impression was exactly the opposite. that arch linux arm is kind of dedicated to arm devices.

[WarheadsSE]

Being dedicated to ARM devices does not change the way that ARM pin mux behaviors are.

[uwebartels]

OK. Understand.

Thanks for your help. I'll give feedback in case your distro works out with the other kernel.

Best...
Uwe

[EUA]

Any progress on this?