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Random hacking notes for getting Fedora 10 to kinda work with the [[BeagleBoard]]. ;)
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Random hacking notes for getting Fedora 13 to kinda work with the [[BeagleBoard]]. ;)
  
 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM
 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM
  
and use one of my CC* images.. http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/
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= Fedora 19 =
  
Patches: http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:83/fedora-patches/
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An image for the BeagleBoneBlack can be found here:
  
= patch fedora 10 root file system =
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http://parasense.fedorapeople.org/
Note: patch isn't installed, so patch these before you boot for the first time.
 
  
== yum ==
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Note that an 8GB sdcard is required for this image.
 
 
--- ../fedora-10-orig/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.py 2008-10-29 09:30:20.000000000 -0500
 
+++ ./usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.py 2009-02-21 11:45:09.000000000 -0600
 
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
 
      "alpha":      "noarch",
 
 
 
      # arm
 
-    "armv61": "armv5tejl",
 
+    "armv7l": "armv6l",
 
+    "armv6l": "armv5tejl",
 
      "armv5tejl": "armv5tel",
 
      "armv5tel": "noarch",
 
 
 
== rpm ==
 
 
 
Note; this can be improved by patching rpm directly and rebuilding, however just to get things running for the moment it is fine.
 
 
 
--- ../fedora-10-orig/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc 2009-01-05 13:40:36.000000000 -0600
 
+++ ./usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc 2009-03-06 15:26:39.000000000 -0600
 
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 
  optflags: armv5tel -O2 -g -march=armv5te
 
  optflags: armv5tejl -O2 -g -march=armv5te
 
  optflags: armv6l -O2 -g -march=armv6
 
+optflags: armv7l -O2 -g -march=armv7-a
 
 
 
  optflags: atarist -O2 -g -fomit-frame-pointer
 
  optflags: atariste -O2 -g -fomit-frame-pointer
 
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@
 
  arch_canon:    armv5tel: armv5tel 12
 
  arch_canon:    armv5tejl: armv5tejl 12
 
  arch_canon:    armv6l: armv6l 12
 
+arch_canon:    armv7l: armv7l 12
 
 
 
  arch_canon: m68kmint: m68kmint 13
 
  arch_canon: atarist: m68kmint 13
 
@@ -245,6 +247,7 @@
 
  buildarchtranslate: armv5tel: armv5tel
 
  buildarchtranslate: armv5tejl: armv5tejl
 
  buildarchtranslate: armv6l: armv6l
 
+buildarchtranslate: armv7l: armv7l
 
 
 
  buildarchtranslate: atarist: m68kmint
 
  buildarchtranslate: atariste: m68kmint
 
@@ -326,6 +329,7 @@
 
  arch_compat: parisc: noarch
 
 
 
  arch_compat: armv4b: noarch
 
+arch_compat: armv7l: armv6l
 
  arch_compat: armv6l: armv5tejl
 
  arch_compat: armv5tejl: armv5tel
 
  arch_compat: armv5tel: armv4tl
 
@@ -429,6 +433,7 @@
 
  buildarch_compat: mipsel: noarch
 
 
 
  buildarch_compat: armv4b: noarch
 
+buildarch_compat: armv7l: armv6l
 
  buildarch_compat: armv6l: armv5tejl
 
  buildarch_compat: armv5tejl: armv5tel
 
  buildarch_compat: armv5tel: armv4tl
 
 
 
= Recommended Tools to have Downloaded before First boot=
 
 
 
dhclient = http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Everything/arm/os/Packages/dhclient-4.0.0-30.fc10.armv5tel.rpm
 
 
wget = http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Everything/arm/os/Packages/wget-1.11.4-1.fc10.armv5tel.rpm
 
 
nano = http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/fedora/fc10.0/RPMS/armv7l/nano-2.0.6-4.fc10.armv7l.rpm
 
 
 
= u-boot =
 
 
 
50Mb Fat32 Partition (should be the first partition, use gparted)
 
cd /media/disk/
 
wget http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/CC-v2.6.28-79d042a-oer14
 
mv CC-v2.6.28-79d042a-oer14 uImage
 
 
 
== mmc card ==
 
 
 
uboot parameters:
 
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
 
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=2 rootfstype=ext3 ro omap-dss.def_disp=lcd omapfb.video_mode=1280x720MR-24@60'
 
saveenv
 
boot
 
 
 
== external usb 2.0 drive (/dev/sda1)==
 
 
 
uboot parameters:
 
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
 
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty0 root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10 rootfstype=ext3 ro omap-dss.def_disp=lcd omapfb.video_mode=1280x720MR-24@60'
 
saveenv
 
boot
 
 
 
Note: Useful for saving your mmc cards
 
 
 
= Building packages =
 
 
 
in most cases build your packages for armv5... (not everything works when built as armv7l)
 
rpmbuild -ba --target armv5tel dejagnu.spec
 
 
 
 
 
= armv7l =
 
 
 
Note; this is just my first pass at rebuilding all rpm's, so things are bound to break, and they will, and they have.  So only dive in head first if you don't mind.
 
 
 
Add to fedora.repo
 
 
 
[fedora-armv7l]
 
name=Fedora armv7l
 
baseurl=http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/fedora/fc10.0/RPMS/
 
enabled=1
 
gpgcheck=0
 
 
 
gpgkey: http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/fedora/fc10.0/RPM-GPG-KEY-rcn-ee.com
 

Revision as of 16:31, 31 July 2013

Random hacking notes for getting Fedora 13 to kinda work with the BeagleBoard. ;)

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM

Fedora 19

An image for the BeagleBoneBlack can be found here:

http://parasense.fedorapeople.org/

Note that an 8GB sdcard is required for this image.