On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 06:34:39AM -0400, Jean Flamelle wrote: > Actually learned about the > deblob scripts seeing a script use them on the chrome kernel, so I was > thinking about running deblob in a u-boot directory and seeing what > happens.
My guess is that nothing useful is going to happen because there is a deblob script tailored for every kernel release. I would be quite surprised if it works on the source of a completely unrelated project. But I have been wrong before so go ahead if you want and tell us what happens. > > I ditched all the custom NTC stuff and went for vanilla Debian. I have > > managed to install Debian Stretch (current Stable) on a USB stick > > using Debian Installer. I am using a self-compiled mainline U-Boot via > > sunxi-fel to > > circumvent the U-Boot version on NAND provided by the manufacturer which > > can not boot from USB. > > I'm not sure if you mean version "of" NAND, but otherwise it sounds > like your saying they hardcoded it not boot that way? > Feature-not-a-bug? I have to admit that I don't understand your first question probably because I am not a native speaker. Is "of NAND" or "on NAND" a semantic or a technical question? I think NextThing forked U-Boot before USB boot went mainline. I remember a forum thread where someone from NextThing wrote there are two options; first to backport USB boot into NextThings U-Boot fork or second to wait until certain features of NextThings U-Boot are mainlined. So in my opinion feature-not-a-bug is not the case here. > > I had some problems to boot the rootfs after completing installation and > > solved it with help from the debian-arm mailing list (see this thread > > for additional information: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2017/06/msg00027.html) > > I am only using Debians main repos and connect to the Internet via > > USB-OTG with the g_ether kernel module and a network bridge on my > > desktop. > > That whole thing sounds like it was painful to get operating. I don't give up easily. It was more like solving a puzzle where all parts fit once you have gotten them out of several different boxes. I did not write a single line of code so I am standing on the shoulders of giants (linux-sunxi community, debian developers, U-Boot developers). > > > I am running Chip headless via ssh and have not tested video and > > sound yet. There may be some hidden quirks I am not yet aware of but so > > far it looks good. > > I would be very interested to know if GPIO functions okay like that. Do you have an easy test to verify GPIO functions? > kudos Pablo! Thank you! kind regards Pablo _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk