Control: tag -1 + pending Hello Wookey,
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 05:13:02AM +0000, Wookey wrote: > Source: linux > Severity: normal > > The iMX8 SoC is used on various boards, widely available to debian > users and well supported by free software, but the platform is not > enabled in debian kernels, which is a rather major omission. I don't > know why not (I guess no-one filed this bug?). > > These are all avilable today and should at least mostly work with > mainline: > Nitrogen 8M > https://boundarydevices.com/product/nitrogen8m/ > Solidrun > Cubox M https://shop.solid-run.com/product/SRMP8QDWB1D04GE008X00CE/ > Hummingboard Pulse > https://shop.solid-run.com/product-category/embedded-computers/nxp-family/hummingboard-m/ > Purism > Librem 5 Phone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librem_5 > Compulab > SBC-iMX8X > https://www.compulab.com/products/sbcs/sbc-imx8x-nxp-i-mx-8x-single-board-computer/ > (supported since 5.4.24) > Toradex > Apalis iMX8 CoM > https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/apalis-arm-family/nxp-imx-8 > > I believe that all that is needed is adding > CONFIG_ARCH_MXC=y in debian/config/arm64/config > Which is set by default upstream. I enabled a few more settings in our sid branch. See https://deb.li/3fUTV . > (There may be other drivers that should enabled too for some of these > platforms?) > > I just built the kernel with the above config change and it builds > fine on arm64, and installs and boots on softiron. I don't have an > iMX8 here to test on, but we can find some, I'm sure. I have an i.MX8 here, but didn't do any tests (yet). Best regards Uwe -- Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | Industrial Linux Solutions | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |
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