2018-01-02 18:27 GMT+03:00 Andreas Färber <afaer...@suse.de>: > Am 01.01.2018 um 16:20 schrieb Matwey V. Kornilov: >> 2017-09-02 13:25 GMT+03:00 Andreas Färber <afaer...@suse.de>: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am 02.09.2017 um 12:06 schrieb Matwey V. Kornilov: >>>> 1. Tools from https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin are required to >>>> prepare u-boot binary to be deployed into sd-card. The tools are >>>> permitted to be redistributed, but they are x86_64-only binary blobs. >>>> I think we could package them in RPM package and wrap them using >>>> qemu-linux-x86_64 to execute them at JeOS building phase (at aarch64 >>>> architecture). >>> >>> Negative. Same topic came up for Amlogic, and I had to develop the >>> native Open Source meson-tools instead. >>> >>> For creating a JeOS image we need to use U-Boot SPL, which as I already >>> pointed out should avoid all those binary-only x86 tools. >>> >>> If that is not working yet (you did not say), then we can just document >>> the x86-only steps to keep them out of OBS. >>> >>>> 2. bootloader are required to be placed at +16MB offset from the >>>> beginning of SD card. We have to find a way to specify KIWI to place >>>> EFI partition not at 2048sector as default. >>> >>> Yousaf gave a presentation on how to accomplish that for RK3399. >>> >>> If this reservation is implemented, then similar to my JeOS-nanopik2 >>> image we could just leave out U-Boot and give users Wiki instructions on >>> how to place U-Boot there themselves. >> >> Why didn't we allocate separate GPT partition for each bootloader >> image? It seems to be generic way to denote that specific place at SD >> card is allocated and used by something. > > Kiwi only supports a few partitioning schemes, it does not allow to add > random other partitions AFAIK. Every scheme needs to be defined in the > XML Schema and needs a matching implementation in Kiwi. > > Have you checked out Alex' new non-Kiwi approach for RPi3 and Pine64?
Nope. Where can I find it? https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/devel:ARM:Factory:Contrib:Pine64 This one? > That should allow to create custom bootloader partitions. Just keep in > mind that U-Boot might check only the first partition if none is flagged > as bootable, so you may want to keep EFI first even if physically second. > > Regards, > Andreas > > -- > SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton > HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- With best regards, Matwey V. Kornilov -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscr...@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+ow...@opensuse.org
