Cross Install Gentoo - Revision history

Jgeiss: /* Prepare cross development system */

2018-07-09T16:25:24Z

‎Prepare cross development system

Jgeiss: Removed patch for kernel bcause its now in the gta04-kernel tree.

2018-06-15T12:58:45Z

Removed patch for kernel bcause its now in the gta04-kernel tree.

Jgeiss: /* Open issues */

2018-06-10T13:20:56Z

‎Open issues

Jgeiss: tw1 is actually twl

2018-06-10T13:19:40Z

tw1 is actually twl

Jgeiss: /* Open issues */

2018-06-10T13:18:17Z

‎Open issues

Jgeiss: /* Configure system */

2018-06-10T13:17:31Z

‎Configure system

Jgeiss: HandleLidSwitch=ignore added

2018-06-08T19:50:27Z

HandleLidSwitch=ignore added

Jgeiss: "wl1251 board initialization failed" removed

2018-06-08T19:41:12Z

"wl1251 board initialization failed" removed

Jgeiss: Emering linux-firmware for WiFi added

2018-06-08T19:40:15Z

Emering linux-firmware for WiFi added

Jgeiss: Table of contents corrected

2018-06-06T10:19:17Z

Table of contents corrected

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 <pre>
 CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=softfp \
--mfpu=neon -fno-stack-protector"
+-mfpu=neon -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer"
 </pre>
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 <pre>
 CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard \
--mfpu=neon -fno-stack-protector"
+-mfpu=neon -fno-stack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer"
 </pre>
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 (cd etc/portage && \
-ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a/desktop make.profile)
+ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/arm/17.0/armv7a/desktop make.profile)
 </pre>
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 nano var/lib/portage/world
 </pre>
 === Prepare cross-compilation and QEmu environment ===

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-= Cross install Gentoo Linux on Pandora =
+= Introduction =
 These instructions are for installing a recent Gentoo Linux on the OpenPandora
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 '''Also a lot of features are missing.''' See "Open issues" at the end.
-=== Prerequisites ===
+== Prerequisites ==
 These instructions assume the following prerequisites:
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 * A USB cable to connect the Pandora to the desktop computer.
-=== Improvement ===
+== Improvement ==
 Due to the constant changes of the Linux kernel, GNU software, etc. this
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-== Prepare/install cross compile system ==
+= Prepare/install cross compile system =
 To perform the cross-compilation a cross compiler and QEmu must be installed
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-=== Install cross compiling system ===
+== Install cross compiling system ==
 For compiling software for an ARM controller a cross compiler must be installed.
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-=== Install QEmu ===
+== Install QEmu ==
 A lot of packages will not cross compile properly. QEmu will help for these
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-=== Install GIT ===
+== Install GIT ==
 To get the kernel sources, GIT will be needed. Emerge it.
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-== Install system ==
+= Install system =
-=== Prepare target file system ===
+== Prepare target file system ==
 To build the system for the Pandora about 10 GB disk space is needed. Create a
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-=== Compile/install kernel ===
+== Compile/install kernel ==
 The standard Gentoo kernel will not run on the Pandora (or, at least, takes too
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-==== Download kernel ====
+=== Download kernel ===
 Download the kernel with GIT.
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-==== Compile kernel ====
+=== Compile kernel ===
 Prepare an environment to cross compile the kernel. First call another shell
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 export PS1="($ARCH) $PS1"
 </pre>
 Now a default configuration for the kernel will be created.
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 </pre>
-==== Install kernel ====
+=== Install kernel ===
 The installation of the kernel into the target directory must be done as root.
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-=== Compile system ===
+== Compile system ==
 Now it's time to cross compile the whole Gentoo system. The base system is
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-==== Prepare cross development system ====
+=== Prepare cross development system ===
 Go to the target and copy all portage configurations from the desktop computer
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-==== Prepare cross-compilation and QEmu environment ====
+=== Prepare cross-compilation and QEmu environment ===
 A lot of packages will fail but we will keep going the emerge process and
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 </pre>
-==== Start cross compilation ====
+=== Start cross compilation ===
 Set up a cross compilation environment (use a third shell instance).
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 Now go to "Continue cross-compilation with QEmu".
-==== Continue cross-compilation with QEmu ====
+=== Continue cross-compilation with QEmu ===
 Enter the chroot environment and emerge the failed package again (the first one
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-=== Fix lib64-problem ===
+== Fix lib64-problem ==
 Some cross compiled packages install their libraries into the "lib64" directory.
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-=== Configure system ===
+== Configure system ==
 Set the key map for Pandora in the console and, as usual in Gentoo,

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 * __nand_correct_data: uncorrectable ECC error
 * Buffer I/O error on dev mtdblock0, logical block 0, async page read
 * Kernel panic at system shutdown

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 * WiFi interface is missing
-* tw1: not initialized
+* twl: not initialized
 * omapfb omapfb: no displays, failed to setup omapfb
 * omap2_set_init_voltage: unable to find boot up OPP vor ...

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 The following things are currently not working and need to be implemented/fixed:
 * tw1: not initialized
 * omapfb omapfb: no displays, failed to setup omapfb
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 * Cursor and other GPIO-related keys do not work correctly if CPU is idle. Workaround: echo 1 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state4/disable
 * Kernel panic at system shutdown

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 cat >>etc/fstab <<EOF
-LABEL=phlnx_boot        /boot   ext2    noauto,noatime                  1 2
+LABEL=phlnx_boot        /boot   ext2    noatime                         1 2
 LABEL=phlnx_root        /       ext4    errors=remount-ro,noatime       1 1
-LABEL=phlnx_home        /home   ext4    noauto,noatime,nodev,nosuid     1 2
+LABEL=phlnx_home        /home   ext4    noatime,nodev,nosuid            1 2
 EOF
 </pre>

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 Use to make the Pandora keyboard work on the console.
 ([[Cross Install Gentoo Keymap-pandora.map|keymap-pandora.map]])
 <pre>
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 echo >etc/vconsole.conf "KEYMAP=/etc/keymap-pandora.map"
 echo >>etc/vconsole.conf "FONT=eurlatgr"
 </pre>

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 <pre>
 $CHOST-emerge -a binutils glibc linux-headers gcc
 $CHOST-emerge -ae @world
 </pre>
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 Now go to "Continue cross-compilation with QEmu".
 ==== Continue cross-compilation with QEmu ====