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radiatortwo

I figured that here are always the same questions asked.

Since downloads are still down at this time and all the information is scattered all over the place, a lot of people here are having problems on getting the board to run with a Linux system.

 

So I thought I´d write a series of Blog Posts on how to get everything together, for those who want to get the board running with Linux.

 

I know it´s an Android development board. However most people here seem to want to use it with Linux.

Also now there seems to be some focus on yocto.

 

What I would write would be on how to get the mainline stuff running. (Mainline u-boot, kernel and Debian)
Basically what selsinork already did and then was deleted, but with more recent and correct info. (Like the correct git repos for example.)

 

That then would include the following points:

1. Building the bootloader U-Boot

2. Building the Kernel and Device Tree

3. Creating an Debian Root File System

4. Flashing everything on the board with MFGTool in Windows

5. Flashing everything on a SDCard with Linux

 

I have some time next week for this. But I wanted to ask first if that´s really needed.

 

If so then you can also tell me to include stuff I forgot or anything you want to know.

 

Hope I get some feedback on this. If so I will write and post everything during the next week.

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  • Hi Otto

     

    First of all, thank you for your precious contribution on the community.

    Thanks to generous users like you, sharing their experience about a solution, other community users can quickly educate themselves with a new product and maybe create some innovative applications.

     

    I fully agree with you, Android is nice for hobbyist and consumer applications and Linux is more recommended to create some serious applications.

    Since Riotboard has been launched, many users complimented the quality of the hardware design but the software associated has been a little bit delayed (Android 4.3 and Linux 3.0 old BSPs).

    So if you can easily teach users how generate a Linux BSP or share some basic Linux image for the RiOTboard with sources, I am sure that thanks to the individual contribution of each community user we should be able to get soon a complete RiOTboard image based on the latest linux version and including all the peripheral options.

     

    Thank you again for offering to start this community support

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  • Hi Otto

     

    First of all, thank you for your precious contribution on the community.

    Thanks to generous users like you, sharing their experience about a solution, other community users can quickly educate themselves with a new product and maybe create some innovative applications.

     

    I fully agree with you, Android is nice for hobbyist and consumer applications and Linux is more recommended to create some serious applications.

    Since Riotboard has been launched, many users complimented the quality of the hardware design but the software associated has been a little bit delayed (Android 4.3 and Linux 3.0 old BSPs).

    So if you can easily teach users how generate a Linux BSP or share some basic Linux image for the RiOTboard with sources, I am sure that thanks to the individual contribution of each community user we should be able to get soon a complete RiOTboard image based on the latest linux version and including all the peripheral options.

     

    Thank you again for offering to start this community support

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  • in reply to FreescaleTools_and_Software

    @ tushar_panda

      Freescale have came up with a book on yocto development.

      They demonstrate yocto using  i.MX board in that book.

    Yes, you are right, I have seen this too.

    But this referes to sabre board (or the wandboard). I dont know these boards in detail, especially the difference to the RIoT, but I belive that an sabre build dont work on the RIoT.

    And I am not able (and willing) to create the necessary configuration on my own.

     

      Agrees , the ubuntu has a large footprint, but debian based rootfs has their own benefits .

      ubuntu & debian  are  supported with lots of deb packages.

    Yes, this is the reason I like the ubuntu build. gcc and most libs were installed, the rest was easyly installd with apt-get.

    I use DirectFB to create the gui and it was easy to compile on the RIoT.

     

    but yocto gets a customised image for you and thats why we are moving towards yocto.

    I agree. And If there will be an yocto BSP including LVDS and touch, I look forward to build it with my custom recieps!

    I check out your link to the SVN2777. I tryed the SVN2652 bevore, but this seems not even have an gcc installed...

  • in reply to omeier

    If there will be an yocto BSP including LVDS and touch

    It will be be there in some time.

  • in reply to omeier

    but this seems not even have an gcc installed

    yes, but the good part is we are having wifi support image in yocto releases.