Hi folks,
I've got a A20 board, running Debian, it's a really nice bit of kit! It's a great upgrade from a r*spberry-pi! ;)
Currently it's running the revision 2 image from here https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO (https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO) on a microsd card.
Could someone point me towards the following information (maybe a step-by-step guide?):
* where to download the Debian kernel source/patches and the correct .config file to start with
* bootloader source etc
* debian base image
* how to build and install it all? I've done this before years ago on PC's, but don't know where to look for this device.
Already tried to follow http://linux-sunxi.org/Building_on_Debian (http://linux-sunxi.org/Building_on_Debian), but it's not good for me. I must be doing things wrong or using bad source?
In the end, I want to:
* install some missing modules (including cifs)
* boot and/or mount the root partition from a SATA disk at /dev/sda1, instead of /dev/mmcblk0p2 microsd card
* enable "swapon /dev/sda2", it returns "swapon: /dev/sda1: swapon failed: Function not implemented", I think support is missing in the kernel?
Many thanks,
Chris.
If you search the A20 forum, you can find answers to most of your questions - just not what you are looking for. The sources aren't all easily available - due to Allwinner. Might be ready in a short time, when all the Olimex guys are back from vacation. The bootloader doesn't support SATA. There is a how-to for booting from sdcard and switching to SATA.
In short, this is all still too new ... we're going to have to prod and wait.
To boot from SATA using the kernel provided with the official debian image revision 2 you can use this: https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=1659.msg7695#msg7695
If you want a kernel with sata support you can watch this post https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=1653.msg7761#msg7761
With my kernel I also disable android kernel paranoid.
You can use this config and enable the swap support that it's still missing.
I don't enable because with 1 GB of RAM I don't need swap memory!
Thanks PaceyIV! I've been away for a week. On my return, release 3 image was available, and tonight I've got it booting from sda2 I'm very happy! ;D