[Arm-netbook] next step is a boot image

[Pablo Rath]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 09:26:04AM +0100, Franck Sinimalé wrote:

> I'd read, well I tried to... the "EOMA68-A20 2.7.4 preproduction board" page
> (thank's to Pablo I guess) and some other pages linked to.
> 
> I'am sad to see that I'am under skilled to play with. In my old times I knew
> how to compile a linux kernel... but here it is a big step for me.
> 
> Anyway, if some discussions are coming here about this topic, maybe I could
> see how to help, and learn more about this step.
> 
> Does somebody has work in progress making this boot image and would like to
> share his experience here (or in an other way) ?

Most of what I know and did is in the rhomubus-tech wiki but feel free
to ask me a *specific* question.
https://linux-sunxi.org/ is an invaluable source of knowledge and many
topics have been discussed on this list (see the archives).

To learn more try to set up a cross-compiler, learn some git basics, build Legacy U-Boot
(sunxi), mainline U-Boot, a sunxi Kernel and a mainline Kernel, learn
how to debootstrap a rootfs, work with sd cards (dd) and common
command-line tools. Learn how to use
UART and how to solder.
It will get boring if you don't have actual hardware to work with. For
learning purposes most armhf boards will do. Do you own one?

kind regards
Pablo