From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Kernel recompilation on Novena
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:42:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eglmweup.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878ubvhvdz.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sun, 07 Jun 2015 20:54:48 -0400")
Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Thanks for the info!
>>
>> I wonder what the status of our linux-libre package is on armhf. I
>> guess we first need a config file for that platform, based on the x86
>> ones.
>
> I may be showing my ignorance, but it seems to me that kernels built for
> armhf and mips machines usually need custom patches and configuration
> that vary from one machine to another. Or at least the armhf and mips
> machines that I have access to (Novena and Loongson-based laptops)
> require additional patches and custom configuration.
Yeah, right. I don’t know how much per-machine customization is needed.
> They also typically use bootloaders other than GRUB. The Loongson-based
> machines use PMON and the Novena uses U-Boot.
Yes, but: <https://wiki.linaro.org/LEG/Engineering/Kernel/GRUB>.
It would be wonderful if we could stick to GRUB.
> IMO, the first step is to make it easier to create custom linux-libre
> packages with custom patches and additional configuration.
Patches going in that direction would be great.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-08 12:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-06 12:48 Kernel recompilation on Novena Andreas Enge
2015-06-07 20:10 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-06-08 0:54 ` Mark H Weaver
2015-06-08 12:42 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2015-06-15 20:42 ` Andreas Enge
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