Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 22:03:01 -0700 From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Towards an ARM system-building script Message-ID: <FC2D97B2-9CAA-48B8-A26F-538F1779EA37@bluezbox.com> In-Reply-To: <6B74ADD7-3266-4919-BEB4-B10E0C1BAB58@kientzle.com> References: <DD05E72B9F474BFE96B6A4B050D2A18A@gmail.com> <0DCAC001-FF06-431A-A486-2B50BE913B0D@bsdimp.com> <FAA208C1-2872-4BB6-A7EC-04C757533CA4@kientzle.com> <7E18623F-3945-4EA0-B332-5A5C717B20F0@kientzle.com> <9896AA3E-D8A0-4CE8-8160-4672AA07388F@cheney.net> <6B74ADD7-3266-4919-BEB4-B10E0C1BAB58@kientzle.com>
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On 2012-09-04, at 9:52 PM, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: >=20 > On Sep 4, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Dave Cheney wrote: >=20 >> Sorry to butt in on this discussion, but how feasible would it be to = adapt this build script to the pandaboard. I understand there may be a = config in svn similar to the beaglebone which may be applicable.=20 >=20 > I've started tinkering with ideas for generalizing my > BeagleBone script so it can build system images for > other boards. >=20 > The issue isn't the FreeBSD kernel config but rather > juggling all the different pieces of boot machinery > and the various filesystem constraints. >=20 > Still just noodling the idea around, but I think I've > got a few things to build on. For now, I'm limiting it to > just: > * ARM-based boards > * Building a disk image >=20 > I only have a BeagleBone and a RaspberryPi at > the moment, so Pandaboard support would require > some help. At a minimum, I'd be interested in > an outline of what a Pandaboard image looks > like in terms of boot files, partitions, etc. I think partition-wise it's pretty much the same - FAT partition=20 with boot loader and the rest is available for OS.=20 Boot partition should contain second-stage loader in file named MLO and the rest is up to this binary. I use MLO + u-boot combination. Here is article on boot process: http://elinux.org/Panda_How_to_MLO_%26_u-boot
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