Need help installing Fedora 17 arm on Folio 100

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Hi all,

there's some fantastic stuff on your forum and I would like to thank you all for work being done here!

Now, to my point. I need kernel source (or update.zip or zImage or boot.img or whatever ) that can support systemd so I can run Fedora 17 arm on my Toshiba Folio 100.

I tried using kernel 3.1 form DerArtem (the guy who has done amazing work with folio) but it has no framebuffer console. I tried adding support for this myself (following this guide: kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt) but it didn't work. There's no surprise there as I am newbie when it comes to compiling kernel and changing its options.

I succeeded in starting Fedora 12 arm with older kernel using this guide (lguegan.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=29) which is inspired by you guys. It worked all right, but I didn't want to go deeper with it because F12 arm didn't have LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) in its repos and Fedora 17 did. Also, Fedora 17 has core support for multi-touch - apps do need to implement this feature though, but the funcionality is there.

And if there is someone who can help me, I can point you in a few directions:
Kernel source for 3.1: github.com/DerArtem/android_kernel_toshiba_betelgeuse
Fedora 17 arm rootfs: fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora-secondary/releases/17/Images/
I am not sure which image you should use SFP or HFP as I don't know what kind of floating point Folio uses.
I am making boot.img with this command:

#mkbootimg  --kernel arch/arm/boot/zImage --cmdline "mem=448M@0M nvmem=64M@448M vmalloc=192M video=tegrafb usbcore.old_scheme_first=1 tegrapart=recovery:122000:a00:800,linux:a0e00:1000:800,loader:300:400:800,mbr:700:200:800,system:900:20000:800,cache:20900:80000:800,misc:a0900:400:800,userdata:a1f00:80000:800 boardtype=PR root=/dev/mmcblk1p1 init=/sbin/init usb-storage.delay_use=0 rootdelay=10" -o boot.img --ramdisk boot.img-ramdisk.gz

maybe there is something wrong right there, but I don't know what half of these kernel parameters do
Also, maybe I am using wrong config file: arch/arm/configs/tegra_betelgeuse_android_defconfig, please do correct me.

Now that I think, I just need config file for this 3.1 kernel, so basicaly that's the help I need.


Thanks in advance and again thank you for all the good stuff here

Momcilo

Hmmm interesting project. Mabey some day you can tell us how you got Fedora 12 to work. I saw that DerArtem is working on a kernel over on his github page: https://github.com/DerArtem/, mabey it will work with your build?

Did you also read through the linux post in the general section? (link)

Hi friend!

Well, getting Fedora 12 arm to work was fairly easy. Just flashed with kernel from that page you posted and copied Fedora 12 rootfs to an mmc and it booted with console. X was not even installed in rootfs so before I tried to make it work I realized that there was no office for that version of Fedora arm so I dropped it.

Reason I can't use kernel from that page you posted is: it's too old. Fedora 17 uses systemd which requires newer kernel. That's why I came here, to try and contact DerArtem to see if his new kernel 3 for Folio could be configured to boot up other OSes, because I tried reconfiguring myself but got stuck.

Thanks for your interest in this

Its been a while since i build my own kernel, but it seems to me that you need to have a F17 build system and then build the kernel with the config for the Folio 100 (Fedora arm Kernel building)

I'm currently trying to get Archlinux working on my folio (Still i know).

I don't have problem building a kernel. It builds just fine, and I do get zImage and I can flash my Folio with it and it boots up. Only problem I have at the moment is that I can't seem to get framebuffer console working so I can debug booting Fedora from MMC.

and then build the kernel with the config for the Folio 100

Yeah, that's what I am missing

The config for the kernel is in:

arch/arm/configs/tegra_betelgeuse_android_defconfig

You will have to enable the framebuffer console as it is disabled it the kernel.

Hi DerArtem,

thanks for taking time to look at my work.

I think there was a mistake in my earlier efforts that I didn't realize, because now I did it from start and framebuffer works like a charm. I also added support for systemd (devtmpfs, cgroups, etc...) and now my Fedora 17 arm boots to console.

I am so happy right now I can't even try to debug why X doesn't work, but I'll get there.

If I make this work completely I will make a guide and post it here.

Thanks guys!

May I suggest u post your issues here, perhaps we can help you with these ?

thanks

P.S. Fedora is not really my distribution of choice(prefer debian or arch), but nevertheless make it working is a great advance

Thanks sader0!

I will need help with this.

Here are the logs:

dmesg - dm.txt
lsusb - lsusb.txt
/var/log/messages - messages.txt
Xorg -configure - Xorg.0.txt
lspci - doesn't produce anything.

And another thing, I didn't copy anything from kernel tree after compiling. I noticed during kernel build that something compiles as module but I had trouble finding any modules.

Is there anything I should copy to filesystem from kernel tree?

Best regards,
Momcilo.