Arch Linux image with Mainline kernel and U-Boot

lazant · Published in 2017-9-11 17:48:12

Edited by lazant at 2019-3-16 13:38

Arch Linux image with Mainline kernel and U-Boot

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Linux MEGA
U-Boot MEGA

Features

Arch Linux Arm (https://archlinuxarm.org/)
Mainline kernel 5.0.1
Patched Mainline U-Boot v2019.01 (https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/WebHome)
Working HDMI, Ethernet, WiFi driver
AUR Helper yay installed (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)
No Mali GPU Driver
Not yet install Video Engine driver
See another feature http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort#Status_Matrix

Installation on SD Card

Download image and extract.
Write the xxx.img file (disk image) to your SD Card
on Linux use dd command
1. # dd bs=4M if=ArchLinuxARM_xxx.img of=/dev/sdX status=progress oflag=direct
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on Windows use disk image writing software such as Win32 Disk Imager
Download U-Boot and extract.
Write u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin to your SD Card
1. # dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8
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Boot your Orange PI board from SD Card
After booting resize Linux partition to fit your SD Card size:
1. # echo -e "p\nd\nn\np\n1\n\n\n\n\nn\nw" | fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 > /dev/null
2. # resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p1
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Type	Username	Password
Root	root	root
User	alarm	alarm

Known Issues

GPU driver not working

I tested only OrangePi 2

Version History
20190316

Update Arch Linux Image
Update kernel (5.0.1)
Update U-Boot (Patched v2019.01)
Add WiFi driver (https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux)
Add Packages (base-devel git dkms yay)
Add OrangePi R1 U-Boot

20170911

Initial release
Patched Mainline kernel 4.13.0-rc6(https://github.com/megous/linux)
Patched Mainline U-Boot v2017.09-rc4(https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/WebHome)

lazant · Published in 2019-3-16 14:07:18

I upadted arch linux image.
It add WiFi driver.
Full changelog is in the version history.

U-g-c · Published in 2018-1-3 20:56:51

Edited by U-g-c at 2018-1-3 22:25

thx, nice work!

how can i install it on mmc? It is not shown on lsblk?
also network eth0 has no carrier on orange pi plus2.

thx

ChristopherLee · Published in 2018-4-5 08:39:04

thanks bro

khvalera · Published in 2019-1-24 21:47:47

Thank! Your build, unlike the one that the developer suggests, does not hang.

khvalera · Published in 2019-1-25 17:05:33

Edited by khvalera at 2019-1-25 17:49

Disk image
U-Boot

The updated system on 2019.01.24.
The original kernel 4.20.2-2-ARCH
Added package mc

I checked the operability on Orange Pi Plus 2.

We detected problems with rebooting the system while performing reboot, the computer does not restart, but simply turns off.

wangnux · Published in 2020-4-3 15:59:06

Edited by wangnux at 2020-4-7 10:57

will you like to support for orangepi4 and rk3399？

Dante_1993 · Published in 2020-5-22 13:15:28

Edited by Dante_1993 at 2020-5-22 13:16

Orange Pi PC all work. Thanks