After some valuable info received from Brad (see comment on my earlier article, at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1723 ), I found the complete set of four patches for initial C2 U-Boot support, and applied these to the latest (May 9) GIT version of U-Boot.. Thanks are also due to Beniamino Galvani for producing these patches.. Detailed instruction on how to … Continue reading →
I discovered there was a later version (6) of the U-boot patch for the Odroid C2, and also – after more research – found the reason for the compile error… It turns out that the GIT version (May 5, 2016) of U-boot currently needs two patches.. The first one is to provide psci_system_reset for armv8, and details … Continue reading →
I decided to check the latest linux-next tree for signs of Odroid C2 code, and there is some there – apparently for basic functionality.. Compiled OK, but when I tried to boot it, the Hardkernel-supplied version of U-Boot crashed: odroidc2#ext4load mmc 0:1 ${loadaddr} /boot/uboot/Image 7748608 bytes read in 187 ms (39.5 MiB/s) odroidc2#ext4load mmc 0:1 ${dtb_loadaddr} /boot/uboot/meson-gxbb-odroidc2.dtb … Continue reading →
Just acquired a 64-bit Odroid C2: As usual, I installed Fedora 23 aarch64 on it: Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 3.14.29 on an aarch64 (ttyS0) ………………… # uname -a Linux rgc2 3.14.29 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 9 11:14:41 PST 2016 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux The only kernel source available – so far – is a heavily-patched … Continue reading →