[HOWTO] Installation and configuration

muf

### To make this image I follow the instructions in the lemaker's wiki.


## http://wiki.lemaker.org/index.ph ... he_bootable_SD_card
## Partitioning and formatting

1. sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0

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2. Command (m for help): o
   
3. Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x1ee7d44d.
   

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1. 
   
2. Command (m for help): n
   
3. 
   
4. Partition type:
   
5.    p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
   
6.    e   extended
   
7. Select (default p):
   
8. 
   
9. Using default response p.
   
10. Partition number (1-4, default 1):
    
11. First sector (2048-15523839, default 2048):
    
12. Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-15523839, default 15523839): +20M
    
13. 
    
14. Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 20 MiB.
    

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2. Command (m for help): n
   
3. 
   
4. Partition type:
   
5.    p   primary (1 primary, 0 extended, 3 free)
   
6.    e   extended
   
7. Select (default p):
   
8. 
   
9. Using default response p.
   
10. Partition number (2-4, default 2):
    
11. First sector (43008-15523839, default 43008):
    
12. Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (43008-15523839, default 15523839):
    
13. 
    
14. Created a new partition 2 of type 'Linux' and of size 7.4 GiB.
    

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2. Command (m for help): w
   
3. The partition table has been altered.
   
4. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
   
5. Syncing disks.
   

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2. sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1
   
3. sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p2
   

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## http://wiki.lemaker.org/index.php?title=Building_u-boot,_script.bin_and_linux-kernel
## Building u-boot, script.bin and linux-kernel

## toolchain for debian wheezy

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2. echo "deb http://www.emdebian.org/debian/ unstable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
   
3. apt-get install emdebian-archive-keyring
   
4. apt-get update
   

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2. apt-get install gcc-4.7-arm-linux-gnueabihf build-essential pkg-config git debootstrap u-boot-tools libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev git wget fakeroot kernel-package zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev

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2. ln -s /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-4.7 /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
   

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## u-boot

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2. git clone https://github.com/LeMaker/u-boot-bananapi.git
   
3. cd u-boot-bananapi
   
4. make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- Bananapi_config
   
5. make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
   
6. cd ..
   

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## script.bin

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2. git clone https://github.com/LeMaker/sunxi-tools.git
   
3. git clone https://github.com/LeMaker/sunxi-boards.git
   
4. cd sunxi-tools
   
5. make
   
6. cd ../sunxi-boards
   

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# You can modify the "sys_config/a20/Bananapi.fex" file, like you can change led setting from "heartbeat" to "default-on" if you want.
# modify "fb0_framebuffer_num = 3" and add "sunxi_fb_mem_reserve = 32" in [disp_init] section.

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2. ../sunxi-tools/fex2bin sys_config/a20/Bananapi.fex script.bin
   
3. cd ..
   

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## linux kernel

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2. git clone https://github.com/LeMaker/linux-bananapi.git
   
3. cd linux-bananapi
   
4. make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- sun7i_defconfig
   

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# add some useful drivers like USB WiFi, etc ... Attention for some drivers change the Bananapi.fex too.

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2. make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- menuconfig
   
3. make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- uImage modules
   
4. make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- INSTALL_MOD_PATH=output modules_install
   
5. cd ..
   

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## Bootloader

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2. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1k count=1023 seek=1
   
3. sudo dd if=u-boot-bananapi/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1024 seek=8
   

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## Boot Script

1. sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt

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# adapt the resolution in the file for your screen : disp.screen0_output_mode=EDID:1280x1024p75

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2. cat > /mnt/uEnv.txt <<EOF
   
3. bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 disp.screen0_output_mode=EDID:1280x1024p75 hdmi.audio=EDID:0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait
   
4. aload_script=fatload mmc 0 0x43000000 script.bin;
   
5. aload_kernel=fatload mmc 0 0x48000000 uImage;bootm 0x48000000;
   
6. uenvcmd=run aload_script aload_kernel
   
7. EOF
   

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## Install Kernel

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2. sudo cp -f sunxi-boards/script.bin /mnt
   
3. sudo cp -f linux-bananapi/arch/arm/boot/uImage /mnt
   

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## http://wiki.lemaker.org/index.ph ... on_root_file_system
## Setting up the Linux distribution root file system

1. 
   
2. sudo umount /mnt
   
3. sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt
   

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## Using an existing rootfs tarball

1. 
   
2. wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-sun7i-latest.tar.gz
   
3. sudo tar xzf ArchLinuxARM-sun7i-latest.tar.gz -C /mnt
   

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## Install Kernel modules

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2. sudo rm -fr /mnt/lib/firmware/
   
3. sudo cp -fr linux-bananapi/output/lib/firmware /mnt/lib
   
4. sudo rm -fr /mnt/lib/modules/
   
5. sudo cp -fr linux-bananapi/output/lib/modules /mnt/lib
   

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2. sync
   
3. sudo umount /mnt
   

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## http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/b ... n-the-raspberry-pi/
## http://elinux.org/ArchLinux_Install_Guide
## Archlinux system configuration

## Set the hostname

1. 
   
2. echo "BPi" > /etc/hostname
   

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## Change the Root Password

1. 
   
2. passwd
   

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## Set your keymap (adapt for your country)

1. cat > /etc/vconsole.conf <<EOF
   
2. KEYMAP="fr-latin9"
   
3. FONT="lat9w-16"
   
4. EOF

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## Enable your locale

1. cat > /etc/locale.gen <<EOF
   
2. en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8  
   
3. fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8  
   
4. fr_FR ISO-8859-1  
   
5. fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15  
   
6. EOF
   
7. locale-gen
   
8. echo -n "LANG=en_US.UTF-8\nLC_COLLATE=C" >> /etc/locale.conf

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## Clean up service unnecessary for a Pi

1. systemctl disable haveged.service
   
2. systemctl disable netctl-ifplugd@eth0.service
   
3. rm -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/shadow.timer
   
4. rm -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/logrotate.timer
   
5. rm -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/man-db.timer
   
6. systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
   
7. systemctl enable ntpd

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## load modules for mali drivers

1. cat > /etc/modules-load.d/mali.conf <<EOF
   
2. ump
   
3. disp_ump
   
4. mali
   
5. mali_drm
   
6. sunxi_cedar_mod
   
7. EOF

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##Enable this just for debugging
# Have boot messages stay on tty1

1. #mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/
   
2. #cat > /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/noclear.conf <<EOF
   
3. #[Service]
   
4. #TTYVTDisallocate=no
   
5. #EOF

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## Set your timezone

1. rm -f /etc/localtime
   
2. ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime

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## Mount sata with "noauto" option. With "automount" there is a bug at boot.

1. echo "/dev/sda1      /home   ext4    defaults,noatime,noauto        0       0" >> /etc/fstab

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## Pacman configuration
# enable the mirror of your country

1. /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

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# add "linux-sun7i linux-firmware uboot-cubieboard2" to "IgnorePkg" option

1. /etc/pacman.conf       

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## Update system

1. systemctl start haveged.service
   
2. pacman-key --init
   
3. systemctl stop haveged.service
   
4. pacman -Syu

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## Add user

1. echo "muf:x:1000:100:,,,:/home/muf:/bin/bash" >> /etec/passwd
   
2. passwd muf
   
3. mkdir /home/muf
   
4. chown -R muf.users /home/muf/
   
5. usermod -a -G audio,games,power,storage,video muf

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## Install sudo

1. pacman -S sudo
   
2. echo "muf ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
   

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## install some packages

1. pacman -S ethtool vim bash-completion git make gcc

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## install X

1. pacman -S xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit xterm xf86-video-fbturbo-git openbox alsa-utils mplayer

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## openbox configuration

1. echo "exec openbox-session" > ~/.xinitrc
   
2. mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox
   
3. cp -R /etc/xdg/openbox/* ~/.config/openbox

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## keyboard fr for X
# in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard-layout.conf" add :

1. Option "XkbLayout"  "fr"
   
2. Option "XkbVariant" "latin9"

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# if not work

1. echo "setxkbmap -layout fr -variant nodeadkeys" > /home/muf/.config/openbox/autostart

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## libvdpau for sunxi

1. git clone https://github.com/linux-sunxi/libvdpau-sunxi
   
2. cd libvdpau-sunxi
   
3. make && make install

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## set good permission

1. cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/50-mali.rules <<EOF
   
2. KERNEL=="mali", MODE="0660", GROUP="video"
   
3. KERNEL=="ump", MODE="0660", GROUP="video"
   
4. KERNEL=="g2d", MODE="0660", GROUP="video"
   
5. KERNEL=="cedar_dev", MODE="0660", GROUP="video"
   
6. KERNEL=="disp", MODE="0660", GROUP="video"
   
7. EOF

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1. reboot

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## For test movie in 1080 HD

1. mplayer -vo vdpau -vc ffmpeg12vdpau,ffh264vdpau /home/video/movie.mkv

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tony_zhang

Thanks muf for sharing!

narcotico

Hello,

I was with your guide, however I get the next error (in "make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- uImage modules". I stay default config in the previous step, menuconfig):

include/linux/netdevice.h:29:28: error fatal: linux/if_ether.h: the file or folder doesn't exist
Finished compilation
make[1]: *** [init/do_mounts.o] Error 1
make: *** [init] Error 2

Do you know how solve it?

Thanks for all.

muf

add mali GPU driver
Thanks to nnn2.

tidge

Hi Muf

Thank you for your cross-compile howto. It works perfectly, and generates an Armv7 image, unlike the Armv6 Arch1.1 image.

However the ethernet does not work at all, giving a dmesg line: eth%d: device MAC address 02:41:0a:82:91:81

The "eth%d" comes from a C format string parameter passed to function alloc_netdev_mqs on line 375 of linux-bananapi/net/ethernet/eth.c

Has anyone else encountered this bug?

mamiko

Reply 2# tony_zhang

Can you create Armv7 image, unlike the Armv6 Arch1.1 image with Mali GPU drivers as Arch1.1.1 please ?

mamiko

Reply  tony_zhang

Can you create Armv7 image, unlike the Armv6 Arch1.1 image with Mali GPU drivers ...
mamiko Posted at 2014-8-11 01:56

    I mean Arch1.2, since Arch1.1.1 is already out.

muf

Reply 5# tidge

My network works. But sometimes my ethernet device speed is 100Mo/s so i force it to 1Go/s

Your device is detected ?

1. ip a
   
2. ethtool "dev"

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tony_zhang

Reply 6# mamiko

We have beginning do it now. But now we encounter the problem that can not change the passwd. We use the latest Archlinux for sun7i

leonardder

Is there any chance that this setup will be the default for newly suplied arch images?