Re: MIPS64EL rootfs available for use and test

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 8:03 AM, David Daney <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/11/2013 09:57 AM, YunQiang Su wrote:
>>
>> Hi, folks,
>>
>> In the recent days, I figure out the mips64el rootfs and test it on
>> Loongson 3A platform.
>> It works well in general, it's time to release it.
>>
>> It can be download from:
>>      http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/rootfs/
>>
>
> Nice!
>
> I tested it on our OCTEON boards.  Seems to be working.  I had to enable
> CONFIG_DEVTMPFS and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT in my kernel and edit /etc/inittab
> to put gettys on my serial ports, and set the root password.  But after
> that, it works seemingly without a hitch.
Great news, while wait... does OCTEON support little endian?
>
>
>
>> To install it, what you need to do is just unpack it to a partition
>> and configure kernel/bootloader/fstab by yourself.
>>
>> This is a more detailed instruction for Loongson 3A users:
>>      http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/rootfs/README
>>
>> Know issues:
>>      1. MIPS64r2 ISA is required,
>>           while we have made a agree to downgrade the requirement to
>> mips3 in future.
>>      2. The permission is of /usr/bin/crontab is not correct, so you need
>> to:
>>               apt-get install cron --reinstall
>>      3. some files in /var/cache/man are not correct, you need to:
>>                rm -rf /var/cache/man/* ; mandb
>>
>> PS: we have 8500+ packages built now.
>>
>> Happy hacking, and I am wishing your feedback.
>>
>



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YunQiang Su