Re: MIPS64EL rootfs available for use and test

On 11/13/2013 04:32 PM, YunQiang Su wrote:
> 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?

Yes.  The kernel.org kernel doesn't yet contain full little-endian 
support, but getting little-endian support merged is on our list of 
things to do.

David Daney


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>>> 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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