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Re: Tegra K1 Chromebook



On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 at 10:48, Jonathan A. Kollasch
<jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 09, 2019 at 03:47:06PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > Are there any updates to:
> > https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/tegra-chromebook/
> > ?
> >
> > Andrew
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:42:35AM -0500, Farhan Khan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would like to install NetBSD on my Chromebook Nyan ARMv7 device. However, I cannot figure out the process. It appears to be the same device listed here:
> > https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/tegra-chromebook/
> >
> > I booted up developer mode and was able to run Kali Linux off of a USB disk, so I know that functionality works. But I do not know what NetBSD image I should write to a USB to boot NetBSD. How would I get started?
>
>
> Here's me recalling my memory of the state of this:
>
> jakllsch> so, i looked at this a bit, although without having a actual
>           nyan to play with
> jakllsch> and jmcneill has/had a K1 chromebook
> jakllsch> we basically decided that the next step was getting console access
> jakllsch> trouble is, the chromeos debug connector is unpopulated, and
>           has a very fine pin pitch
> jakllsch> so, if you can tack tiny wires onto the appropriate pins on that,
>           you'll be on your way
> jakllsch> i also looked at getting coreboot/depthcharge going on the Jetson TK1,
>           but found it more difficult to switch the console around than
>           anticipated
> jakllsch> (Jetson TK1 and Nyan use different UART pins for the console,
>           if not even a different UART unit)
> jakllsch> without a console, you'll be trying to get a lot of critical
>           steps to happen blindly
> ...
> jakllsch> other things that won't already work: the internal keyboard
>           (connected via SPI and a ChromeOS EC), the internal display
>           (connected via LVDS or eDP or something that's not HDMI)
> jakllsch> and you may have trouble with (external) HDMI or USB
> jakllsch> my recollection was Jared got as far as getting a kernel loaded,
>           and possibly executing, but couldn't figure out what wasn't
>           working
>
>         Jonathan Kollasch

Thanks for the update.

To answer Farhan's question about how far I got - not far.  I balked
when I realized the partition command was either wrong (or
out-of-date) and which kernel I needed wasn't obvious.

Perhaps up-to-date steps needed to create a theoretically bootable USB
image (which kernel et.al. to use, partition commands) can be posted
(or added to the web page)?

Andrew


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