Linux

There are two ways to get the source

1. apt-get install linux-source
2. git clone https://github.com/mmplayer/linux-sunxi.git -b dev/sunxi-3.4 --depth=1

Linux source files is a 7z archive which is located at /usr/src/. Use p7zip -d filename to decompress it.

Header package name is linux-headers.

Kernel Config

• For A10 devices eg. Cubieboard1. Use config-cubian-base-sun4i
• For A20 devices eg. Cubieboard2,Cubietruck. Use config-cubian-base-sun7i-3.4

Build Guide

• Config
  make ARCH=arm menuconfig
• Make
  make -j4 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- uImage modules
• Install
  make STRIP=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-strip INSTALL_MOD_PATH=ROOTFS_PATH ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install

U-Boot

Branch info

• sunxi - A10,A20 MMC bootloader
• sunxi-nand - A10 NAND bootloader with ext4 support
• dev/a20-nand-ext4-v2 - A20 NAND bootloader with ext4 support

Build Guide

• From sunxi branch
  make Cubieboard|Cubieboard2|Cubietruck CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
  will build u-boot for MMC A10 and A20 boards. eg. Cubieboard 1,2 and Cubietruck
• From sunxi-nand branch
  make Cubieboard CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
  will build u-boot for NAND on A10. eg. Cubieboard1
• From dev/a20-nand-ext4-v2 branch
  make sun7i CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
  will build u-boot for NAND on A20. eg. Cubieboard2,Cubietruck

Hardware Config (script.bin)

• cubieboard1
• cubieboard2
• cubietruck

Tools

• Image writer
• Cross-compiler(Toolchain)

  Branch info

  • arm-2010.09, codesourcery's toolchain (arm-none-linux-gnueabi)
  • arm-linaro-2013.06, linaro's toolchain (arm-linux-gnueabihf)

Patches

• Root FS patches