[Buildroot] Rootfs for aarch64

Will Newton will.newton at gmail.com
Thu Aug 28 09:18:22 UTC 2014


On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Pradeep Kiruvale
<pradeepkiruvale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Will,
>
> I tested this rootfs you pointed. But it does not have the network devices
> in /dev and many other devices.
>
> So if I say ifconfig it can't get network configurations. Please let me know
> how can I get full rootfs.

I expect they are managing /dev dynamically.

> Regards,
> Pradeep
>
>
> On 27 August 2014 20:16, Pradeep Kiruvale <pradeepkiruvale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pradeep
>>
>>
>> On 27 August 2014 17:53, Will Newton <will.newton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Pradeep Kiruvale
>>> <pradeepkiruvale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi Will,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for the quick reply. I am just trying with foundation first and
>>> > then
>>> > planing to move to qemu.
>>> >
>>> > I tried searching for ubuntu I dint find. Can you please tell me from
>>> > where
>>> > I can download ubuntu for aarch64?
>>>
>>> There is a rootfs here:
>>>
>>> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/daily/current/
>>>
>>> (It is called arm64 in Debian/Ubuntu)
>>>
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Pradeep
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 27 August 2014 17:27, Will Newton <will.newton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Pradeep Kiruvale
>>> >> <pradeepkiruvale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi All,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I am very new to aarch64/arm64. I want to port some application from
>>> >> > x86
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > arm64
>>> >> > so I need to build a environment for porting and testing the
>>> >> > software.
>>> >> > Please let me
>>> >> > know how can I create a rootfile system and image for the newer
>>> >> > version
>>> >> > of
>>> >> > the linux.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I want to build a full fledged rootfs with all possible libraries
>>> >> > and
>>> >> > want
>>> >> > to mount nfs.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I did try for a while, do to some configuration issues I am not able
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > boot
>>> >> > the image
>>> >> > which I built on x86. I am using linaro foundation as a simulator.
>>> >>
>>> >> In general unless you need to I would use qemu over the foundation
>>> >> model as it is quicker and IMO easier to work with.
>>> >>
>>> >> This blog post gives some detail about using it:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.bennee.com/~alex/blog/2014/05/09/running-linux-in-qemus-aarch64-system-emulation-mode/
>>> >>
>>> >> Also note that Ubuntu (and Fedora) is available for aarch64 so if you
>>> >> want a full development system with package management that may be
>>> >> more suitable.
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>
>



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