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Mar 09 16:31:37 <flexiondotorg_> Hi. I'm the project lead for Ubuntu MATE.
Mar 09 16:32:04 <flexiondotorg_> An Ubuntu MATE community member has created a Raspberry Pi 2 port of Ubuntu MATE 15.04
Mar 09 16:32:38 <flexiondotorg_> I'd like to discuss how we might be able to make that official image to sit along side our i386, amd64 and powerpc versions.
Mar 09 16:32:46 <flexiondotorg_> Anyone here who can help with that?
Mar 09 16:46:09 <rbasak> flexiondotorg_: oh - #ubuntu-devel or #ubuntu-release might be a better place for that question. It doesn't really need any ARM specialism - just in image publication etc.
Mar 09 16:55:34 <ogra_> flexiondotorg_, first of all you will eed to get the bootloader packaged and into the archive ...
Mar 09 16:55:45 <ogra_> then you want to make sure our kernel works with the HW
Mar 09 16:56:03 <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Thanks. Is that not the case considering the Snappy Core version?
Mar 09 16:56:16 <flexiondotorg_> If not, we know what is required for the Pi 2.
Mar 09 16:56:30 <ogra_> no, snappy is completely different
Mar 09 16:56:42 <ogra_> we dont have an official image for the RPi
Mar 09 16:57:05 <ogra_> snappy is designed in a way that you keep the HW bits separate from the rest of the system
Mar 09 16:57:40 <ogra_> which is why there is a device tarball for RPi around that you can combine with the generic bits using the ubuntu-device-flash tool
Mar 09 16:59:53 <ogra_> (i.e. we dont ship anything HW related in the snappy image)
Mar 09 17:01:02 <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Understood. So, to recap.
Mar 09 17:01:16 <flexiondotorg_> 1. Package RPi2 boot loader in the official archive.
Mar 09 17:01:42 <flexiondotorg_> 2. Make sure the default kernel works, if not work with the kernel team to get the required changes made.
Mar 09 17:01:57 <ogra_> 2 might be just a devicetree file
Mar 09 17:02:12 <ogra_> if all Pi2 bits are mainline already at least
Mar 09 17:02:20 <flexiondotorg_> 3. Update ubuntu-cdimage to enable armhf for Ubuntu MATE.
Mar 09 17:02:40 <ogra_> if i was you i wouldnt build such an image but instead produce a preinstalled rootfs tarball in cdimage
Mar 09 17:02:43 <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Thanks. That is a useful starting point.
Mar 09 17:02:58 <ogra_> and putr instructions up how to assemble a RPi install from that
Mar 09 17:03:10 <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Good idea.
Mar 09 17:03:25 <ogra_> so people can use their own kernel/bootloader setup
Mar 09 17:03:45 <ogra_> arm people are usually knowledgeable enough to handle such things :)
Mar 09 17:03:46 <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, That is a really good idea. Because we want to target ODROID C1 too.
Mar 09 17:04:25 <flexiondotorg_> Thanks for the help.
Mar 09 17:04:57 <ogra_> http://people.canonical.com/~ogra/snappy/ btw ;)
Mar 09 17:05:13 <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Thanks.
Mar 09 17:05:39 <ogra_> yeah, wont help you much i fear, but you could pick kernel and bootloader bits out of that tarball if needed
Mar 09 17:07:51 <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Everything is useful right now.
Mar 09 17:08:02 <ogra_> i can imagine :)
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