Ubuntu16.04 for Firefly arrived

isle · Posted at 8/29/2016 19:19:00

Last edited by isle In 9/23/2016 17:47 Editor

Firefly keep moving on the open source area！this time we bring you the lastest ubuntu 16.04 .

the new function: Dual Display

the problem of chromium-browser has finished.

GPU: higher performance

Dowdload this firmware from here:
baidu ：https://pan.baidu.com/s/1i50kLdb
google ：https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7HO8lbGgAqAemxZUThVdWlqU2M

mac-l1 · Posted at 8/31/2016 13:01:01

great stuff!
is that also based on kernel 3.14 or maybe mainline?
and will you share the kernel code?
good work!

mo123 · Posted at 8/31/2016 22:46:55

mac-l1 Posted at 8/31/2016 13:01
great stuff!
is that also based on kernel 3.14 or maybe mainline?
and will you share the kernel co ...

Hi

Here is the kernel source code used.
https://github.com/T-Firefly/firefly-3.14-kernel

You might also find this useful, Rockchip's new wiki site.
http://rockchip.wikidot.com/build-kernel
http://rockchip.wikidot.com/linux-user-guide
http://rockchip.wikidot.com/porting-os

mac-l1 · Posted at 8/31/2016 23:42:35

mo123 Posted at 8/31/2016 22:46
Hi

Here is the kernel source code used.

yep, i know. but i guess firefly hasnt updated their 3.14 repo yet with latest commits, is it?

actually I have some more patches (about 25) in store to push for their 3.14 repo as i now have mali r12p0 running, with vpu support (both native linux and using machybris - all but hevc) and also rga support, all on 16.04. i ported most patches from the rockchip repos.

just great that rockchip is finally opening up.

mo123 · Posted at 9/1/2016 22:44:33

mac-l1 Posted at 8/31/2016 23:42
yep, i know. but i guess firefly hasnt updated their 3.14 repo yet with latest commits, is it?

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That's great.
I think everyone can't wait to try some of your new work out.
Hope we don't have to wait too long

mac-l1 · Posted at 9/9/2016 19:56:25

hi isle,

is this ubuntu 16.04 release based on kernel 3.14?
and if so, is your github kernel 3.14 repo now up to date or do you still need to push some commits?

if 3.14 repo is uptodate then i can push some more commits to add rga and vpu.

cheers -- mac-l1

mo123 · Posted at 9/10/2016 12:02:02

mac-l1 Posted at 9/9/2016 19:56
hi isle,

is this ubuntu 16.04 release based on kernel 3.14?

In the Chinese Firefly forum they said the kernel used was that 3.14 one I posted above.
I think you should push your commits to it then they can merge it.

AussieJohn · Posted at 9/10/2016 14:30:31

is anyone having trouble getting the wifi to work? when i run ifconfig it doesn't even show up

ujerry · Posted at 9/12/2016 10:57:27

Last edited by ujerry In 9/12/2016 11:03 Editor

AussieJohn Posted at 9/10/2016 14:30
is anyone having trouble getting the wifi to work? when i run ifconfig it doesn't even show up

Oh , our mistakes, for ubuntu 16.04 use systemd instead of upstart. userspace firmware loading not support now. so we need to add brcmfmac firmware into kernel.
this bug is fixed
https://github.com/T-Firefly/firefly-3.14-kernel

AussieJohn · Posted at 9/12/2016 12:13:11

ujerry Posted at 9/12/2016 10:57
Oh , our mistakes, for ubuntu 16.04 use systemd instead of upstart. userspace firmware loading not ...

hi thanks, i'll compile a new kernel from your source to get wifi working again.
I've also noticed that i seem to get keyboard input lag and errors with typing, tried several keyboards as well and all present this issue.
another thing i noticed was that ubuntu seems to be having crashes causing error messages every now and then