thewiseguyshivam

Great, so I used the config file provided in the previous post that I quoted, with a small change: I replaced "LINUXFAMILY" with "BOARDFAMILY". Am I to place patches to the kernel and u-boot inside userpatches? When in the build process should I do that? U-boot does work currently, and the original problem when I try to boot is that after "Starting Kernel..." I have nothing visible over HDMI or on the on board display (Or no way to check that I know of if anything is working). What I understand currently is that since U-boot works, I need to first provide a dts file that makes the display work, and then configure armbian build script to use that dts file, is that the way to go? On linux-sunxi mailing list I was told that the display on this works with the simple panel driver using the "starry kr070pe2t" entry. At this point I am not sure what the immediate next step should be. Thank you!

Hi! Great, that's a good starting point. So where could I find a reference file I can edit and align with my tablet? And where should I place this file? How would this file (possibly) connect to some dts? (This is just for my curiosity) Thank you!

Hi! I have an old Allwinner A10 based tablet that runs on Android. I want to install some other OS on it. I tried the instructions on linux-sunxi.org and created a page for the tablet: https://linux-sunxi.org/Softwinners_crane I extracted the FEX file from an image I got from the manufacturers a long time ago: http://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-boards/pull/72/files The linux-sunxi mailing list pointed out that my tablet is similar to Topwise A721, so I used that dts file to compile u-boot and the kernel, and tried to boot it through an SD card. Trying to boot that, u-boot starts, and then gets stuck at "Starting kernel..." Then I found this: After following this and building armbian, I realised that there is no script.bin to replace anymore (I'm guessing because now we use device trees?), so unable to boot this as well. What should I do to make this work with armbian? My guess is that I need to create a new dts or correct the Topwise A721 dts (https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/arm/boot/dts/allwinner/sun4i-a10-topwise-a721.dts) and then try again. The only problem is that I have no experience with device trees. Would really appreciate help on getting this to work, thanks! :)