gspillman

Finally got a bootable image file, and have OpenVPN running on the FireFly Renegade (ROC-3328-CC). I'm now getting around 90 megabit per second throughput, as opposed to 30 megabit with the Raspberry Pi 3. I think the Renegade could probably do more, as I am hitting the limits of my ISP. The one major change I made was to use Ubuntu 16.04.4, which only needed about a dozen packages upgraded. When you did an "apt upgrade" with 16.04.1, it effectively brought you up to 16.04.4 by upgrading 300+ packages. Thank you to bholland, who's instructions got me most of the way, and Cameron Ross, who provided the last missing piece to the puzzle. Below is what I did to create my bootable image file. You should still read bholland's instructions as it has more in-depth descriptions for each step. Make sure to replace <new user> and <hostname> with meaningful values. Guy #------- # Created VirtualBox VM with: # 4 processosors # 2 GB Memory # 30 GB Storage # Installed Kubuntu 16.04.4 #------- sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade #------- # Reboot VM #------- sudo apt install git gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu device-tree-compiler lzop libncurses5-dev libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev qemu qemu-user-static binfmt-support debootstrap swig libpython-dev mtools pv mkdir ~/temp mkdir ~/temp/firefly_build git clone https://github.com/FireflyTeam/kernel.git git clone https://github.com/FireflyTeam/build.git git clone https://github.com/FireflyTeam/rkbin.git git clone https://github.com/FireflyTeam/u-boot.git cd kernel make menuconfig #------- # Load Config from "arch/arm64/configs/fireflyrk3328_linux_defconfig" # # Device Drivers --> # Network Device Support ---> # Universal TUN/TAP device driver support <Mark with an asterisk(*)> # # Networking Support ---> # Networking Options ---> # Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ---> # Core Netfilter Configuration ---> # <Mark all options with an asterisk (*)> # # Networking Support ---> # Networking Options ---> # Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ---> # IP: Net Filter configurations --> # <Mark all options with an asterisk (*)> # # Save Config to "arch/arm64/configs/fireflyrk3328_linux_defconfig" #------- cd .. ./build/mk-kernel.sh roc-rk3328-cc ./build/mk-uboot.sh roc-rk3328-cc mkdir ubuntu_core install -d ./ubuntu_core/{linux,rootfs,archives/{ubuntu-base,debs,hwpacks},images,scripts} cd ubuntu_core wget -P archives/ubuntu-base -c http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/16.04.4/release/ubuntu-base-16.04.4-base-arm64.tar.gz dd if=/dev/zero of=images/rootfs.img bs=1M count=0 seek=1000 sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -L ROOTFS images/rootfs.img # <enter user password> rm -rf rootfs && install -d rootfs sudo mount -o loop images/rootfs.img rootfs sudo rm -rf rootfs/lost+found sudo tar -xzf archives/ubuntu-base/ubuntu-base-16.04.4-base-arm64.tar.gz -C rootfs/ sudo cp -a /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static rootfs/usr/bin/ sudo chroot rootfs/ passwd root # <enter new root password> # <re-enter new root password> useradd -G sudo -m -s /bin/bash <new user> passwd <new user> # <enter new user password> # <re-enter new user password> echo "<hostname>" > /etc/hostname echo "127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost" > /etc/hosts echo "127.0.0.1 <hostname>" >> /etc/hosts mkdir /etc/network mkdir /etc/network/interfaces.d echo "auto eth0" > /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0 echo "iface eth0 inet dhcp" >> /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0 echo "nameserver 127.0.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf apt update apt upgrade apt install ifupdown net-tools sudo ssh iptables openvpn nano unzip exit sudo sync # <enter user password> sudo umount rootfs/ cd .. build/mk-image.sh -c rk3328 -t system -r ubuntu_core/images/rootfs.img build/flash_tool.sh -c rk3328 -d ubuntu_16.04.4_roc-rk3328-cc_arch64_$(date +%Y%m%d).img -p system -i out/system.img

Thanks for the docs. But have run into some issues trying to use it. mk_kernel.sh got an error because of missing "mmd" command. Installed it using "sudo apt install mtools". mk_uboot.sh got error for because of missing u-boot folder. Created it manually using "mkdir u-boot". Finally got stuck with another error in mk_uboot.sh. It complains of missing rule for target "roc-rk3328-cc_defconfig" I am unable to locate this file anywhere on my system. Below is what I attempted, step by step. Thanks for any help you can provide. Guy ###################################### # Created VirtualBox VM with: # 4 processosors, 2 GB Memory, 20 GB Storage # Installed Kubuntu 16.04 ###################################### sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade ############## # Rebooted VM ############## sudo apt install git gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu device-tree-compiler lzop libncurses5-dev libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev qemu qemu-user-static binfmt-support debootstrap mkdir ~/temp/firefly_build cd ~/temp/firefly_build git clone https://github.com/FireflyTeam/kernel.git git clone https://github.com/FireflyTeam/build.git git clone https://github.com/FireflyTeam/rkbin.git cd kernel make menuconfig ######################################################## # Added settings for built-in TUN/TAP: ### Device Drivers --> Network Device Support ---> Universal TUN/TAP device driver support # Added settings for built-in Xtables ### Networking Support ---> Networking Options ---> Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ---> Core Netfilter Configuration ---> Netfilter Xtables support # Added settings for built-in IP Tables ### Networking Support ---> Networking Options ---> Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ---> Network packet filtering framework ######################################################## cd .. ./build/mk-kernel.sh roc-rk3328-cc ##################################################################### # This caused an ERROR to be generated: ### Generate Boot image start ###mkfs.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16) ###mkfs.fat: warning - lowercase labels might not work properly with DOS or Windows ###./build/mk-image.sh: line 59: mmd: command not found ### MAKE KERNEL IMAGE FAILED. # Found the "mmd" command in the mtools package: ##################################################################### sudo apt install mtools ./build/mk-kernel.sh roc-rk3328-cc ##################################################################### # Now I get success messages: ### Generate Boot image start ###mkfs.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16) ###mkfs.fat: warning - lowercase labels might not work properly with DOS or Windows ### Generate Boot image : /home/gspillman/temp/firefly_build/out/boot.img success! ### Kernel build success! ##################################################################### ./build/mk-uboot.sh roc-rk3328-cc ################################################################################## # This caused another ERROR: ### Building U-boot for roc-rk3328-cc board! ### Using roc-rk3328-cc_defconfig ###./build/mk-uboot.sh: line 35: cd: /home/gspillman/temp/firefly_build/u-boot: No such file or directory ### MAKE UBOOT IMAGE FAILED. # OK, lets manually create the u-boot directory ################################################################################## mkdir u-boot ./build/mk-uboot.sh roc-rk3328-cc ####################################################### # Now get different ERROR: ### Building U-boot for roc-rk3328-cc board! ### Using roc-rk3328-cc_defconfig ###make: *** No rule to make target 'roc-rk3328-cc_defconfig'. Stop. ### MAKE UBOOT IMAGE FAILED. # Using the following returns no results: ### find -iname roc-rk3328-cc_defconfig #######################################################