[Gta04-owner] First hw-validation release with Wheezy armhf 3.7

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 21.06.2013 um 01:09 schrieb Neil Jerram:

> "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> writes:
> 
>> Am 12.06.2013 um 22:03 schrieb Neil Jerram:
>> 
>>> "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> finally, I have released the first hw-validation image with
>>>> a 3.7 kernel and armhf-Wheezy. The target is to have a feature
>>>> complete kernel (incl. all sensors, all drivers, GPU, Camera,
>>>> hw-voice-routing etc.) and some minimal GUI so that the
>>>> /root/hw-test script can find out the health of all components.
>>> 
>>> That's great, thanks.  I'm currently experimenting on top of a similar
>>> environment (armhf-wheezy rootfs + neil-plus kernel), and your
>>> announcement has helped me realise that I could use your image as my
>>> base instead of bootstrapping my own (which I haven't yet managed).
>> 
>> Yes, it is a good starting point. But you can also just take the "bootstrap"
>> script to see how it is done to get to a working wheezy image. Or
>> start with the new image and bootstrap your own starting from there.
> 
> Could you add a rootfs.tar.gz to the download directory?  I.e. a tarball
> that can be unpacked into a partition of an already prepared SD card.
> At the moment, IIUC, there is only an image for an entire SD card.

Here you can find different rootfs.tbz (may need to patch the kernel modules):

http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/debian/

Nikolaus