On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 11:12:05AM -0400, fire crow wrote: >> Hi All, >> looking for advice porting netbsd to the poin2 chromebook. (http://poin2.com) >> >> it's ARM rockhip based (Quad Core RK3288 / Cortex-A17 / ARMv7) and has >> a bootable micro sd and usb ports, so the plan is to install the os on >> a swapable card. >> >> on weds aug 3rd, i'm going to do the install at NYCBUG's installfest, >> so i can get the expertise of the group here in nyc, wanted to reach >> out to the list in advance. >> >> I look at the kernels inside evbarm and didn't see one that was an >> obvious choice, what kernel would you recommend i use? >> >> i'm familiar with x86_64 installs, but this will be the first time i >> prepare my own install media by cross compiling from build.sh >> >> anything I should know going into this install? >> >> ~fire >> fire%firecrow.com@localhost > > Oh, also, the firmware on Chrome devices is not u-boot but depthcharge. > We currently have no support for creating depthcharge payloads. > > Jonathan Kollasch looks like developer mode gets around that for booting from the sd card slot. I think the depthchare verification is only for the main os. https://libreboot.org/docs/depthcharge/index.html ~fire -- fire crow : fire%firecrow.com@localhost +1.917.306.9451