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***** [https://joyofsource.com/guix-system-on-the-pinebook-pro.html Janneke's blog] (there are 2 posts) to manually install to an sdcard from another aarch64 distro
 
***** [https://joyofsource.com/guix-system-on-the-pinebook-pro.html Janneke's blog] (there are 2 posts) to manually install to an sdcard from another aarch64 distro
 
***** serial-console very useful (but beware of the wrong cable [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinebook_Pro_Troubleshooting_Guide#Pinebook_Pro_won.27t_boot_when_using_UART_console_cable problem])
 
***** serial-console very useful (but beware of the wrong cable [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinebook_Pro_Troubleshooting_Guide#Pinebook_Pro_won.27t_boot_when_using_UART_console_cable problem])
***** basic text console working (but there is this [https://issues.guix.gnu.org/40835 panfrost patch] to try for accelerated X)
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***** basic text console working
 
***** for network, you'll have to find an USB ethernet or wifi dongle supported by the linux-libre kernel
 
***** for network, you'll have to find an USB ethernet or wifi dongle supported by the linux-libre kernel
 
**** pine64: [https://ci.guix.gnu.org/search?query=spec%3Aguix-master+status%3Asuccess+system%3Ax86_64-linux+pine64 Images]
 
**** pine64: [https://ci.guix.gnu.org/search?query=spec%3Aguix-master+status%3Asuccess+system%3Ax86_64-linux+pine64 Images]

Revision as of 14:49, 24 April 2021

This page is here to gather hopefully relevant pointers to currently worked on subjects.


If you find something stale, please edit or report to the dev ML.


If you want to participate, contribute or ask about some details, try on IRC or the dev ML.


The "wip-*" branches on savannah git may not be up to date, be careful.




  • Diverse architecture support
    • PowerPC
      • ppc64le:
        • preliminary support merged
        • no binary tarball released
        • no substitutes, but things should build.
      • ppc:
        • git branch
        • issue
        • no binary tarball released
        • no substitutes, but things should build.
        • Work done on an iBook G4 with 1.5GB of RAM.
        • Emulated building through qemu-binfmt should also work.
        • Some packages, such as guile-3.0, can take more than 24 hours to build.
        • Investigation still TODO whether ppc64le is able to build ppc32 binaries without emulation or virtualization.
    • ARM
      • aarch64
        • pinebook-pro:
          • Images
          • git branch
          • Janneke's blog (there are 2 posts) to manually install to an sdcard from another aarch64 distro
          • serial-console very useful (but beware of the wrong cable problem)
          • basic text console working
          • for network, you'll have to find an USB ethernet or wifi dongle supported by the linux-libre kernel
        • pine64: Images
      • armhf: