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Tzuriel
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 Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:08 am Post subject: Anyone still running Gentoo on BeagleBone's ? |
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Just curious, with RPi's and other smaller boards being so difficult to find available, does anyone still run Gentoo on BeagleBone Blacks?
I've got a few that would server my purpose if I could ever get them running, but not sure they're worth the effort if they're not supported. |
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Etal
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I never owned a BeagleBone, but the main question of whether a device is supported is whether it can boot a modern Linux kernel.
Looking at vanilla sources, I see there are device trees for it, so you should be able to boot it.
| Code: | $ rg 'BeagleBone Black' -g '*.dts' /usr/src/linux/
/usr/src/linux/arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-boneblack.dts
13: model = "TI AM335x BeagleBone Black";
/usr/src/linux/arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-boneblack-wireless.dts
14: model = "TI AM335x BeagleBone Black Wireless"; |
If you need some more exotic features which are not supported in the mainline, you might be able to find third-party patch sets, I think this project has a focus on OMAP-based boards.
The other question is what are you planning to use it for? If you mainly plan to ssh into it, it should be perfectly fine, assuming you have the patience for portage. You can check which packages support arm on packages.gentoo.org. If you plan to run a modern browser - not on that hardware. |
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Unsupported Software to Gentoo on ARM.
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sdauth
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It is totally supported. I tried Gentoo two years ago on mine. It booted fine. (I was using kernel 4.14.x series)
I think I still have a a cloned sd img of the installation somewhere but updating portage after two years.. is going to be painful with such low spec. 
It should be possible to build packages with qemu I think though. I should try again now I have more experience with crossdev etc. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Tzuriel,
There is a difference between Running Gentoo and Building Gentoo.
The two need not be carried out on the same system.
Building need not be carried out on the same arch even.
Build elsewhere and install binary packages on the BeagleBone.
Welcome the the world of cross compiling and QEMU.
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