Would anyone be willing try out a new BeagleBoard image that I’ve created?
The next revision of the BeagleBoard image contains the following new additions:
-
Kernel 3.0.3 with a lot of fixes and with LCD support
-
gstreamer-ti and ti-dmai stack
-
U-boot with fixes for hub power
-
Fixes to U-boot environment variables for LCD
-
systemd for very fast boot (thanks to Koen)
-
gnome desktop
-
pulseaudio
-
alsa
-
midori
-
gedit
-
gstreamer plugins
Other features included:
-
Ability to be Auto-flashed to NAND by holding the userbutton when u-boot loads
-
Ability to be rebuilt easily in SD card format
You can get this image in 2 simple ways:
- Direct Download
- Rebuild from scratch
You can rebuild the image by following instructions at: http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/building-angstrom
With the following differences:
- Replace URLS in sources/layers.txt with ones similar to:
meta-angstrom,git://github.com/joelagnel/meta-angstrom.git,master,HEAD
meta-openembedded,git://github.com/joelagnel/meta-openembedded.git,master,HEAD
meta-texasinstruments,git://github.com/joelagnel/meta-texasinstruments.git,master,HEAD
openembedded-core,git://github.com/joelagnel/oe-core.git,HEAD
- Build filesystem using Embedded by running the command:
bitbake beagleboard-validation-gnome-image
No need of any additional scripts, the resulting .img.gz will be available in the deploy/ directory!
I will like to start from “r0” and will keep bumping the Revs as and when new additions are made.
I will also maintain a CHANGELOG [1] made available at with changes introduced in each image
I am ready to hand walk anyone interested in trying this image, so please feel free to pound me with any questions by email or IRC, thanks.
Looking forward to your feedback on anything in terms of functionality you’d like to see included (I already have an older list) and other suggestions.
Regards,
Joel
[1] http://www.beagleboard.org/~joelf/images/beagleboard-demo/CHANGELOG
Side note:
I am working on an updated patchset with feedback from the OE-core community, so maintainers please don’t consider my patches to be in the final form in my git tree(s).