Ubuntu on Malibu

This page provides details on running Ubuntu on a Gateworks Malibu Board.

Other references:

• The Gateworks Malibu software page
• Gateworks Ubuntu Page for generic Ubuntu notes not specific to Malibu

Gateworks pre-built Ubuntu based Disk Images for Malibu

Gateworks provides a pre-built Ubuntu based firmware images for the Malibu Family:

• ​jammy-malibu.img.gz Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) based root filesystem image for CN913x
  • To update the firmware on the eMMC see malibu/firmware
  • To update the firmware on a microSD card see linux/blockdev
• ​linux-malibu.tar.xz - Compressed TAR archive of pre-built Linux kernel
• ​focal-arm64.tar.xz - Compressed TAR archive of Ubuntu 24.04 Jammy arm64 root filesystem (does not include kernel)(​package manifest)

Login Information (default)

• Username: root
• Password: root

Features:

• Ubuntu aarch64 core
• Gateworks Malibu Linux kernel
• eth0 dhcp with a 10 second timeout
• User: root password: root
• Packages installed on top of core including:
  • Updated modemmanager/libqmi-utils/libmbim-utils (see ubuntu/modem)
  • Misc wireless: wpasupplicant iw
  • Misc utils: vim can-utils i2c-tools usbutils pciutils screen watchdog binutils
  • Misc network: wget ethtool iperf iperf3 openssh-server iptables
  • Linux firmware
  • Gateworks ​hostapd-conf script
  • Filesystem tools: e2fstools parted
• first-boot script to grow root filesystem partition and filesystem (useful when putting disk images on removable storage devices)
• use ifupdown tools instead of netplan (we find them easier to understand and configure)

To install the kernel and root filesystem on a removable block storage device see below.

BSP

To build a complete Ubuntu image, including all the boot firmware, start with the Malibu BSP page as the easiest option.