Ubuntu on Newport
This page provides details on running Ubuntu on a Gateworks Newport Board.
Other references:
- The Gateworks Newport software page for other Linux options on Newport products.
- Gateworks Ubuntu Page for generic notes
Gateworks pre-built Ubuntu Disk Image
Gateworks provides a pre-built Ubuntu firmware images for the Newport Family:
- jammy-newport.img.gz - (Recommended) Compressed Disk Image containing Firmware, Linux kernel, and Ubuntu 22.04 Focal root filesystem.
- To update the firmware on the eMMC see newport/firmware
- To update the firmware on a microSD card see linux/blockdev
- linux-newport.tar.xz - Compressed TAR archive of pre-built Linux kernel
- focal-arm64.tar.xz - Compressed TAR archive of Ubuntu 20.04 Focal arm64 root filesystem (does not include kernel)(package manifest)
Login Information (default)
- Username: root
- Password: root
Features:
- Ubuntu aarch64 core (created via debootstrap)
- Gateworks Newport 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
- mmc-utils from https://packages.debian.org/sid/utils/mmc-utils
- 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 Newport BSP page as the easiest option.
Root Filesystem
see ubuntu
Building a Bootable Disk Image
You will want to build your own Ubuntu disk image if you want control over any of the following:
- Contents of root filesystem (packages and configuration) (see [#debootstrap debootsrap below)
- Configuration of the Linux kernel (see newport/bsp/kernel)
See newpowrt/boot/disk-images for detailed instructions.
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