Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of ventana/ubuntu

Timestamp:

08/03/2018 04:09:14 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

add bionic images and details

ventana/ubuntu

@@ -14 +14 @@
 
 [=#prebuilt]
-== Gateworks pre-built Ubuntu Disk Image ==
+== Gateworks pre-built Ubuntu Disk Images ==
 Gateworks provides some pre-built Ubuntu firmware images for the Ventana Family:
 ||= Name              =||= Size =||= Features =||
-|| xenial-ventana      || ~600MB^^^1^^^ || console support - Ubuntu kernel/drivers ||
-|| trusty-ventana      || ~210MB  || console support - Gateworks kernel/drivers ||
-|| trusty-mm-ventana   || ~650MB^^^1^^^ || HW acclerated gstreamer/gstreamer-imx ||
-|| trusty-x11-ventana  || ~1000MB^^^1^^^ || HW accelerated X11 support with LXDE ||
-* **//requires 'large' flash size (2GB) or 1GB and larger of removable storage//**
+|| bionic-ventana 18.04 || ~1.2GB^^^1^^^ || console support - Ubuntu kernel/drivers ||
+|| xenial-ventana 16.04 || ~1.2GB^^^1^^^ || console support - Ubuntu kernel/drivers ||
+|| trusty-ventana 14.04 || ~210MB  || console support - Gateworks kernel/drivers ||
+|| trusty-mm-ventana 14.04 || ~650MB^^^1^^^ || HW acclerated gstreamer/gstreamer-imx ||
+|| trusty-x11-ventana 14.04 || ~1000MB^^^1^^^ || HW accelerated X11 support with LXDE ||
+ 1. requires 'large' flash size (2GB) or 1GB and larger of removable storage
 
 For a full Board Support Package providing building a Linux distro from source, please see the OpenWrt, Yocto, or Android BSP from the [wiki:ventana#bsp Ventana BSP] page
 
 
+=== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) console image ===
+- *** Note ***: This is a mainline kernel that does not have Video Hardware Acceleration support for gstreamer and a few other Gateworks specific items. For more information, read [wiki:ventana#MainlineLinuxKernelsupport Gateworks Mainline Linux Support].
+
+A pre-built console image created using the  [#debootstrap debootstrap] method for [http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)] can be downloaded:
+ * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ubuntu/bionic/bionic-armhf-ventana_large.ubi bionic-armhf-ventana_large.ubi] - UBI image for 1GB/2GB Flash boards
+  - see [wiki:/linux/ubi#BasicMethod here] for info about flashing UBI images
+  - sha256sum: d3ca3e8328aead3131d104ce3a3c8ba24391e5ecdf9488608b72c02656e9bae4
+ * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ubuntu/bionic/bionic-armhf.tar.xz bionic-armhf.tar.xz] - tarball of rootfs you can use to image onto microSD / mSATA
+  - see [wiki:linux/blockdev linux/blockdev] fpr instructions
+  - sha256sum: b7aee48c101b1f23862335d568bab616e99c5a1778b251f70d9034d97aa4dea3
+
+Features:
+- Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS core (from debootstrap instructions)
+- Ubuntu Bionic kernel (Linux 4.15 based) with drivers/firmware 
+- custom bootscript supporting NAND/UBI, MMC, SATA, USB boot devices and root filesystems
+- extra packages: openssh-server can-utils i2c-tools usbutils pciutils
+- eth0 dhcp
+- user root passwd root
+
+
 === Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) console image ===
-
-- *** Note ***: This is a mainline kernel that does not have Video Hardware Acceleration suppor for gstreamer and a few other Gateworks specific items. For more information, read [wiki:ventana#MainlineLinuxKernelsupport Gateworks Mainline Linux Support] This image is not recommended depending on the requirements. 
+- *** Note ***: This is a mainline kernel that does not have Video Hardware Acceleration support for gstreamer and a few other Gateworks specific items. For more information, read [wiki:ventana#MainlineLinuxKernelsupport Gateworks Mainline Linux Support].
 
 A pre-built console image created using the  [#debootstrap debootstrap] method for [http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)] can be downloaded:
- * [http://blog.gateworks.com/?wpdmpro=xenial-ventana_20170831_large.ubi xenial-ventana_20170831_large.ubi] - UBI image for 1GB/2GB Flash boards (see wiki:/linux/ubi#BasicMethod for info about flashing UBI images) (sha256sum: e366c22c99353525ce4014ec3cf9d2bdb7e3a8ff4228ad49fc7d383abe3a4753)
- * [http://blog.gateworks.com/?wpdmpro=xenial-armhf-ventana_20170831.tar.gz xenial-armhf-ventana_20170831.tar.gz] - tarball of rootfs you can use to image onto microSD / mSATA using instructions from [wiki:linux/blockdev linux/blockdev] (sha256sum: ad5529c6aaf142ec69034256ad14c7ec3c317f3fe0a2616ff00fc7d8907dada7)
+ * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ubuntu/xenial/xenial-ventana_large.ubi xenial-ventana_large.ubi] - UBI image for 1GB/2GB Flash boards
+  - see [wiki:/linux/ubi#BasicMethod here] for info about flashing UBI images
+  - sha256sum: e366c22c99353525ce4014ec3cf9d2bdb7e3a8ff4228ad49fc7d383abe3a4753
+ * [http://dev.gateworks.com/ubuntu/xenial/xenial-armhf-ventana.tar.gz xenial-armhf-ventana.tar.gz] - tarball of rootfs you can use to image onto microSD / mSATA
+  - see [wiki:linux/blockdev linux/blockdev] fpr instructions
+  - sha256sum: ad5529c6aaf142ec69034256ad14c7ec3c317f3fe0a2616ff00fc7d8907dada7
 
 Features:
@@ -186 +210 @@
 - Linux Kernel (ie Gateworks latest pre-built 3.14 kernel with full hardware support, Ubuntu pre-built kernel (missing full video in/out support but more up-to-date), or a vanilla mainline kernel (still missing full video in/out support but even more up-to-date), or a kernel of your own) - see below steps for more detail
 - Ventana target board with bootloader
-- boot device with 300MB+ of free space (micro-SD, USB mass storage, mSATA, 1GB/2GB NAND flash)
+- boot device with 2GB+ of free space (micro-SD, USB mass storage, mSATA, 1GB/2GB NAND flash)
 
 Important notes:
@@ -275 +299 @@
 9. (optional) configure networking:
  - wired ethernet with DHCP on eth0
-{{{
-#!bash
+{{{#!bash
+apt-get install net-tools ifupdown
 cat <<EOF >> /etc/network/interfaces
 allow-hotplug eth0
@@ -285 +309 @@
 }}}
  - or static IP:
-{{{
-#!bash
+{{{#!bash
+apt-get install net-tools ifupdown
 cat <<EOF >> /etc/network/interfaces
 allow-hotplug eth0