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Fedora Bootstrap

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These two scripts are designed to help you bootstrap Fedora to a +new architecture. Generally, one Fedora release is built upon the +previous release, but this cannot be done for a new platform - you +must cross-compile enough packages to "bootstrap" the new platform. +This can be a tricky endeavor, and these scripts try to do it for you. + +

There are a few convenience functions in the scripts that you may +wish to edit and take advantage of. Search for the "sync" module that +rsync's the rootfs to a running target as /hardfp for one example. +Also, the first section of the stage1 script has some variables that +define the target you're building for. + +

The stage1 script is run first. It expects a symbolic link in the +current directory called "SRPMs" that points to a directory full of +SRPMS. You may also have a link SRPMlocal that points to a directory +with local SRPMs; any SRPM in the local directory will be used instead +of a corresponding one in the SRPMs directory - this is most likely +going to be a board-specific kernel, for example. + +

Stage1 will take a long time to build, but will eventually produce +a cross-development toolchain and a bootable rootfs. How you turn +that rootfs tree into a bootable media depends on the board; this +script targets SDcard-based OMAP boards, and creates both MLO and +uboot in the /boot/ subdirectory in the rootfs, which you would need +to copy to the FAT partition where the OMAP chip expects to find them. + +

Stage1 will also pre-populate your rootfs image with all the +sources needed for stage2, so expect the rootfs to be large. + +

Stage2 is run on the new platform. Boot stage1, cd to /stage2, and +run the stage2 script. It should take even longer and build even more +packages. When done, you should have a platform on which you can run +"rpmbuild" for the remainder of the packages you need. + + +

Status

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As you use this script, please update the table below for which +targets and releases are known to work. + +

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Date Architecture Fedora Works? + +
2011-Jun-06 armv7hl 15 Yes + +
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