Yesterday I tested the SLARM for Odroid c4, with kernel 6.0.1. My other hardware is : Waveshare 7" touch screen, with HDMI at 1024x600 and audio output; local gigabit ethernet; Realtimeclock PCF8563, properly connected; several serial special extra devices on UART1,2,3 ; one powerbutton, which is handled by "wiringpi"-lib and some tiny own code.
Initially, I wanted to test the XFCE version, but it is 12 GB depacked and my EMMC storage is only 8GB, so I tested the "server only" version.
The server-only version is 7GB unpacked, it "just" fits on the EMMC:
Code:
/dev/mmcblk2p1 6.6G 5.6G 980M 86% /
/etc/ssh/sshd.config needs to be modded to "UsePAM No", so you can login via SSH. Otherwise you can't.
Starting to boot: Textmode: Text hangs down from above by approx. 20 raster lines, despite Kernel 6, it was never fixed since Kernel 5; and I am not even talking about the GUI here.
Boot time: 35 sec until the text login is ready, even despite fast emmc storage.
All important Overlays are missing, same as any other distro like DietPi and Armbian: No Uart-B, no PCF8563. No HDMI sound output. Video is buggy, hanging down 20 rasterlines whose color depends on an area next to the left/down startbutton; video is terribly slow - moving windows around smears; not to mention that it was a PITA to get the X window system working when you only initially have the command line.
Everything is looking very bad for my special hardware and performance needs!
The own "Remove Kernel stuff"-option removes all Kernel Compile Files - which are 3,8 GB .... which takes half an hour on emmc!
Can anyone make a TinyCoreLinux for Odroid C4, pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase ? With all hardware overlays ? In a working kernel 4.9.x ?
