This repository can be used to create an ArchLinuxARM image for the NanoPi Neo2 board.

Dependencies

make
bsdtar (libarchive)
python2
uboot-tools
sudo
fdisk

Prerequisite

In order to build the image, you need a working ARM toolchain.

Here is a simple way to get one:

git clone https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng
cd crosstool-ng
./bootstrap
./configure --enable-local
make
./ct-ng aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
./ct-ng build

Preparing the files

Run make (specifying jobs with -jX is supported and recommended).

This will provide:

the ArchLinuxARM aarch64 default rootfs (ArchLinuxARM-aarch64-latest.tar.gz)
an u-boot image compiled for the NanoPi Neo2 (u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin)
a boot script (boot.scr) to be copied in /boot

Installing the distribution

Run make install BLOCK_DEVICE=/dev/mmcblk0 with the appropriate value for BLOCK_DEVICE.

This is running commands similar to any other AllWinner ArchLinuxARM installation.

Ethernet

In order to get ethernet working, you will need a recent kernel (>= 4.13). At the time I'm writing these lines, the latest stable is 4.12. Though, you can grab the kernel RC package from ArchLinux ARM and install it from the serial interface.

Goodies

If you have a serial cable and miniterm.py installed (python-pyserial), make serial will open a session with the appropriate settings.

TODO

upstream to ArchLinuxARM

iamnut / archlinuxarm-nanopi-neo2