ReferenceSoftware

Reference Software Platform

The Reference Software Platform Lead Project is part of the Linaro 96Boards initiative. The goal of the project is to deliver Linaro output for ARM SoCs using 96Boards products for use cases ranging from the Embedded to the Enterprise segments. The releases may contain bootloader, kernel, distribution and/or user level middleware/applications. The releases will comprise loadable software for 96Boards products, reference source code, and documentation on building the source code, any hardware dependencies including porting tips for other SoCs, and configurations chosen for the reference builds.

Please check http://connect.linaro.org/resource/sfo15/sfo15-104-the-96boards-software-reference-platform/ for more information about the Reference Software Platform project.

Resources:

General:

• Reference Software Platorm – CI Jobs and Builds

Hikey:

• Reference Bootloader

Dragonboard 410c:

• Recovery Image

Reference Platform Builds – 15.10 Alpha Release

The 15.10 Alpha release is the first official release for the reference software platform project. It incorporates reference platform builds for both HiKey (Debian and AOSP) and Dragonboard410c (Debian).

While the release supports many of the available hardware features for both Hikey and Dragonboard410c, it is in ALPHA state (used as a starting point for the reference software platform project), so bugs are expected. For a better user experience, please use the previous releases available at https://builds.96boards.org/releases/dragonboard410c/ and https://builds.96boards.org/releases/hikey/.

Highlights for this release:

• CE Debian RPBs:
  • Debian 8.2 “Jessie”
  • 4.3 kernel (with additional patches)
  • OpenJDK 8 included by default
  • 96Boards artworks and default settings
• CE AOSP RPB:
  • AOSP Android Marshmallow 6.0
  • 3.18 based kernel

The complete list of known issues for this release: https://github.com/96boards/documentation/wiki/RPB-15.10-Known-Issues

HiKey

• CE Debian RPB – 15.10
  • Install instructions
  • Build from source
  • Known issues
  • Test Report

• CE AOSP RPB – 15.10
  • Install instructions
  • Build from source
  • Known issues
  • Test Report

Dragonboard 410c

• CE Debian RPB – 15.10
  • Install instructions
  • Build from source
  • Known issues
  • Test Report

Feedback and Support

For general questions or support requests, please go to the 96boards.org Community forum.

For any bug related to this release, please submit issues to the 96Boards.org Bug tracking system. To submit a bug, follow this link

Bugs will be reviewed and prioritized by the 96Boards team. For any bug report it is recommended to provide as much information as possible, and at the very list please include the name of the release you are using, the output of uname -a the output of dpkg -l to list all packages installed, as well, as the boot log (output of dmesg).

For IRC support, please go to the #96boards channel at FreeNode.