Idea for Nvidia GPU on CM4 #237
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sounds fesible (in theory), but some of the issue that have com up so far require tweeking source:
there is lots of technical details in #4 (HD5450) when @Coreforge start his work. |
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Maybe compiling buildroot for the pi but with the aarch64 server flags set could configure the bus correctly. It would be a ton of work bc you would have to cross-compile a small but still complex operating system. And seeing as it took me 2 whole days to get buildroot working on a usb drive to rickroll friends with it, it would probably take around a week to get it set up. Edit: |
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there are some distros for RPi that use For anyone going as far to get a (clean) If nothing else it will get a extremely small (memory footprint) environment running on RPi (as it uses ToyBox suplimented by BusyBox). Cheers |
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I already have a working config for buildroot with X11, twm and rpm. Would just have to recompile it for aarch64 with uefi, put the boot loader and the os on a usb drive and it should work. |
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Ill buy a cm4 once they are available again in my country. I want to try both methods. |
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Going to move this to a discussion, since it's a little more of a conversation and less actionable. |
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How I got this Idea
I have used other arm-based machines before and most had problems with proprietary drivers under debian and arch.
What I did to solve it
I installed a copy of Ubuntu Server 20.04 aarch64 and installed gdm3 and lxde to get a grafical user interface. Then I installed software-properties-gtk, started it and went to the advanced driver section. There I installed all drivers that were not working before. Then I closed it, updated the initramfs and rebooted. Usually, it worked after that. Sometimes I had to compile a newer kernel to get it to work.
Why can't I try it on my own pi?
I don't own a CM4 or a modded pi 4 so it would be nice if someone who owns one could try this for me. All feedback is appreciated.
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