This is the result of testing on available hardware with various distros and recent kernel versions (mainly 5.2.x and 5.3.x). The default (debian sid) had boot issues, so alternate/minimal rootfs options were added for testing.
- rootfs sources
- gentoo mirrors / releases, experimental
- eewiki arm debian / ubuntu releases
- script distro options tested
- gentoo glibc or musl-hardened (arm, arm64)
- ubuntu bionic (arm)
- debian stretch/buster (arm)
- all models, except as noted below
- usb 2/3 (firmware requirements vary)
- wifi/bt (firmware requirements vary)
- input devices (switches/keyboard/trackpad/touch)
- battery/power status, clocks/thermal/cpufreq
- hdmi and panel EDID display detection
- drm and framebuffer display (console and xorg modesetting)
- mainline gpu acceleration (drm/xorg/mesa)
- requires latest xorg/mesa/libdrm/kernel
- libdrm/mesa video cards (tegra/nouveau/lima/panfrost/exynos)
- xorg modesetting driver (may need conf snippets)
- dts patches for some models (eg, snow)
- boots "standard" signed developer kernel
- single multi_v7 kernel config for all armv7 devices
- snow rev 4
- only boots from single-dtb kernel image
- EDID panel resolution detection fails, no display without forcing 1366x768
- nyan-big - power button shutdown
Latest test results should be added to the top.
| Kernel | Model | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3.0-rc6 | nyan-big | default | works: console, wifi/usb (needs firmware), drm |
| 5.3.0-rc6 | veyron-minnie | default | works: console, wifi/usb (needs firmware), drm |
| 5.3.0-rc6 | snow (rev 4) | single | works: mostly everything but panel edid (force 1366x768) |
| 5.3.0-rc6 | kevin | default | works: mostly everything but xorg/drm/modesetting (needs more kernel testing) |