Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Andrew Lowe <agl@×××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on rpi
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:33:59
Message-Id: 19d1ecad-d632-b472-df33-ed3362bd3e23@wht.com.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on rpi by Wols Lists
1 On 9/2/21 8:29 pm, Wols Lists wrote:
2 > On 09/02/21 11:29, Andrew Lowe wrote:
3 >> On 8/2/21 11:36 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote:
4 >>> Hello list,
5 >>>
6 >>> I have a Pi 400, on which I'd like to install Gentoo if I can. I've
7 >>> tried a
8 >>> few approaches so far, but each one has fallen foul of some obstacle. For
9 >>> instance, today I tried installing a small Gentoo system into a
10 >>> chroot, to do
11 >>> the compiling there. It seemed to be going well until time came to
12 >>> upgrade
13 >>> openssl. It stopped when it couldn't cope with the ARM platform. Zlib
14 >>> also
15 >>> failed, needing static compilation, I think.
16 >>>
17 >>> I see references to using crossdev, wine and taking a prebuilt system
18 >>> from
19 >>> various sources, but I haven't found a way through yet.
20 >>>
21 >>> What setup do people use for compiling for Raspberry Pi?
22 >>>
23 >>
24 >> I'm about to try this:
25 >>
26 >> https://github.com/sakaki-/gentoo-on-rpi-64bit
27 >>
28 >> for a couple of 3's and then some 4's when they turn up. Have you tried
29 >> it and it fails?
30 >>
31 > Bear in mind apparently a normal pi boot setup doesn't work on the 400.
32 > Don't know anything about it except apparently if you stick a card for
33 > the pi 3 or 4 in a 400, it won't boot. It needs to be optimised for the 400.
34 >
35 > Cheers,
36 > Wol
37 >
38 >
39 Sorry, forgot about those thingies... Took the "400" to be a typo of
40 "4", ie just the board....
41
42 Andrew