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 <note warning>May 2021 - work in progress</note> <note warning>May 2021 - work in progress</note>
  
-======  Exposition: RockPro64 - Direct Integration into Slackware AArch64  ====== +======  Exposition: Direct Integration into Slackware AArch64  ====== 
  
 This exposition also covers Slackware ARM (32bit ARMv7), although at present (May 2021) AArch64 is wider ranging with regard to the //plugin// development model.  Coverage of Hardware Model Direct Integration ARM will be arranged at a later date. This exposition also covers Slackware ARM (32bit ARMv7), although at present (May 2021) AArch64 is wider ranging with regard to the //plugin// development model.  Coverage of Hardware Model Direct Integration ARM will be arranged at a later date.
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 ^Change Management Process^ ^Change Management Process^
 | Email the new Kernel configuration to the Slackware ARM devel mailing list with a summary of what the changes were for. | | Email the new Kernel configuration to the Slackware ARM devel mailing list with a summary of what the changes were for. |
 +
 +==== Kernel Package Build Helpers ====
 +
 +The Pinebook Pro (RK3399 SoC) requires a firmware blob to be installed within the OS InitRD (see further down) in order to light up one of the display ports.
 +To facilitate this, a helper script is executed from the kernel.SlackBuild script when the OS InitRD is constructed.  This helper extracts the relevant firmware blob from the Slackware a/kernel-firmware package.
 +
 +^ Package Series ^ Package ^ Asset  ^ Src ^
 +| k | kernel-source | platform/aarch64/rk3399 | [[http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/source/k/platform/aarch64/rk3399|rk3399 Kernel Package Build Helper]] |
  
 ==== Kernel Patches ==== ==== Kernel Patches ====
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 http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/source/a/mkinitrd/README.initrd.arm  http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current/source/a/mkinitrd/README.initrd.arm 
 needed? needed?
 +
 +== Firmware within the OS InitRD ==
 +
 +The RockPro64 requires a small blob of firmware for one of the display drivers.
 +This is included within /lib/firmware/rockchip
 +
 +<note important>Only firmware that is 100% required at Kernel module load time is added to the OS InitRD in order to keep the size down and to reduce overlap between the Slackware a/kernel-firmware package.  Firmware for a display driver is a must.  Firmware for Bluetooth et al is not.</note>
  
 ====  Kernel Module Loader ==== ====  Kernel Module Loader ====
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 | This is a simple script and should not be made more complex, because this code typically never changes, thus modularising it serves no utility. Please email a diff to the Slackware ARM devel mailing list and it will be applied | | This is a simple script and should not be made more complex, because this code typically never changes, thus modularising it serves no utility. Please email a diff to the Slackware ARM devel mailing list and it will be applied |
  
-====== Local Console (HDMI video, USB Keyboard / Mouse ) ======+====== Linux Virtual Console (Local Console (HDMI video, USB Keyboard / Mouse )) ======
  
 ==== Console Video Display ==== ==== Console Video Display ====
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 Other Hardware Models contain configuration within this doinst.sh script. Other Hardware Models contain configuration within this doinst.sh script.
 +
 +====== Slackware Operating System Post Boot Configuration ======
 +
 +Package: a/sysvinit-scripts
 +Assets: /etc/rc.d/rc.platform - load helper scripts from /etc/rc.d/rc.platform.d/<arch>
 +These scripts perform such things as setting the LCD panel brightness, setting fan speeds, etc.
 +
 +Used on the RockPro64, Pinebook Pro.
  
 ====== Slackware Installer ====== ====== Slackware Installer ======
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 Pinebook Pro and RockPro64 - select larger font size. Pinebook Pro and RockPro64 - select larger font size.
 +
 +==== Set the clock ====
 +
 +/usr/lib/setup/armedslack-clock-set
 +
 +This is called from /etc/rc.d/rc.S
 +
 +==== Configure console settings: RockPro64 and Pinebook Pro ====
 +
 +/usr/lib/setup/armedslack-setconsole
  
 ==== Firmware ==== ==== Firmware ====
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