[05:21] <bhag_> How to build custom images for arm boards with ssh server and custom username and password on boot
[06:49] <Nothing_Much> How come I can't upgrade my Ubuntu 13.10 kernel on Armhf?
[06:52] <Nothing_Much> Is there a problem with the dependencies for Armhf?
[08:27] <infinity> Nothing_Much: Upgrade it to what?
[17:13] <Nothing_Much> infinity: Upgrade the Linux kernel from 3.4 to 3.11
[17:17] <infinity> Nothing_Much: On what device?  Is this Ubuntu touch?
[17:17] <infinity> Nothing_Much: Touch uses Android kernels, and they lag behind upstream a lot.
[17:17] <Nothing_Much> Ubuntu desktop on an Odroid-XU
[17:17] <infinity> Nothing_Much: Oh, that's not a device supported by Ubuntu at all, so talk to the person you got the kernel from. :P
[17:18] <Nothing_Much> infinity: What do you mean?
[17:18] <Nothing_Much> Why can't I just upgrade my kernel from Synaptic?
[17:19] <infinity> Nothing_Much: I mean exactly what I said.  The kernel on that device didn't come from Ubuntu.
[17:19] <infinity> ARM isn't like x86, different platforms need (sometimes wildly) different kernels.
[17:19] <infinity> We only support a small number of platforms.
[17:19] <Nothing_Much> Ah
[17:19] <infinity> Your device isn't one of them.  So, wherever you got that kernel/image from, they're the people to talk to.
[17:19] <Nothing_Much> Well, would compiling my own Kernel be good enough?
[17:20] <infinity> Sure, if you compiled it from sources with support for your board.
[17:20] <infinity> I suspect it's not entirely supported upstream.
[17:21] <Nothing_Much> I'm not sure I understand, can I just copy the Linux kernel from github or.. wherever Linus holds the kernel and clone it and compile it?
[17:22] <highvoltage> Nothing_Much: I think that's the point infinity is making, you can't do that, since you'll need the patches from the manufacturer of your board
[17:23] <Nothing_Much> Ohh..
[17:23] <Nothing_Much> Is it possible that Arm would become as easy as x86?
[17:25] <highvoltage> I think devicetree in the linux kernel is meant to make it somewhat easier, but it doesn't really stop manufacturers from doing weird or completely different things
[17:27] <infinity> ARMv7 is slowly getting better, but we'll never be able to support ALL boards from one kernel, mainly because once a board is done, no one cares anymore except hobbyists who buy it.
[17:27] <infinity> ARMv8 should be as easy as x86.  At some point.
[22:10] <IamTrying> I have Beagle Board - which has a flash card, when i switch on. Does not show anything at all. How can i install Ubuntu 13.x on it please?