[16:31] <flexiondotorg_> Hi. I'm the project lead for Ubuntu MATE.
[16:32] <flexiondotorg_> An Ubuntu MATE community member has created a Raspberry Pi 2 port of Ubuntu MATE 15.04
[16:32] <flexiondotorg_> I'd like to discuss how we might be able to make that official image to sit along side our i386, amd64 and powerpc versions.
[16:32] <flexiondotorg_> Anyone here who can help with that?
[16:46] <rbasak> flexiondotorg_: oh - #ubuntu-devel or #ubuntu-release might be a better place for that question. It doesn't really need any ARM specialism - just in image publication etc.
[16:55] <ogra_> flexiondotorg_, first of all you will eed to get the bootloader packaged and into the archive ...
[16:55] <ogra_> then you want to make sure our kernel works with the HW
[16:56] <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Thanks. Is that not the case considering the Snappy Core version?
[16:56] <flexiondotorg_> If not, we know what is required for the Pi 2.
[16:56] <ogra_> no, snappy is completely different
[16:56] <ogra_> we dont have an official image for the RPi
[16:57] <ogra_> snappy is designed in a way that you keep the HW bits separate from the rest of the system
[16:57] <ogra_> which is why there is a device tarball for RPi around that you can combine with the generic bits using the ubuntu-device-flash tool
[16:59] <ogra_> (i.e. we dont ship anything HW related in the snappy image)
[17:01] <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Understood. So, to recap.
[17:01] <flexiondotorg_> 1. Package RPi2 boot loader in the official archive.
[17:01] <flexiondotorg_> 2. Make sure the default kernel works, if not work with the kernel team to get the required changes made.
[17:01] <ogra_> 2 might be just a devicetree file
[17:02] <ogra_> if all Pi2 bits are mainline already at least
[17:02] <flexiondotorg_> 3. Update ubuntu-cdimage to enable armhf for Ubuntu MATE.
[17:02] <ogra_> if i was you i wouldnt build such an image but instead produce a preinstalled rootfs tarball in cdimage
[17:02] <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Thanks. That is a useful starting point.
[17:02] <ogra_> and putr instructions up how to assemble a RPi install from that
[17:03] <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Good idea.
[17:03] <ogra_> so people can use their own kernel/bootloader setup
[17:03] <ogra_> arm people are usually knowledgeable enough to handle such things :)
[17:03] <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, That is a really good idea. Because we want to target ODROID C1 too.
[17:04] <flexiondotorg_> Thanks for the help.
[17:04] <ogra_> http://people.canonical.com/~ogra/snappy/ btw ;)
[17:05] <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Thanks.
[17:05] <ogra_> yeah, wont help you much i fear, but you could pick kernel and bootloader bits out of that tarball if needed
[17:07] <flexiondotorg_> ogra_, Everything is useful right now.
[17:08] <ogra_> i can imagine :)