NixOS on ARM/PINE A64-LTS
The PINE A64-LTS is an affordable "Long Time Supply" single board computer built around the Allwinner R18 SOC.
| PINE A64-LTS | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | PINE64 (Pine Microsystems Inc.) |
| Architecture | AArch64 |
| Bootloader | Upstream u-boot[1] |
| Maintainer | samueldr |
It can boot from SD or from an eMMC.
The SOPINE board from the same manufacturer, using the Baseboard "Model A" should be 100% compatible with the A64-LTS; the A64-LTS support is built using the device tree of the Baseboard "Model A". Though untested, this should mean that the Baseboard "Model A" will work with NixOS[testing needed].
Status
Upstream NixOS AArch64 image will boot on the PINE A64-LTS, using the proper upstream u-boot.
U-boot support has been added 2018-03-18. The bootloader with SPL can be downloaded from this location:
Board-specific installation notes
First follow the generic installation steps to get the installer image on an SD card or the eMMC. A compatible eMMC to SD may be required to flash the eMMC. If you do not have one available, it is possible to boot another operating system on the A64-LTS and from there dd to the eMMC.
U-Boot needs to be copied to specific sectors on the microSD card with dd. Download u-boot for the board (sopine-u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin), and copy it to the correct location with (again, replace /dev/sdX with the correct path to the SD card device):
sudo dd if=sopine-u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8
Then, install using the installation and configuration steps.
Serial console
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Compatibility notes
- Using the upstream kernel at 4.15, neither ethernet seems to have troubles. The interface is detected but seems to not work right.
- HDMI support is untested.