How to download and compile the Linux system kernel for ODROID-XU3/4. Generic Linux system needs gcc version 4.9 to build the Kernel.

[ http://dn.odroid.com/ODROID-XU/compiler/arm-eabi-4.6.tar.gz ]

If the '/opt/toolchains' directory does not exist in host pc, then create the directory.

host

$ sudo mkdir /opt/toolchains
$ sudo tar xvfz arm-eabi-4.6.tar.gz -C /opt/toolchains

Modify your ~/.bashrc file to add a new path with editor (gedit or vi)

host

export ARCH=arm
export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/toolchains/arm-eabi-4.6/bin
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-

To apply this change, login again or restart the .bashrc

host

$ source ~/.bashrc

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$ arm-eabi-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=arm-eabi-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.6/bin/../libexec/gcc/arm-eabi/4.6.x-google/lto-wrapper
Target: arm-eabi
Configured with: /tmp/android-15472/src/build/../gcc/gcc-4.6/configure --prefix=/usr/local --target=arm-eabi --host=x86_64-linux-gnu 
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-gmp=/tmp/android-15472/obj/temp-install --with-
mpfr=/tmp/android-15472/obj/temp-install --with-mpc=/tmp/android-15472/obj/temp-install --without-ppl --without-cloog --disable-libs
sp --enable-threads --disable-nls --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-libstdc__-v3 --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-
shared --disable-tls --disable-libitm --with-float=soft --with-fpu=vfp --with-arch=armv5te --enable-target-optspace --with-abi=aapcs
 --with-gcc-version=4.6 --with-binutils-version=2.21 --with-gmp-version=4.2.4 --with-mpfr-version=2.4.1 --with-gdb-version=7.3.x --w
ith-arch=armv5te --with-sysroot=/tmp/android-15472/install/sysroot --with-prefix=/tmp/android-15472/install --with-gold-version=2.21
 --enable-gold --disable-gold --disable-multilib --program-transform-name='s&^&arm-eabi-&'
Thread model: single
gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC)

Linux ODROID-XU3/4 works as follow:

It must have at least two partitions. First Partition must be a FAT32/EXT4 partition. Second Partition can be whatever the Filesystem that your kernel supports (must be built in).

Note: It is possible to use the first partition as ext4, however it is strongly not recommended due to Windows Users losing the capability of changing boot.ini

Partition 1:

• Kernel Image (zImage)
• boot.scr
• exynos5422-odroidxu3.dtb
• uInitrd (if applicable)

Partition 2:

• rootfs (a.k.a. File System)

• Ubuntu 16.04 Software Release for Linux/Ubuntu on XU4/XU3

Note: More distribution support will come with time.

HDMI support should work out-of-box for everyone including framebuffer console. If you experience any issue, please contact us on ODROID Forums

On the provided Ubuntu image there are several examples on how to configure the HDMI to your specific resolution or even lock to a certain resolution. You can check the configuration file on /media/boot/boot.ini of the Ubuntu Image

For displayport configuration, please follow this guide Displayport Guide on ODROID Forums

Kernel sources for ODROID-XU3/4 is on our Github. Branch are odroidxu3-3.10.y or odroidxu4-4.9.y defconfig are odroidxu3_defconfig or odroidxu4_defconfig

Please follow the instructions below to rebuild the Linux Kernel for ODROID. Those instructions cover native build of the Kernel.

Install dependencies:

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev git 

Clone Repo:

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odroid@odroid:~$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu3-3.10.y odroidxu3-3.10.y 
odroid@odroid:~$ cd odroidxu3-3.10.y 

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odroid@odroid:~$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu4-4.9.y odroidxu4-4.9.y
odroid@odroid:~$ cd odroidxu4-4.9.y

Configure Kernel:

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odroid@odroid:~$ make odroidxu3_defconfig 

Do changes if you need/want:

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odroid@odroid:~$ make menuconfig 

Build Kernel and Modules:

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odroid@odroid:~$ make -j8

Install zImage & DTB file:

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odroid@odroid:~$ mkdir -p mount
odroid@odroid:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 ./mount
odroid@odroid:~$ sudo cp arch/arm/boot/zImage arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5422-odroidxu3.dtb /media/boot && sync && sudo umount ./mount

Install Modules:

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb2 ./mount
odroid@odroid:~$ sudo make modules_install ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH=./mount && sync && sudo umount ./mount
odroid@odroid:~$ rm -rf mount

Copy .config to /boot for initramfs creation:

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo cp .config /boot/config-`make kernelrelease`

Create initramfs:

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo update-initramfs -c -k `make kernelrelease`

Create uInitrd:

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n uInitrd -d /boot/initrd.img-`make kernelrelease` /boot/uInitrd-`make kernelrelease`

Install new uInitrd:

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo cp /boot/uInitrd-`make kernelrelease` /media/boot/uInitrd

reboot:

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo sync && reboot

Your new kernel should be installed. Note for your own convenience we provide daily builds of Linux kernel that can be easily installed on Supported distros by using a ODROID Utility.

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odroid@odroid:~$ sudo -s
root@odroid:~$ wget -O /usr/local/bin/odroid-utility.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdrjr/odroid-utility/master/odroid-utility.sh
root@odroid:~$ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/odroid-utility.sh
root@odroid:~$ odroid-utility.sh

You have to install some building tools and related packages.

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$ sudo apt install git gcc g++ build-essential libssl-dev bc

Download and build the kernel source.

Please note that native kernel compile on ODROID-XU4 will take about 25 minutes.
If you are running Kernel 5.4, the branch name must be odroid-5.4.y instead of odroidxu4-4.14.y.

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$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hardkernel/linux -b odroidxu4-4.14.y
$ cd linux
$ make odroidxu4_defconfig
$ make -j8
$ sudo make modules_install
$ sudo cp -f arch/arm/boot/zImage /media/boot
$ sudo cp -f arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5422-odroidxu3.dtb /media/boot
$ sudo cp -f arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5422-odroidxu4.dtb /media/boot
$ sudo cp -f arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5422-odroidxu3-lite.dtb /media/boot
$ sync

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$ sudo cp .config /boot/config-`make kernelrelease`
$ sudo update-initramfs -c -k `make kernelrelease`
$ sudo mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n uInitrd -d /boot/initrd.img-`make kernelrelease` /boot/uInitrd-`make kernelrelease`
$ sudo cp /boot/uInitrd-`make kernelrelease` /media/boot/uInitrd
$ sync

You would check all necessary files are in place as below before reboot. The file size would differ.

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$ ls -l /media/boot/
total 14756
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    9536 Oct 25 23:29 boot.ini
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     753 Aug 20 22:38 boot.ini.default
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   62565 Nov  2 01:24 exynos5422-odroidxu3.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   61814 Nov  2 01:24 exynos5422-odroidxu3-lite.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   62225 Nov  2 01:24 exynos5422-odroidxu4.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   61714 Oct 25 23:30 exynos5422-odroidxu4-kvm.dtb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9996513 Nov  2 01:27 uInitrd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4844744 Nov  2 01:24 zImage

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$ sudo sync
$ sudo reboot

You will need install required packages before you start to build Linux kernel on your Ubuntu desktop. You will need install required packages before you start to build Linux kernel on your Ubuntu desktop.

host

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install git
$ sudo apt install lib32stdc++6  lib32z1 lzop u-boot-tools
$ sudo apt install build-essential gcc
$ sudo apt install libncurses5-dev

Download

host

$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/toolchains
$ sudo tar xvf gcc-linaro-4.9.4-2017.01-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz -C /opt/toolchains/

In order to add the toolchain path to PATH, paste below lines to $HOME/.bashrc.

host

export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
export PATH=/opt/toolchains/gcc-linaro-4.9.4-2017.01-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/:$PATH

host

$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/linux -b odroidxu4-4.14.y

host

$ cd linux
$ make odroidxu4_defconfig
$ make -j8

1. Plug the Boot-Device(eMMC or SD) into the USB memory CARD reader and Connect the USB memory CARD reader to your HOST PC(Linux OS).

2. Copy the zImage and DT((exynos5422-odroidxu?.dtb) to the FAT partition(1st partition) in the Boot-Device.

host

$ mkdir -p mount
$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 ./mount
$ sudo cp arch/arm/boot/zImage arch/arm/boot/dts/meson8b_odroidxu?.dtb ./mount && sync && sudo umount ./mount

3. Copy the driver modules to the EXT4 partition(2nd partition) in the Boot-Device.

host

$ sudo mount /dev/sdc2 ./mount
$ sudo make modules_install ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH=./mount && sync && sudo umount ./mount
$ rm -rf mount