Todo
- Projects have their own heading and tasks and relevant information are listed as points beneath each project.
- Please link to Debian bug reports that are relevant.
Documentation
Write instructions on the wiki. Done.
Provide instructions for both lenny and squeeze. Squeeze done. Lenny now oldstable so no need to detail. Wheezy suggest using Squeeze then dist-upgrade.
Minimize the software downloaded from third-party sources. Done. Only requires gNewSense Linux-libre vmlinuz for installer and Linux-libre using system kernel.
Provide configurations for both lenny and squeeze. Squeeze done. Lenny now oldstable so no need to detail. Wheezy suggest using Squeeze method but not confirmed.
Team
Organize contact with interested users and related groups, perhaps through mailing lists.
- gNewSense - development version (metad) is based on Debian Lenny and supports the Yeeloong
- lead developer of metad is Karl Goetz
- FSF - plans on endorsing a free laptop
Freedom Included - Yeeloong distributor in the US
Tekmote Electronics - Yeeloong distributor in the Netherlands.
- Lemote
- Wu Zhangjin of Lemote authored the patches that brought Loongson 2F support to the Linux kernel
Debian support
Work needed on packages or other software that are related to Debian on the Yeeloong.
Usertag
Yeeloong related bugs can be found at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=yeeloong;users=debian-yeeloong-project@lists.alioth.debian.org. If you create such a bug, please tag it with a "yeeloong" usertag for the "debian-yeeloong-project@lists.alioth.debian.org" user.
Installer
DebianInstaller/Modify/CustomKernel - instructions for building an installer image with a custom kernel
- gNewSense patches
The 'malta' initrd 'works' with the Yeeloong so just missing the required kernel image, vmlinux.
PMON2000
- Currently no Debian package.
- Currently takes several minutes to load the initrd.
- Possible fix posted to mailing list but no confirmed.
- Would PMON just loading GRUB (and leaving GRUB to load kernel and initrd) fix this issue?
GRUB
gNewSense MIPS GRUB configuration. But where is grub.elf ???
grub-yeeloong. How does one use this package to get a Yeeloong booting into grub?
Linux kernel
- gNewSense metad Yeeloong Linux-libre kernel
- confirmed to work with Debian squeeze (and presumably lenny)
- Debian Loongson 2F kernel:
Currently only in sid
- Not confirmed working.
- Some useful mailing list posts on the subject
Xorg
Debian xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion driver.
siliconmotion driver discussion: http://gnu.org.ve/~octavio/lemote/doku.php?id=siliconmotiondriver ( Page broken.)
gNewSense general X bug report: http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?28169
suggests using xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion package from squeeze. (Which does work with one patch and correct xorg.conf.
documentation and configuration: DebianYeeloong/HowTo/Xorg