2.3 KiB
Building a Mobian Image for the Pixel 3a
Prerequisites
Cloning the repositories
Kernel: https://salsa.debian.org/erebion/sdm-670-linux
Mobian Recipes does not have the changes merged, as the kernel is not yet part of Mobian: https://salsa.debian.org/Mobian-team/mobian-recipes/-/merge_requests/113
Take my temporary fork of Mobian Recipes instead, for now: https://salsa.debian.org/erebion/mobian-recipes/-/tree/erebion/sargo-build?ref_type=heads
The fork will be maintained until there are official Mobian images for the Pixel 3a.
Compiling the Kernel
First cd
to the kernel repo.
Then:
gbp pq import # import the patches to a patch-queue branch with the patches applied
ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make defconfig sdm845.config sdm670.config usb-gadget.config # make kernel config, usb-gadget ist required for SSH via USB Cable
ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make -j$(nproc) bindeb-pkg # make Kernel deb (one directory level up)
Building the Image
First cd
to the Mobian repo.
Copy the kernel deb to devices/qcom/packages
, so that it gets installed onta the image we are about to build.
Temporary workarounds:
- Comment
loupe
ininclude/packages-phosh.yaml
as that is currently not available in the repo. The image viewer can be installed later. - Comment
mobian-phosh
because of a broken dependency and insertphosh-core
, the metapackage just installs things like an XMPP client and nothing important we couldn't install later. - Add your SSH authorized keys file to
overlays/ssh/authorized_keys
, important so you can log in later
./build.sh -t qcom -s -u mobian | tee mobian-build.log # -s for SSH, which we need later
(If you replace mobian
with your own username, you will have to use that one for SSH later, of course)
Wait. It takes a while. Make sure the internet connection is stable, as the build fails if it cannot download all packages successfully.
Note: Your SSH Host Keys currently get generated while building the image, please don't give your image to anyone else.
Flash to device:
fastboot --set-active --slot a
fastboot flash boot_a mobian-qcom-phosh-20240614.boot-bonito-sdc.img
fastboot flash userdata mobian-qcom-phosh-20240614.rootfs.img
fastboot erase dtbo
Boot up the device. Connect it via USB.
Temporary manual changes
Documented in README.md in this repo.