I would like to try to get the Minix X8H-Plus support working. Though I’d like to get my own hands dirty and try it out myself. Since OSMC seemed better than OpenElec on the Raspberry Pi2 I thought I should work on this one rather than OpenElec.
Though my first step is to ensure I have a proper working build environment. I have tried (and failed) to get this working on Travis, I’d like to get that part working first before I go on with the rest of the implementation. Though I am just feeling my way around because I am not sure how to build this project from the github sources.
Hi
Thanks for raising interest on GitHub. The first step would be familiarising youself with how to build OSMC before you start automating anything.
I would start by building a toolchain. armv7 in this case for your device; and then you would need to host a local APT repo and build all of the OSMC packages for this device. Most can be pulled from OSMC’s APT repo 1:1, as armv7 packages can be reused.
After you have a toolchain, you can then build packages under package/. However – it should be noted that you don’t need to build a toolchain yourself, OSMC will fetch the latest once when you run make on a package you wish to build
The tricky part for you will be getting a kernel and U-Boot up and running. With AML this may be trickier – as there are not many publicly documented sources available.
Sam
I am very intrested in your progres
following this thread hoping you can make progres
A couple sites now have tutorials about booting ubuntu on the Minix Neo U1, like here: How to Run Headless Linux on Amlogic S905 Devices Such as MINI MX or K1 Plus - CNX Software
Does this mean that getting OSMC to work on AMLogic’s S905 board is actually closer to feasible?
Please what is the status of s905 support. Osmc should support more platforms. Amlogic is quite promising now.