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spica
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:10 pm    Post subject: Gentoo on RG-350 Reply with quote

Interesting to know if someone tried to run gentoo on RG-350 game console and any info on how to start with building gentoo for this device.

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CPU: JZ4770 dual 1.0 GHz
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TF-card: Support TF card max to 128GB
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Gentoo on RG-350 Reply with quote

spica wrote:
Any info on how to start with building gentoo for this device.


If I am not mistkaen its a MIPS chip
https://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Ingenic

What would you want linux to do on such a device?
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spica,

It seems to be a 32 bit MIPS based CPU.
The last Gentoo MIPS stages are from 2014.
The GPU is unlikely to be open, which means you will either run it as a framebuffer, so the GPU won't be used at all or you will need evil binary modules for the kernel, which will tie you to a kernel contemporary with the device, if they exist and can be found.

It would be an interesting intellectual exercise to do it but of not practical value whatsoever.

I suspect that you will be leading the way, so you will be very much on your own.
If you know where to start, go ahead and try. If not, practice the skills you will need on something known to work.
That way you can separate out problems with lack of skills and problems with Gentoo not working.
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