arm processor

michielbrink · February 18, 2012, 20:35:40 PM

hello,
work plop boot manager with an arm processor?

Elmar · February 18, 2012, 21:27:20 PM

no, only with i386 compatible processors.

michielbrink · February 18, 2012, 21:35:14 PM

does an altanative excist for a arm?

Elmar · February 18, 2012, 22:05:55 PM

to boot linux you can compile plopKexec for arm

michielbrink · February 18, 2012, 22:08:40 PM

I will use it for booting a usb drive on a pc that doesn't boot from usb.

michielbrink · February 18, 2012, 23:22:00 PM

I just see that it can. but can I use the compile instructions of this page?:

http://www.plop.at/en/plopkexec.html

Elmar · February 19, 2012, 08:29:28 AM

yes, but
you have to compile it on an arm system or you have installed a cross compile system for the arm architecture
you have to set the linux kernel config to arm

michielbrink · February 20, 2012, 10:10:17 AM

I compile it on an arm pc but I can not choice for a broadcom BCM2835 proccesor. Can I use the option for a BCM11107?