Build custom image

Banana Pi SBCs design BPI-M3(A83T/R18)
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Hi everyone,

Exist any member in this forum that can explain me how can I build my own custom Debian (or any Linux distribution) distribution for the BPI-M3? I tried a lot of kind of things but I never get an image who works. I need a lite and clean Linux, only with a few of packages that I need.

Months ago I was using a lite debian image who I downloaded from this forum but with the new BPI-M3 it is not recognize the new eMMC. I used bpi-tools to update but didn’t work, it breaks with kernel panic error.

Thank you.

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Hello, Here are the steps for making an image:

http://wiki.banana-pi.org/Getting_Started_with_M3#Make_your_own_image

for emmc, you could find solution here :slight_smile:

I use how to update image to support new emmc as an example.

http://wiki.banana-pi.org/Getting_Started_with_M3#Update_your_image

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Not sure about new eMMC, don’t have it, try: https://dl.armbian.com/bananapim3/

If it works, with this:

https://github.com/armbian/build with EXPERT=“yes” you get access to unofficially supported configurations.

you can build your custom image.

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Hi Jackzeng,

Thank you but I couldn’t make a simple image, I’m try it with bsp but never works. Yes, to update image to support new emmc works fine but it doesn’t exist a simple image to download, therefore I’m trying to make one.

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Hi igorpec,

Thank you, I tested this Armbian image but doesn’t work fine to me, I have problems with the network, the emmc and the realtime privileges (and other things that I don’t use it). I’ll work on them with the unofficially configurations.

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Surely there are problems and shortcomings but this is the best what exists with a modern kernel. I didn’t notice network problems and my eMMC works. I am not familiar with stock Allwinner BSP kernel state and compilation for this board. K3.4.y is too old to waste time with.

At least we have a stable and supported build environment to start with.

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