Tina Linux

Allwinner Tina-IoT os for BPI-M2 Ultra

• • About Tina-IoT Linux **

Dear user for BPI-M2 Ultra R40 Tina Linux V1.0 have public，Come and try

Tina Linux development by Allwinner TinaTEAM, it base on OpenWrt,To build an embedded Linux distributions,The purpose of this release is to provide a quick learning and development is simple and convenient mass production Linux TurnKey solutions.

The release of R40 Tina Linux is base on BPI-M2 Ultra reference hardware, that is, the source code download directly support banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra.

R40 Tina Linux V1.0 version Base on Linux-3.10 and Tina Linux V2.1, it support a lot of fun and practical support functions:

1.support smartlink,（ultrasonic wave,airkiss,cooee）

2.support DLNA、QPlay Audio transmission and control protocol

Too much, not to speak one by one, in support of all hardware modules on BPI-M2 Ultra

• • How to use R40 Tina Linux**

Play Tina need a 64 - bit Linux PC, we recommend using Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04 64 - bit version, installed with the following command to install the build environment depends on:

``` sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git-core libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev gawk flex quilt libssl-dev xsltproc libxml-parser-perl mercurial bzr ecj cvs unzip ```

You can refer to detailed [OpenWrt's WIKI](https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildroot.exigence)

download source code

use repo tool to download this code , tool download method is as follows:

``` $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinalinux/repo/stable/repo > ~/bin/repo $ chmod +x ~/bin/repo ```

Then add "repo" to the environment variables, it is better to put the following sentences. Bashrc inside

``` $ export PATH=~/binPATH ```

Download the repo, the next download Tina's source code, as follows:

``` $ repo init -u https://github.com/tinalinux/manifest -b r40-v1.y -m r40/v1.y.xml $ repo sync $ repo start r40-v1.y --all ```

after downloading the source code, execute the following commands in Tina with directory compiled:

``` $ source build/envsetup.sh $ lunch azalea_m2ultra-tina $ make -j4 $ pack [-d] ```

Tina SDK need to perform "source "and "lunch" commond before every compile,Then perform other operations.

pack command has a "-d" parameter,The function of the parameter is: do not add - d use the default uart0 as a serial port output, added - d use TF bayonet IO mouth group as uart0

• • Burn image **

Tina image Packaging has about 15 M, and support directly burned to eMMC flash on BPI-M2 Ultra.

Burning method is as follows:

if you use Linux system，Direct use LiveSuit for flash. Method of use is as follows:

1.LiveSuit we place it at tina SDK tools/aw\_tools dir

2.unzip LiveSuit 64bit version，run./LiveSuit.sh

3.LiveSuit will install at ~/Bin dir，use dpkg -i install aw driver,driver also at ~/Bin dir.

4.run LiveSuit，choose tina image

5.Hold the BPI-M2 Ultra uboot key， insert the usb ，you can begin burn image

if use Windows system ,plsase use burn tool : phoenixsuit

we place it at tools/aw\_tools dir

• • How to configuration Tina **

Tina firmware configuration, there are two commonly used commands:"make menuconfig" and "make kernel\_menuconfig".

These two commands must be in execution after "source " and "lunch" commond run finished ,

• • make menuconfig** : Which software is used to configure the system use

• • make kernel\_menuconfig**:Used to configure the kernel options.

TinaLinux source code on github:

https://github.com/tinalinux/