download link: https://voidlinux.org/download/#arm%20platforms
I'm able to get a Void Linux image (32bit, raspberry pi 2 image) to boot on the
raspberry pi 4. Currently, I can get it to boot and even handle upgrading via
xbps-install -Su (networked over ethernet), however I can't seem to get it to
see the internal wlan (wifi) device.
huge shout out to kodifies on this reddit post for helping me to get this going.
grab the raspberry pi 2 (32bit) image
mkdir -p ~/temp
cd ~/temp
wget https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/live/current/void-rpi2-PLATFORMFS-20181111.tar.xz
grab the latest raspberry pi firmware (will take a while)
git clone git://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware.git
prepare the sdcard and install void. This is largely based on https://wiki.voidlinux.org/Raspberry_Pi
replace /dev/sda with your device (found in fdisk -l)
$ sudo parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 3.3
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) mktable msdos
(parted) mkpart primary fat32 2048s 256MB
(parted) toggle 1 boot
(parted) mkpart primary ext4 256MB -1
(parted) quit
create the filesystems
$ sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -O '^has_journal' /dev/sda2
mke2fs 1.45.4 (23-Sep-2019)
Creating filesystem with 15579648 4k blocks and 3899392 inodes
Filesystem UUID: f07242a6-b029-4581-a24f-dd51f6bf5d3e
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
create the root filesystem
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
sudo mkdir /mnt/boot
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
place the rpi2 image onto the SD card
sudo tar xvfJp ~/temp/void-rpi2-PLATFORMFS-20181111.tar.xz -C /mnt
sudo sync
--add the following lines to /mnt/etc/fstab--
/dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat defaults 0 0
NOTE: I now skip this step. It appears that updating the installed packages
(xbps-install -Su) caused files to be overwritten in /mnt/boot and this
caused my raspberry pi not to boot. We can avoid this happening and manually
manage the install firmware files by not mounting it at boot.
copy the latest firmware
cd ~/temp/firmware
sudo rm -rf /mnt/boot/*
sudo rsync -r ./boot/ /mnt/boot/
sudo sync
create config.txt and cmdline.txt files
/mnt/boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2
max_usb_current=1
gpu_mem=256
/mnt/boot/cmdline.txt
root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 loglevel=4 elevator=noop
unmount the partitions
sudo umount /mnt/boot /mnt
put the sd card into an rpi 4 and it should boot!
login: root
passwd: voidlinux
xbps-install -u xbps
xbps-install -Su
sudo xbps-install -S git
mkdir -p .local/pkgs
cd .local/pkgs
git clone https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages
cd void-packages
./xbps-src binary-bootstrap
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/Makrennel/hyprland-void.git
cd hyprland-void
cat common/shlibs >> ../void-packages/common/shlibs
cp -r srcpkgs/* ../void-packages/srcpkgs
cd ../void-packages
./xbps-src pkg hyprland
./xbps-src pkg xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
./xbps-src pkg hyprland-protocols
sudo xbps-install -R hostdir/binpkgs hyprland
sudo xbps-install -R hostdir/binpkgs hyprland-protocols
sudo xbps-install -R hostdir/binpkgs xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
sudo xbps-install -S dbus seatd polkit elogind mesa-dri
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service/
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/polkitd /var/service/
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/seatd /var/service
sudo usermod -aG _seatd mjcc
sudo reboot
sudo xbps-install -S alacritty swaybg curl
sudo xbps-install -S micro ranger neofetch cava cmus htop grim firefox telegram-desktop \
nemo imv mpv wofi blender gimp inkscape ghostscript nerd-fonts-symbols-ttf fish-shell \
file-roller obs obs-plugin-browser-bin curl jq swaybg gedit slurp guitarix2 calf ardour \
lmms hydrogen musescore
cd ~/.local/pkgs/void-packages
./xbps-src pkg Waybar
sudo xbps-install -R hostdir/binpkgs Waybar
Hyprland