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Overdrive
Boot Firmware
The UEFI/EDK2 guide for EE provides information on how to flash the boot firmware for Overdrive (AMI Bios).
Reference Platform Kernel
The Reference Platform kernel used by the enterprise release can be found on github.com/96boards/linux
Since we use the same kernel config with all our builds and distributions, it is also available as part of the same kernel tree, and can be found at arch/arm64/configs/distro.config.
At the time of the 16.06 release, the kernel is based on 4.4.11.
Quick Start
AMD Overdrive
UEFI/EDK2 is supported by Overdrive Rev B (with build from source instructions available as part of the UEFI EDK2 Guide, and since ACPI support is new, please make sure you are using the latest firmware available at https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/components/uefi/16.06/release/overdrive/ before proceeding with kernel testing or installing your favorite distribution (and please make sure to report your firmware version when reporting issues and bugs).
NOTE: 16.06 kernel requires the 16.06 UEFI/EDK2 firmware release!
Flashing the firmware
Follow the instructions available as part of the UEFI EDK2 Guide in order to flash your AMD Overdrive. The tested flashing process requires DediProg SF100 or SPI Hook.
Network Installers
In order to install a distribution from network, PXE (DCHP/TFTP) booting is required. Since we require UEFI for the Enterprise Edition, the setup is usually easier since all you need is to load GRUB 2 (and its configuration). Check this link for instructions on how to quickly setup your own PXE server (using dnsmasq).
Install instructions for the tested/supported distributions:
Enterprise Test Reports: (Debian / CentOS)
Other distributions
Only Debian and CentOS are officially released and validated as part of the reference software platform project, but other distributions can be easily supported as well (just need kernel and installer changes).
Extra resources for other distributions:
Enterprise Software Components
OpenStack
Follow the instructions on how to install and run OpenStack Liberty on Debian Jessie.
Hadoop (ODPi BigTop)
Installation
Follow the instructions to install ODPi BigTop Hadoop
Setup and Running Hadoop
Follow the instructions to configure and install Hadoop