Mainline Kernel 5.3.5 BananaPi M2 Zero

Ubuntu 19.10 - Eoan Ermine with Kernel 5.3.5

This is the Ubuntu 19.10 OS Image for the BananaPi M2 Zero with Mainline stable kernel 5.3.5.

Features:

• Minimum Image, small footprint
• Mainline Kernel 5.3.5 (stable kernel)
• HDMI
• hdmi-sound
• Cedrus
• Mali
• BT
• Wlan0
• eth0
• i2c
• DVFS

Footprint:

              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            494          49         378           3          66         433
Swap:             0           0           0

Credentials:
user: ubuntu
pwd: ubuntu

Note
The Image is the bare minimum and must be extended to suit your needs.

TO DO:

• Add additional groups and udev rules to be able to run user programs to access the Hardware without root
• Install BT / Bluez packages
• Install and configure ALSA and pulse
• Install ZRAM
• Install OpenGL ES and mali blobs (GBM)
• Install Language package
• Install and configure Keyboard layout
• Install tools for development
• It is an 8GB Image, requires a minimum of 8GB card (use a good brand and true 8GB free space)
  If you install it in > 8GB sd card you need to resize the sd card to take advantage of bigger size or you end with
  8GB in a 16GB or 32GB sd card.

Installation:

• Download the 7z file and decompress it. (310.5 MBytes)
• Use etcher or win32diskimager to burn the 8GB Image to sd card

First thing you should do before you boot

• Edit /etc/network/interfaces and change the portion with your SID and PSK

    allow-hotplug wlan0
    iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-ssid "your SID"
        wpa-psk "put here your ASCII password"
  

• do after login

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  

• Install the package needed