PineNote is a high-end e-ink device designed by PINE64.

This page is used to document my setup experience with PineNote.

• Official Website
  

• Official Documentation
  

• Official Wiki (read-only due to outdated wiki server)
  

• Mesa, driver for OpenGL 3.1 and Vulkan 1.0

Recorded Experience

• Graphics API and input events
  
• Install Chimera Linux (First Try) (from a state where debian is already installed on the device)
  For installing from a blank slate, see start up script and the debian image.

Code

Here are all the code you need to install Chimera Linux on PineNote, aside from the root file tree downloadable from Chimera Linux’s website.

• patched u-boot
• cports
  • patched u-boot-menu: in directory user/u-boot-menu-pinenote
  • dtb device tree, 2 kernels, firmware: in directory staging; not yet packaged

Do you know: Device tree

I learned something from developing for this ARM device.

All devices available to the OS is shown under /proc/device-tree.