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• Official Wiki (read-only due to outdated wiki server)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

• Repository of Panfrost, the Vulkan driver

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.
  
• Getting Sway to work
  

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.