As cubie a5e is a dual eth board perfect for networking use case,
could the support offer a kind help to compile a tun.ko file for us?
Without it no VPN application can be used!
Thank you!
Tun.ko please? (A5E)
I have tried building it myself, ( using a527_cubie_a5e_bullseye_beta_20250303_raw_disk image)
but I have no luck with the linux-modules-extra-5.15.147 and linux-headers-5.15.147
Should I first install Allwinner’s kernel header? like
sudo apt install linux-headers-sunxi http://ppa.linuxfactory.or.kr
This is a Hardkernel repository?
Just for example… not really
It’s because I saw Radxa support replied in an old thread suggest similar step (but on rockchip apparently no applicable to Allwinner) How to load a tun module - Operating system distributions / Debian/Ubuntu - Radxa Community
Hey @upsangel
I had a similar need for UVC kernel module and had to compile the module myself. It wasn’t enough and I had to compile and install some other depencedies to be functional. Not sure if it’s the case for this module or not.
Anyway, You can compile kernel module using menuconfig
-> Device Drivers
-> Network device support
-> Network core driver support
-> Universal TUN/TAP device driver support (CONFIG_TUN)
set M because you want a kerner module. I also compiled the kernel module using the setup, and it’s attached. but be aware that I don’t have access to the board now and haven’t tested it yet.
https://mega.nz/file/LsYlzBpR#hoKCml63oLuWmkpbSnUIzZQJJVBirFXPDfQ9CtyYn4k
Hi Ali,
Great thanks for your sharing and efforts. Let me try your file sometime today or tmr and report back.
May I ask how do you get the “folder” to run the menuconfig? That’s sth I wanted to do but have no clue how to start.
I am not a trained IT guy, from my very limited experience (on other linux/board), I git clone a repo to a local folder, then cd into that folder, then do the “menuconfig” thing. But I have no idea how to get that “folder” of A5E. I tried the Armbian’s repo, but the kernel from Armbian (version 6.x) is not the same version of radxa’s factory firmware (version 5.x).
TIA
Hey I advise you to go through the official documentation either https://linux sunxi.org/Radxa_Cubie_A5E or docs.
After having a proper build system setup, inside tina directory you can run ./build.sh menuconfig