Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11, using the source code available (linux-rpi-3.11.y) on GitHub, with a couple of minor hacks.. As seems to often be the case, there were a couple of source/config files missing: drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig is missing, so.. just copy one from the older 3.10.x tree.. make[2]: *** No rule to make target `net/mac80211/chan.o’, … Continue reading →
There is a patch for NVIDIA driver 325.15 kernel 3.11 support, in the pastebin link in this thread, thanks to Milos_SD: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/549532/linux/linux-3-10-solved-3-11-solved-incompatibility-in-function-lsquo-nv_i2c_del_adapter-rsquo-error/2/ Now compiles cleanly, on kernel 3.11-rc4.. Robert Gadsdon. August 6, 2013. … Continue reading →
Well… This was supposed to be an article on Linux on the Zealz GK802… Sadly, that is not going to happen. The device I received in July 2013 died after only 20 minutes, and after a tortuous exchange of emails I managed to get a replacement sent, after I returned the faulty one. This took (literally) months, … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to Kernel 3.11-rc3.. Although the device is (relatively) old now, it does have the enormous benefit of being (almost**) fully supported by the mainstream Linux Kernel.. ** The only ‘unsupported’ item is the Libertas wifi in Access Point (UAP) mode, but it is supported in ‘client’ mode…. The original patch to enable AP … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.11-rc3, and there is now a patch for vmblock available, at: http://mysticalzero.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/vmblock-patch-for-linux-311-rc1-vmware.html Remember that this patch should be applied to vmblock that has already been patched for 3.10.. So.. there are three patches to be applied to the stock VMware code, for kernel 3.11: Kernel 3.10 patch for vmnet – … Continue reading →
Just downloaded the ‘latest’ (July 26/27) version of linux-rpi-3.10.y from github: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.10.y.zip This version – finally – has some of the Pi-specific Broadcom code fixed for 3.10, and the only necessary change to get it to compile cleanly is as follows: Compile Fail: CC fs/ext4/mballoc.o CC fs/ext4/block_validity.o make[2]: *** No rule to make target `fs/ext4/move_extent.o’, … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.10.2, and everything went smoothly… It looks as if Fedora 18 is the last version for this architecture (armv5tel), as Fedora 19 and beyond will only be produced for armv7l, and the Raspberry Pi remix – Pidora – is only for armv6l.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.10.2 on an … Continue reading →
Installed kernel 3.11-rc2, and found a patch for the NVIDIA driver 325.08, which can be accessed via the dev Forum: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/557110/linux/linux-3-11_rcx-compatibility/ With VMware, it turned out that – even with the 3.10 patch – vmblock fails to compile, yet again: So.. the workaround is the same as for 3.10 before that vmblock patch was created.. Simply edit … Continue reading →
Just installed the newly-released kernel 3.11-rc1 on the test system… VMware Workstation 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock – compiles OK, but – for some reason – the modules don’t install using the usual command (# vmware-modconfig –console –install-all).. But, the ‘user’ command does work, (# vmware-modconfig –icon=vmware-workstation –appname=VMware, or just type # … Continue reading →
Handbrake is a very useful video conversion tool, and it runs on Linux as well! The latest released version (as of July 2013) is 0.9.9, and can be found here: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php The compile is somewhat non-standard, and is definitely a good candidate for RTFM…! If you try to do it the ‘usual’ way, you will probably get … Continue reading →