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ARM – Rock2 – Not so Hot, Now..

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Finally managed to cobble together a rudimentary case and fan with heatsink for the rock2, and now I can compile correctly (# make -j5, etc..) and run # git clone… without the system overheating and rebooting..    Just two sheets of perspex, and some assorted m3 nylon pillars and screws.. The 5V power supply needs to be around … Continue reading →

ARM – Rock2 – Kernel 4.5-rc7 Boot Success

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After a lot of testing, and some more confusion, I have managed to get the Rock2 to boot using the latest (2016.03-rc3) version of U-Boot, and the latest kernel (4.5-rc7) As previously, there was a lot of conflicting information……. I started by booting into the semi-proprietary 3.10-based kernel on the SDcard, and then erasing the eMMC (dd … Continue reading →