3.13-rc8 is out, and 3.13 Final should be out in about a weeks time – or so.. Changes are here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg568052.html Same comments apply for VMware and NVIDIA drivers on x86_64 as for -rc7, and the DreamPlug (armv5tel) still gives the usual batch of mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0100 pio=0 errors on boot, but otherwise runs … Continue reading →
ARM devices on Linux are rapidly moving to use the ‘device tree‘ format to specify the CPU / SoC characteristics at kernel compile time, for producing the boot image… For systems such as the DreamPlug, this means that the old # make uImage is no longer applicable.. For the DreamPlug, this is an example of the … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.13-rc6, and – apart from the usual mvsdio … unhandled interrupt .. messages at boot time, everything seems to run OK.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT Mon Dec 30 15:09:42 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Now … Continue reading →
Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.12.6 from GitHub, and – finally – there is no longer a ‘tombstone’ following the first console prompt, after boot.. Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.12.6+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ………………….. $ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.12.6+ #1 PREEMPT Thu Dec 26 17:46:50 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.13-rc5, and still getting some mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0000 pio=0 messages on boot, but otherwise the system seems to be running OK… Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc5 #1 PREEMPT Sun Dec 22 21:44:57 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel … Continue reading →
Just updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 3.13-rc4, and the compile-fix patch for -rc3 is no longer needed.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………………… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc4 #1 PREEMPT Sun Dec 15 23:26:14 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. December 15, 2013. … Continue reading →
Thanks to more detective work by Adam Baxter, I have found a work-in-progress patch for the compile failure on 3.13-rc.. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/282669 So.. I now have Kernel 3.13-rc3 running on the DreamPlug: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc3 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc3 #2 PREEMPT Sat Dec 7 15:02:56 GMT 2013 … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.12.2, and the orion / mdio patch mentioned in the article for 3.12.1 is still needed.. (http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=941) I have tried to compile 3.13-rc kernels for the device, but the compilation fails: /linux-3.13-rc2/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h: In function ‘__virt_to_phys’: ……………… /linux-3.13-rc2/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h:244:40: error: ‘PHYS_OFFSET’ undeclared (first use in this function)…………………… make[1]: *** [arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1 make: *** … Continue reading →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.12.2, using the latest version from GitHub: # git clone -b rpi-3.12.y –single-branch https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux The system boots (into Pidora 19) and audit_syscall still causes a ‘tombstone’ just after the command prompt shows up, but apart from this the system seems to be running OK.. Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora … Continue reading →
Just updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 3.12.1, and found that the Ethernet/network problem from 3.12 is still there… The not-yet-implemented orion_mdio patch is still needed..- see: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=897 $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.12.1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Nov 21 14:32:15 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. November 21, 2013. … Continue reading →