I originally wrote an article on cross-compiling for ARM systems, some time ago – before I got my first Raspberry Pi – and this is a more up-to-date version. This is how I cross-compile ARM kernels, on x86_64. There are – of course – other ways of doing this, but this works, for me.. The following info … Continue reading →
Thanks to a comment from Mace Moneta, I learned that there is an ‘alpha release’ of Pidora 19 now available: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/arm/2013-November/007021.html It was a little odd that no mention of this could be found on the Pidora website or Wiki, but hopefully these will be updated in due course.. Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel … Continue reading →
The Raspberry Pi 3.12 kernel on GitHub has now been updated, and includes a fix for the problem with sdcard (mmc) recognition/mounting.. So.. I now have the Pi running kernel 3.12.0: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.12.0-pi+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………. $ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.12.0-pi+ #1 PREEMPT Sun Nov 10 00:20:34 GMT 2013 … Continue reading →
Just updated the raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11.7.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.11.7-pi+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……….. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.11.7-pi+ #1 PREEMPT Fri Nov 8 12:19:17 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux The Pidora project seemed to show promise, now that armV5 updates are no longer provided after Fedora 18, but … Continue reading →
The 3.12 kernel for the Raspberry Pi has just been released on GitHub, and I tried to update, but hit a problem with the mmc (SD Card) driver: [ OK ] Reached target Paths. [*** ] A start job is running for dev-mmcblk0p1.device ………………. [ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device dev-mmcblk0p1.device. [DEPEND] Dependency failed for … Continue reading →
Just updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.12, and – as predicted by Adam Baxter in a recent comment – the ‘mdio/ethernet’ patch was not included.. Details of the patch are in an earlier article: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=897 With the patch, everything seems to be OK.. I still get occasional ‘hangs’ when running yum/rpm, but that has been a problem … Continue reading →
I updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.12-rc7, but found that the network problem from 3.12-rc6 was still there, so applied the ‘Ethernet patch’ mentioned in my earlier article – http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=897, and it works OK, now. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.12.0-rc7 #1 PREEMPT Mon Oct 28 10:07:38 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. October 28, … Continue reading →
Soon after updating the DreamPlug to 3.12-rc6, I noticed that the Ethernet connection kept dropping, even though the # route command still showed it as OK.. I found a patch for the problem, and it works – for me.. http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg281285.html Be aware…. this patch is still being tested, and may be changed before it is ‘officially’ released, … Continue reading →
After a lot of ‘frantic testing’, and help from the linux-arm-kernel mailing list, I now have 3.12-rc6 running on the DreamPlug, using the new/improved ‘device tree’.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.12.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.12.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT Mon Oct 21 13:29:27 BST 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux My … Continue reading →
I have just updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.11.5, without any problems, but also tried 3.12-rc5, with – as usual – no success.. My DreamPlug – presumably one of the earlier models – is actually a ‘GuruPlug Reference Board‘ inside: # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 model name : Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l) BogoMIPS : 1191.11 … Continue reading →