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ARM – CuBox i4-Pro and Raspberry Pi to 3.16 Final..

Posted on August 10, 2014 by RGAugust 10, 2014

Updated the CuBox i4-Pro and Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.16 recently, using the kernel source from.. Raspberry Pi: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.16.y CuBox i4-Pro: https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i_hb/tree/3.16.0 Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.16.0 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) …………… # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.16.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 4 23:39:27 EDT 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Pidora release 2014 (Raspberry Pi … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.16 – Final, No Need for -RC8, After All..

Posted on August 4, 2014 by RGAugust 4, 2014

Just installed Kernel 3.16 (Final), and – as expected – the latest VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.24) drivers compile, install, and run OK.. More details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1408.0/00797.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 4 10:07:04 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. August 4, 2014. … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.16-rc6 – ‘Too Big’?

Posted on July 24, 2014 by RGJuly 24, 2014

Just installed Kernel 3.16-rc6 on the test system, and – as expected – the latest VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.24) compile and install OK… # uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0-rc6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 21 13:56:19 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief description of all the changes is here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1407.2/03637.html Robert Gadsdon.. July 22, 2014. … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.16-rc4 – ‘Pretty Normal’.. VMware 10.0.3 ‘Security Fix’…

Posted on July 7, 2014 by RGJuly 7, 2014

Installed Kernel 3.16-rc4 on the test system, and VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.17) both install/run OK.. The VMware update is – according to the Release Notes – just a security fix for OpenSSL.. https://www.vmware.com/support/ws10/doc/workstation-1003-release-notes.html Kernel changes for -rc4 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1407.0/03694.html # uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0-rc4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 6 15:50:25 PDT 2014 x86_64 … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.16-rc3 – ”Looking reasonably normal”

Posted on June 30, 2014 by RGJune 30, 2014

Just installed Kernel 3.16-r3 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (340.17) install and load/run OK.. Brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.3/03892.html #uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0-rc3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 30 09:33:45 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon… June 30, 2014 … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.16-rc1 – OK So Far?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by RGJune 16, 2014

Just installed Kernel 3.16-rc1 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (340.17) compile and load OK… # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.16.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 16 09:57:01 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.2/00001.html Robert Gadsdon. June 16, 2014.. … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.15 ‘Final’ – Relatively Painless..

Posted on June 9, 2014 by RGJune 9, 2014

Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.15 ‘Final’, and – as with the -rc series, the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.25) drivers compile and load OK, without the need for any patches.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 8 22:54:45 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.15-rc8 – Fast Release, ‘Final’ Soon…

Posted on June 2, 2014 by RGJune 2, 2014

Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.15-rc8, and the same comments apply as for -rc7.. The latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.25) drivers compile and load OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 2 11:18:18 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.0/00262.html Robert Gadsdon. June 2, 2014. … Continue reading →

ARM – CuBox to 3.15-rc7..

Posted on May 31, 2014 by RGMay 31, 2014

Just updated the CuBox-I4-PRO to Kernel 3.15-rc7, from source available here: https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro/tree/3.15-rc7 # git clone -b 3.15-rc7 –single-branch https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro Compiled and installed OK.. Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.15.0-rc7 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.15.0-rc7 #1 SMP Sat May 31 04:42:51 BST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Nice to see that work … Continue reading →

ARM – New Quad-Core Cubox-i4-PRO

Posted on May 30, 2014 by RGMay 30, 2014

Just took delivery of one of a CuBox-i4-PRO, with quad-core i-MX6 1Mhz CPUs and 2GB memory built in.. CuBox-i4-PRO (with Odroid in the background..) The device comes with Android on a 4GB SD card, and I discarded this and – for testing purposes – used an old 16GB SD card and installed Fedora 20 on it. Some … Continue reading →

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