Updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.11.1, using the ARM /Marvell Kirkwood ‘Marvell GuruPlug Reference Board (Flattened Device Tree)’ kernel config option, as – for some reason – the ‘Marvell Dreamplug (Flattened Device Tree)’ option did not boot.. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.11.1 #4 Wed Sep 18 02:13:54 BST 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux I then tried … 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 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 →
Just updated the Dreamplug to Kernel 3.9-rc4, by the usual cross-compile, etc.. (as described in earlier posts, last year) Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.9.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.9.0-rc4 #1 Sun Mar 24 11:36:48 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 24th, 2013. … Continue reading →
Ever since first running yum on the Dreamplug, over a year ago, I have had intermittent problems with yum/rpm ‘hanging’ for no apparent reason. There were no errors reported, and – for a time – everything just seemed to work OK.. Now I have just attempted to do an install of xfce4 on the system, with approximately … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.9-rc1, using the .config from 3.8-rc, and (re)checking that all the required hardware components (especially bluetooth) are selected, without any problems.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.9.0-rc1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………………. $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.9.0-rc1 #1 Mon Mar 4 12:28:58 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert … Continue reading →
Just updated the ARM Dreamplug to kernel 3.8-rc4, with no problems.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.8.0-rc4 #1 Tue Jan 22 22:22:11 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. January 22nd, 2013 … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to 3.8-rc1, without any problems.. Used the .config from 3.7.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.0-rc1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.8.0-rc1 #1 Wed Dec 26 22:00:22 GMT 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. December 26th 2012. … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug kernel to 3.7, and – although I don’t use it – decided to see if the Marvell-supplied 8688_UAP (Access Point) patch still worked.. Not surprisingly, the patch worked, but the compilation failed: CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.o drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.c: In function ‘uap_init_sw’: drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.c:446:44: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘netlink_kernel_create’ makes pointer from integer without a cast … Continue reading →
After the success of the Raspberry Pi, I have now updated the Dreamplug to Fedora 18, using yum…. This time, the rpm –import… worked fine, and the whole process went very smoothly.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.7.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) Robert Gadsdon. December 11th, 2012. … Continue reading →