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ARM – CuBox to 3.17-rc2 – 23rd Anniversary Release..

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Just updated the CuBox i4-Pro to Kernel 3.17-rc2, which was – deliberately – released on the 23rd anniversary of the initial release of kernel code for ‘Linux’.. More details here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1408.3/00773.html And source here:  https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i_hb/tree/3.17-rc2 Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.17.0-rc2 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) …………….. $ uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.17.0-rc2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug … Continue reading →

ARM – CuBox-i4 Pro to Kernel 3.17-rc1..

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Just updated the CuBox to kernel 3.17-rc1, but still used the previous ‘combined zImage plus DTB’ method, which works OK.. Kernel source here:  # git clone -b 3.17-rc1 –single-branch https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.17.0-rc1 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.17.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 19 13:48:28 EDT 2014 armv7l … Continue reading →

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

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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 →

ARM – CuBox to 3.16-rc7 – and an SD Card Warning..

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Just updated the CuBox i4-Pro to kernel 3.16-rc7, from the source code available here: https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i_hb/tree/3.16-rc7 $ uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.16.0-rc7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 30 11:31:19 EDT 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux I had originally used an old ‘spare’ micro-SD card (Class 4, 16GB) but had noticed sluggish performance and random filesystem errors, eventually leading … Continue reading →

ARM – CuBox to 3.15-rc7..

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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

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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 →