Just updated the Raspberry Pi from the ‘official’ 3.8.4 to 3.8.5, by applying the incremental patch at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.4-5.bz2 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.5 on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………………. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.5 #1 PREEMPT Fri Mar 29 09:10:43 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 29, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just noticed there is now an official 3.8.y kernel, at: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.8.y-temp This may change to just .…/rpi-3.8.y later.. Code is based on the latest 3.8 kernel – 3.8.4. Select config from: arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_cutdown_defconfig arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_emergency_defconfig arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_quick_defconfig I used # make bcmrpi_defconfig Then # make xconfig Under <File systems>, I deselected all file systems support, except ext2/3/4.. Under <File … 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 →
Updated the main system (x86_64) to kernel 3.8.4, and (incrementally..) updated the Raspberry Pi (armv6), as well.. Latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (313.26 and 310.40) drivers all compile without any patches.. Precise details here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 # uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.4 #1 SMP Thu Mar 21 02:03:44 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ‘Incremental’ patch from 3.8.3 … Continue reading →
Installed Kernel 3.9-rc3 on the test system.. VMware 9.0.2, and NVIDIA 310.40 (main) and 313.26 (beta) all compile OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc3 #1 SMP Mon Mar 18 12:21:27 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 19th, 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 Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.8.3, by applying the incremental patch, from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.2-3.bz2 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.3-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.3-pi #2 Sun Mar 17 20:27:05 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Attempts to ‘hack’ 3.9-rc2 by applying the standard kernel.org patch to my Pi … Continue reading →
Just updated the main system to Kernel 3.8.3, and everything works, as before. VMware 9.0.2 and NVIDIA 313.26 both compile and install/run without any problems.. This update contains several more ‘improvements’ for USB3 – amongst other things.. Details of all the changes, are here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3 $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.3 #1 SMP Fri Mar 15 01:20:29 … Continue reading →
Installed kernel 3.9-rc2 on the test system – and VMware 9.0.2, and both the latest ‘stable’ (310.40), and ‘beta’ (313.26) NVIDIA drivers, all compile successfully.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Mar 11 17:36:47 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 11th, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just installed VMware Workstation 9.0.2 – released yesterday – and it compiles and installs cleanly on kernel 3.8.2, without the need for the 9.0.1 patch, or the ‘softlink’, as it now finds version.h correctly. I have tested with kernel 3.9-rc1, and can confirm that this works, as well.. Robert Gadsdon. March 8th, 2013. … Continue reading →