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Monthly Archives: March 2016

ARM – Rock2 to 4.6-rc1 – and Ethernet Fix Fails..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 27, 2016 by RGMarch 27, 2016

Updated the Rock2 to Kernel 4.6-rc1: ……… Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.6.0-rc1 on an armv7l (ttyS2) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgrock2 4.6.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Mar 27 03:47:06 EDT 2016 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux The stmmac Ethernet driver bug from 4.5 Final has still not been fixed, and the driver code has changed in 4.6-rc1, … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, radxa, Rock2, success | Tagged arm, armv7, ethernet patch, kernel 4.6-rc1, linux, radxa, rock2, success, update | Leave a reply

KERNEL – 4.6-rc1 Released – OK with Latest VMware, Breaks NVIDIA – and a Possible Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 27, 2016 by RGMarch 27, 2016

Just  installed Kernel 4.6-rc1 on the test system. Depending on your configuration, you may encounter a compilation error: CC drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.o drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.c: In function ‘mtk_thermal_probe’: drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.c:560:8: error: implicit declaration of function ‘device_reset’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ret = device_reset(&pdev->dev); ^ cc1: some warnings being treated as errors ……………………………. This is due to a Mediatek thermal driver being ‘selected’ by default (and … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged compile ok, kernel 4.6-rc1, nvidia compile fails, quick fix, vmware 12.1.0 ok | 5 Replies

ARM – Rock2 – Not so Hot, Now..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 23, 2016 by RGMarch 23, 2016

Finally managed to cobble together a rudimentary case and fan with heatsink for the rock2, and now I can compile correctly (# make -j5, etc..) and run # git clone… without the system overheating and rebooting..    Just two sheets of perspex, and some assorted m3 nylon pillars and screws.. The 5V power supply needs to be around … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, hardware, Linux / ARM, Performance, radxa, Rock2, rx3288 | Tagged case, cooling, fan, hardware, radxa, rock2, success | Leave a reply

ARM – Rock2 – Fix for SDCard Boot, and Ethernet..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 19, 2016 by RGMarch 19, 2016

Kernel 4.5-rc7 had booted successfully on the Radxa Rock2, but 4.5 Final failed, as the SDcard was ‘loaded’ just too late: mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 400000Hz (slot req 400000Hz, actual 400000HZ div = 0) dwmmc_rockchip ff0f0000.dwmmc: 1 slots initialized ……………………… VFS: Cannot open root device “mmcblk1p1” or unknown-block(0,0): error -6 ………………………… Kernel panic – … Continue reading →

Posted in arm, armv7, boot, compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, radxa, Rock2, U-Boot | Tagged boot fail, ethernet driver fix, fix, radxa, rock2, rootdelay, stmicro, stmmac, success | Leave a reply

KERNEL – 4.5 Final – No Need for -RC8..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 14, 2016 by RGMarch 14, 2016

Kernel 4.5 Final is out, and – as expected – is OK with the latest NVIDIA (361.28) and VMware (12.1.0).. There was nearly one more -RC, but it seems Final was released, instead.. Brief details here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1603.1/04467.html Robert Gadsdon.  March 14, 2016. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux | Tagged kernel 4.5 final, linux, no need for -rc8, ok with nvidia and vmware latest | 3 Replies

ARM – Rock2 – Kernel 4.5-rc7 Boot Success

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 13, 2016 by RGMarch 13, 2016

After a lot of testing, and some more confusion, I have managed to get the Rock2 to boot using the latest (2016.03-rc3) version of U-Boot, and the latest kernel (4.5-rc7) As previously, there was a lot of conflicting information……. I started by booting into the semi-proprietary 3.10-based kernel on the SDcard, and then erasing the eMMC (dd … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, boot, compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Rock2, rx3288, U-Boot | Tagged armv7, fedora 23, kernel 4.5-rc7, radxa, rock2, success, uboot 2016.03-rc3 | Leave a reply

ARM – Odroid C2 – 64bit, with Ethernet..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 11, 2016 by RGMarch 11, 2016

Just acquired a 64-bit Odroid C2: As usual, I installed Fedora 23 aarch64 on it: Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 3.14.29 on an aarch64 (ttyS0) ………………… # uname -a Linux rgc2 3.14.29 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 9 11:14:41 PST 2016 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux The only kernel source available – so far – is a heavily-patched … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, ARM64, Fedora, kernel, Linux / ARM, Odroid C2 | Tagged 64-bit, aarch64, amlogic s905, arm64, fedora 23, odroid c2, success | 3 Replies
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