ARM – Update to 4.0 for DreamPlug, CuBox, and Odroid..

Updated the DreamPlug and CuBox-i4Pro to kernel 4.0 from kernel.org:

Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
Kernel 4.0.0 on an armv5tel (ttyS0)
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# uname -a
Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0 #1 Sun Apr 12 22:53:28 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux

Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two)
Kernel 4.0.0 on an armv7l (ttymxc0)
.........
]# uname -a
Linux rgcubox 4.0.0 #1 SMP Mon Apr 13 02:16:24 EDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

– and the Odroid U3 from patched source at https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-4.0.y

Fedora release 21 (Twenty One)
Kernel 4.0.0 on an armv7l (ttySAC1)
...........
# uname -a
Linux rgodroid 4.0.0 #1 SMP Mon Apr 13 11:27:18 PDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

Just noticed that the Raspberry Pi kernel source has now been updated with 4.0, so that will be next..

Robert Gadsdon. April 13, 2015.

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ARM – Update to 4.0 for DreamPlug, CuBox, and Odroid.. — 14 Comments

Ben on April 15, 2015 at 07:23 said:

Hi,
I wanted to update my odroid U3 to kernel 4.0 but get compiler errors when using the patched sources from your link. Can you please send me your .config? Thanks!

Best regards
Ben

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- Mik on April 16, 2015 at 07:15 said:
  
  you can found my .config at pastebin.com/bP5n9a46
  u3 Rev.05
  
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Tobias Jakobi on April 16, 2015 at 15:13 said:

In general it helps a lot when you provide information where exactly the compile error happens and which error occurs.

– Tobias

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Marcus Röder on April 20, 2015 at 22:18 said:

I just updated my Dreamplugs U-Boot to version 2015.04.
It is running without any problems,
kernel 4.0.0.

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- RG on April 24, 2015 at 22:47 said:
  
  Thanks. This is useful info.! I was too worried about my JTAG recovery not working, so I just used a known/good older version..
  
  RG.
  
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Peter on April 26, 2015 at 02:43 said:

Hi,
I followed your arm compile instructions for kernel v4.0 using tobias’ kernel tree but unfortunately I cannot get it to boot properly :/
The blue led does not start flashing but stays in a bright mode – hdmi output does not seem to get initialized.

Using the same instructions on odroid-3.19.y I get an image that seems to boot (I see the 4 linux penguins on the screen and it reacts to ctrl-alt-del for a reboot) – but unfortunately the screen stays dark.

Unfortunately I do not have the uart adapter at the moment. (left it at work :/ )

Can you also perhaps post your u-boot environment ? (also maybe your u-boot version)

Can you perhaps send me your zImage & dtb & config (via mail or something)?

Thanks,
Peter

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- RG on April 28, 2015 at 02:55 said:
  
  The workflow – and uboot commands – are in an older article: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1297.
  In my experience, you really need to have the console/uart connection to do any sort of troubleshooting..
  RG
  
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Mirko on April 27, 2015 at 21:52 said:

Would be nice to have a link to download and test your build of U3’s kernel.
If i can find some spare time i’ll try to compile by myself (so i can test zram with lz4 compression)

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Tobias Jakobi on April 28, 2015 at 13:24 said:

I’ve written a small guide how to do u-boot and kernel setup for the ODROID-X2:
http://linux-exynos.org/wiki/Hardkernel_ODROID-X2

You should be able to easily adapt this to a U2/U3 setup (but using the corresponding DTB).

– Tobias

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- Soapta on April 28, 2015 at 23:34 said:
  
  i don’t have X2 and for some reason still can’t boot a newer kernel on my U3 (no matter which instructions i try to follow) … so i’m just wondering: setenv uimg_addr “0x40007000” ? not “0x40008000” ?
  
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Soapta on May 1, 2015 at 17:14 said:

update: finally got it working after using bl1, bl2 and tzsw from https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot/tree/odroid-v2010.12/sd_fuse with mainline u-boot-dtb.bin and then following Tobias instructions (modified for u3 & using setenv uimg_addr “0x40008000″ in boot.cmd). thank you Tobias for the new kernels and Robert for your blog posts.

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- RG on May 1, 2015 at 19:50 said:
  
  Good to know there is another way of doing this – that works!
  
  RG.
  
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Mitch Davis on May 5, 2015 at 10:36 said:

Hi! I see you’re running Fedora 21 on an Odroid U3. I’d like to do the same. I have searched for hours on the net, but I can’t find a one page Howto on how to take a stock U3 and get Fedora 21 working on it. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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- RG on May 5, 2015 at 18:34 said:
  
  You already asked this question, and I replied: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1303
  
  RG.
  
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