Just updated the Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.13, from github: # git clone -b rpi-3.13.y –single-branch https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux – And.. everything seems to be working OK (with Pidora 19) Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.13.0+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……… $ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.13.0+ #1 PREEMPT Wed Jan 22 10:13:51 GMT 2014 armv6l … Continue reading →
Installed 3.13 Final on my test system, and then on my main system, and encountered an odd problem with VMware (10.0.1).. On my test system, VMware had been compiling and installing/running OK on all the 3.13-rc versions, and 3.13 Final, but on my main system, vmnet failed to compile: … /tmp/modconfig-I1rVjt/vmnet-only/filter.c:206:1: error: conflicting types for ‘VNetFilterHookFn’ VNetFilterHookFn(unsigned … Continue reading →
3.13-rc8 is out, and 3.13 Final should be out in about a weeks time – or so.. Changes are here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg568052.html Same comments apply for VMware and NVIDIA drivers on x86_64 as for -rc7, and the DreamPlug (armv5tel) still gives the usual batch of mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0100 pio=0 errors on boot, but otherwise runs … Continue reading →
ARM devices on Linux are rapidly moving to use the ‘device tree‘ format to specify the CPU / SoC characteristics at kernel compile time, for producing the boot image… For systems such as the DreamPlug, this means that the old # make uImage is no longer applicable.. For the DreamPlug, this is an example of the … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 3.13-rc7, and VMware 10.0.1 and (patched) NVIDIA 319.76 and 331.20 compile and install OK.. Details of the NVIDIA runtime patch were in an earlier article: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=948 Details of changes are here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg563675.html According to the announcement, there may be a 3.13-rc8 release, before 3.13 Final.. Robert Gadsdon. January 5, 2014. … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.13-rc6, and – apart from the usual mvsdio … unhandled interrupt .. messages at boot time, everything seems to run OK.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT Mon Dec 30 15:09:42 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Now … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.13-rc6, which has a smaller changelog, due to the ‘holidays’.. Details are here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1621119/ As before, patched NVIDIA drivers 331.20 and 319.76 compile and load OK, as does VMware 10.0.1.. Robert Gadsdon. December 30, 2013 … Continue reading →
Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.12.6 from GitHub, and – finally – there is no longer a ‘tombstone’ following the first console prompt, after boot.. Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.12.6+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ………………….. $ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.12.6+ #1 PREEMPT Thu Dec 26 17:46:50 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.13-rc5, and still getting some mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0000 pio=0 messages on boot, but otherwise the system seems to be running OK… Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc5 #1 PREEMPT Sun Dec 22 21:44:57 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to kernel 3.13-rc4, and VMware 10.0.1 and (patched) NVIDIA 331.20 compile and load OK.. NVIDIA appear to have pulled driver version 319.76 from their ftp download site – ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/, for some reason.. Robert Gadsdon. December 16, 2013. … Continue reading →