Just updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 3.14-rc1, and everything seems to work OK… Still getting a few mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0000 pio=0 messages at boot time, but none after the system has booted… Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.14.0-rc1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.14.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT Mon Feb 3 … Continue reading →
Just updated the DreamPlug and Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.13.1. DreamPlug kernel from kernel.org, and the Pi from GitHub, as usual.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0)…………. $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Jan 30 17:21:47 GMT 2014 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) … 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compile time, for producing the boot image… For systems such as the DreamPlug, this means that the old # make uImage is no longer applicable..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 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 →
I originally wrote an article on cross-compiling for ARM systems, some time ago – before I got my first Raspberry Pi – and this is a more up-to-date version. This is how I cross-compile ARM kernels, on x86_64. There are – of course – other ways of doing this, but this works, for me.. The following info … Continue reading →
Thanks to a comment from Mace Moneta, I learned that there is an ‘alpha release’ of Pidora 19 now available: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/arm/2013-November/007021.html It was a little odd that no mention of this could be found on the Pidora website or Wiki, but hopefully these will be updated in due course.. Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel … Continue reading →
After a lot of ‘frantic testing’, and help from the linux-arm-kernel mailing list, I now have 3.12-rc6 running on the DreamPlug, using the new/improved ‘device tree’.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.12.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.12.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT Mon Oct 21 13:29:27 BST 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux My … Continue reading →
Updated the Dreamplug to 3.11.3, and – although # make uImage… still works, decided to try the ‘new/improved’ Device Tree option, as this is the way of the future – apparently.. I found that the obvious config option of ‘Marvell Dreamplug…..’ etc didn’t work, and I would assume this is due to this being an earlier Dreamplug, … Continue reading →
Updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.11.1, using the ARM /Marvell Kirkwood ‘Marvell GuruPlug Reference Board (Flattened Device Tree)’ kernel config option, as – for some reason – the ‘Marvell Dreamplug (Flattened Device Tree)’ option did not boot.. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.11.1 #4 Wed Sep 18 02:13:54 BST 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux I then tried … Continue reading →