Updated the IA64 system (HP RX2600) to 4.17-rc1, and the compile and install/boot was without incident.. The python-related warning with 4.16 was no longer present.. (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2222 ). …………… [ OK ] Started Getty on tty1. [ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts. [ OK ] Started Login Service. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. [ … Continue reading →
After applying the aarch64 compile fix (see previous article) I was able to compile Kernel 4.10-rc1 on the Odroid C2, and it boots OK (headless..), and the Ethernet link stays up, but still needs the TX patch.. (updated, as the link did still hang – eventually.. RG).. ……….. meson8b-dwmac c9410000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up – 1Gbps/Full – … Continue reading →
Decided to try the Odroid C2 with the latest Kernel, and recently-released patches for MMC support.. Used the (patched) version of 4.8-rc4 from here: https://github.com/ioft/linux/tree/c2 Thanks to umiddelb for producing this, which incorporates the (e)MMC support patches, and also includes patches providing the latest version of the dwmac_meson8b Ethernet driver, and associated mods to the device tree … Continue reading →
Just tested Kernel 4.0-rc1 – announced here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1502.2/04059.html As you will see – not much actual detail on what has changed, and I have already run into a couple of ‘issues’… The Radeon drm driver on my laptop refuses to load, and the boot hangs immediately with drm r600_ring_test [radeon] *ERROR* radeon: ring 0 test failed (scratch(0x8504)=0xFFFFFFFF) … Continue reading →
Just installed the kernel.org version of kernel 3.18-rc4 on the Odroid U3, and this time it completed the boot, but still had a ‘tombstone’: …………… cam-power-domain: Power-on latency exceeded, new value 413333 ns cam-power-domain: Power-on latency exceeded, new value 564291 ns Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010 pgd = ee328000 [00000010] *pgd=00000000 … Continue reading →