Updated the DreamPlug, CuBox-i4Pro, and Odroid U3 to Kernel 4.1-rc4.. DreamPlug and CuBox using the standard code from kernel.org: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.1.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………… ]# uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.1.0-rc4 #1 Wed May 20 09:12:43 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.1.0-rc4 on an … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug and CuBox-i4 Pro to Kernel 4.1-rc3, from kernel.org.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.1.0-rc3 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.1.0-rc3 #2 Mon May 11 15:04:52 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.1.0-rc3 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox … Continue reading →
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) ……… # 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 … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug and CuBox-i4Pro to Kernel 4.0-rc6 from kernel.org https://www.kernel.org/ Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.0.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ……… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0-rc6 #1 Sun Mar 29 22:11:02 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.0.0-rc6 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……. # uname -a Linux rgcubox … Continue reading →
Thanks are due to Marcus Roeder, who pointed out an error in my DreamPlug kernel compile workflow (http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1354).. The make LOADADDR.. command was incorrect, and would result in less system memory being available.. The correct command is: make LOADADDR=000008000 uImage – and this will result in all the memory being available: # free total used free shared … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 4.0-rc5, using the standard source from kernel.org, without any problems.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.0.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …… ]$ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0-rc5 #1 Mon Mar 23 10:47:21 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux In case it might be useful, I have put a copy of the … Continue reading →
Updated the Cubox-i4Pro to Kernel 4.0-rc3, and still needed to apply the one-line patch to linux/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-imx6q.c, to get networking to work.. http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1338 Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.0.0-rc3 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ………… ]# uname -a Linux rgcubox 4.0.0-rc3 #3 SMP Mon Mar 9 20:19:45 EDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux The DreamPlug was OK, and … Continue reading →
Updated the CuBox-i4Pro and DreamPlug to Kernel 4.0-rc2.. No problems with the DreamPlug, and the CuBox just needed the same small patch as for -rc1.. http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1338 CuBox-i4Pro: Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.0.0-rc2 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……………. ]# uname -a Linux rgcubox 4.0.0-rc2 #1 SMP Tue Mar 3 21:35:27 EST 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux … Continue reading →
Now that the DreamPlug has a stable power supply (see previous post..) I decided to live dangerously and update the u-boot version and install a modern ‘device tree’ plus kernel.. It has been mentioned many times before that the u-boot update for a DreamPlug is fraught, and can result in a ‘brick’.. There should be a way … Continue reading →
I finally got my old DreamPlug working again, but found that the power would fail intermittently.. After checking for software faults, I tracked the problem down to the power supply cable ‘clip-on’ connector.. The problem was caused by the internal connection between the two external pins and the internal slide-on metal tabs being loose, and causing … Continue reading →