Just updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.9-rc1, using the .config from 3.8-rc, and (re)checking that all the required hardware components (especially bluetooth) are selected, without any problems.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.9.0-rc1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………………. $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.9.0-rc1 #1 Mon Mar 4 12:28:58 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert … Continue reading →
Just updated the ARM Dreamplug to kernel 3.8-rc4, with no problems.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.8.0-rc4 #1 Tue Jan 22 22:22:11 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. January 22nd, 2013 … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.6.1.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.6.1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.6.1 #1 Thu Oct 11 15:25:25 BST 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux In case anyone needs it, the kernel .config I used is at http://pastebin.com/2wUCv0yA This is a test config, and contains a lot … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to kernel version 3.6-rc7, and nothing broke.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.6.0-rc7 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.6.0-rc7 #1 Mon Sep 24 20:34:13 BST 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Sadly, this is the only ‘up-to-date’ ARM device I have, as the Raspberry Pi is on 3.2.27 – … Continue reading →
I found some (unused..) USB-related U-Boot parameters in some of the files contained in the ‘firmware’ zip file, and tried these, to get the APC to boot from USB instead of MMC/micro-SD.. The USB connection has to be to the top connector in the smaller of the two ‘towers’ on the board (the one without the ethernet … Continue reading →
My goal is to have a ‘standard’ flavour of Linux (in my case – Fedora) running on the APC, and one of the major pre-requisites was to have the system boot from the micro-SD card, instead of the internal ‘flash memory’.. Looking at all the U-Boot parameters, I had expected this to be a real pain, but … Continue reading →