Kernel 5.14 has been released, and the release notes include a subtle hint about the 30th anniversary of Linux – which I must confess I had forgotten… I have only been using it since 1997.. Read it here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2108.3/05438.html As expected, this is OK with the latest NVIDIA driver 470.63.01, and with the latest (July 2021) patched … Continue reading →
I recently obtained one of the newly-released (- to the ‘public’..) Pine64 ARM64 systems… My first reaction, was that it is a bit on the large side.. The board is over twice the size of the Odroid C2.. As usual, the ‘standard’ U-Boot was a heavily-customised old version, that only mounted Android-format Kernel ‘blob’s, but a hacked … Continue reading →
Just got a ‘BananaPro‘ ARMv7 board, and updated it to Kernel 4.4-rc4 (from kernel.org) and Fedora 23. More details are here: http://linux-sunxi.org/LeMaker_Banana_Pro I compiled U-Boot from the latest (2015.10) released version, from ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ : # cd u-boot # make Bananapro_defconfig # make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnu- (or whatever cross-compiler you are using) Then as root, copy to the SDCard … Continue reading →
Just took delivery of a Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c (https://developer.qualcomm.com/hardware/dragonboard-410c) : The unit is based on a ‘standard’ (96Boards) design, with a few quirks.. The device uses fastboot rather than U-Boot, and in this respect is more like flashing a custom ROM on a cellphone! It even has on-board volume up/down buttons.. There is no Ethernet built-in, so … Continue reading →