After more research, I decided to get one of the Intel ‘Apollo Lake’-based SOC systems, and the one I chose was from Kodlix.. It is functionally identical with another from Beelink, and in fact the Kodlix website shows images of the Beelink version of the device.. I just preferred the Kodlix version, as the case was a … Continue reading →
Updated the Intel ‘Cherry Trail’ UP Board to Kernel 4.8.2: Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.8.2-up on an x86_64 (ttyS0) …… [root@rgup ~]# uname -a Linux rgup 4.8.2-up #1 SMP Sat Oct 15 13:16:45 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ……… [root@rgup ~]# ll /dev/snd total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Oct 15 13:23 by-path crw-rw—- … Continue reading →
Being the pioneer/masochist type (aka ‘early-adopter’..), I was intrigued by the new Intel Atom x5-Z8350-powered UP Board, and now have one on (pre)order.. Basic info, with too much graphics.. http://www.up-board.org/specifications/ Not much info on their forum, yet, but it does have UEFI, so (speculation!) should boot with good old GRUB.. One thing it does not have is … Continue reading →
I had been using the armv7hl-mandriva-linux-gnueabi- cross-compiler, but that gcc version is a bit out-of-date now (version 4.6.1). I found a more recent version, for Fedora, here: http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora/updates/testing/21/x86_64/g/gcc-arm-linux-gnu-4.9.2-3.fc21.x86_64.html Using yum, this will also install binutils-arm-linux-gnu-2.25-3.fc21.x86_64 and cross-gcc-common-4.9.2-3.fc21.noarch and cross-binutils-common-2.25-3.fc21.noarch, to prvide the rest of the cross-compile environment. It should be noted that this is only suitable for … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.15-rc8, and the same comments apply as for -rc7.. The latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.25) drivers compile and load OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 2 11:18:18 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.0/00262.html Robert Gadsdon. June 2, 2014. … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.14-rc6 on the X86_64 test system, and DreamPlug (armv5).. On x86_64, the latest (patched) VMware (10.0.1) and NVIDIA (334.21) drivers compile/install OK.. Details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1403.1/00505.html DreamPlug: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.14.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.14.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT Mon Mar 10 11:31:56 GMT 2014 armv5tel … Continue reading →
Updated the test (x86_64) system and the DreamPlug (armv5) to kernel 3.14-rc5, and the same comments apply as for 3.14-rc4.. http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1070 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.14.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ……….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.14.0-rc5 #1 PREEMPT Mon Mar 3 22:07:22 GMT 2014 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Latest – patched – NVIDIA and … 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 →
Just updated to kernel 3.8.6, and used the incremental patch at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.5-6.bz2 to update the Raspberry Pi.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.6-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) …………… # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.6-pi #1 PREEMPT Fri Apr 5 23:10:23 BST 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Everything works OK, and the x86_64 system compiles the latest … Continue reading →
Updated the main system (x86_64) to kernel 3.8.4, and (incrementally..) updated the Raspberry Pi (armv6), as well.. Latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (313.26 and 310.40) drivers all compile without any patches.. Precise details here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 # uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.4 #1 SMP Thu Mar 21 02:03:44 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ‘Incremental’ patch from 3.8.3 … Continue reading →