{"id":527,"date":"2012-10-21T18:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T17:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2012-10-21T18:39:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T17:39:49","slug":"new-pi-for-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"New Pi for Old&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just received my &#8216;new&#8217; Raspberry Pi, which now comes with extra memory (512MB)..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remember, this model will not boot unless you use the <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">latest<\/span> firmware!<\/p>\n<p>Booting with arm496_start.elf -&gt; start.elf:<\/p>\n<pre># <em>cat \/proc\/meminfo<\/em>\nMemTotal:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 499072 kB\nMemFree:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 429988 kB\nBuffers:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14248 kB\nCached:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27612 kB\nSwapCached:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 kB\nActive:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26088 kB\nInactive:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33104 kB\nActive(anon):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17396 kB\nInactive(anon):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 476 kB\nActive(file):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8692 kB\nInactive(file):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32628 kB\nUnevictable:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 kB\nMlocked:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 kB\nSwapTotal:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1048572 kB\nSwapFree:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1048572 kB\nDirty:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 80 kB\nWriteback:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 kB\nAnonPages:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17344 kB\nMapped:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9004 kB\nShmem:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 544 kB\nSlab:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5244 kB\nSReclaimable:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2692 kB\nSUnreclaim:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2552 kB\nKernelStack:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 936 kB\nPageTables:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 452 kB\nNFS_Unstable:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 kB\nBounce:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 kB\nWritebackTmp:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 kB\nCommitLimit:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1298108 kB\nCommitted_AS:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75992 kB\nVmallocTotal:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 516096 kB\nVmallocUsed:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6076 kB\nVmallocChunk:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 295468 kB\n# <em>cat \/proc\/cpuinfo<\/em>\nProcessor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)\nBogoMIPS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 464.48\nFeatures\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls\nCPU implementer : 0x41\nCPU architecture: 7\nCPU variant\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 0x0\nCPU part\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 0xb76\nCPU revision\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 7\n\nHardware\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : BCM2708\nRevision\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 000f\nSerial\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : 00000000e9d622a0\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>Everything else works, as before:<\/p>\n<p><strong># <em>uname -a<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Linux rgpi 3.6.1-pi #4 Mon Oct 15 13:08:24 BST 2012 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU\/Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, I need to see if USB connectivity is fixed &#8211; now that those pesky fuses are no longer there!<\/p>\n<p>I ordered my Pi from Farnells, as before, but there was a note on the packing slip that they would &#8216;..not be stocking this item in future..&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe the margins are too small?<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just received my &#8216;new&#8217; Raspberry Pi, which now comes with extra memory (512MB)..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remember, this model will not boot unless you use the latest firmware! 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