If you run Fedora on your Raspberry Pi (as I have done since I first got mine, over a year ago…) you will be glad to know that an ‘optimised’ version of the distro is now available.. Pidora.. http://www.pidora.ca/ Interesting to see that – apparently – Red Hat had already trademarked the name….. I haven’t had a … Continue reading →
Kernel 3.9 is just out, and already the Raspberry Pi version is available, at https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.9.y Use the ‘zip’ download (cloud symbol), which will give you the source tree in rpi-3.9.y.zip.. This is good news, as it suggests that the Pi kernel version is now closely tracking the kernel.org code, after previous versions were delayed somewhat (3.8.y was … Continue reading →
Just installed the ‘final / released’ version of the Raspberry Pi 3.8 kernel, from https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.8.y, and everything seems to be behaving.. This is already based on 3.8.6, so no need (yet) to apply any ‘incrementals’… 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 … 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 →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi from the ‘official’ 3.8.4 to 3.8.5, by applying the incremental patch at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.4-5.bz2 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.5 on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………………. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.5 #1 PREEMPT Fri Mar 29 09:10:43 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 29, 2013.
Continue reading →Just noticed there is now an official 3.8.y kernel, at: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.8.y-temp This may change to just .…/rpi-3.8.y later.. Code is based on the latest 3.8 kernel – 3.8.4. Select config from: arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_cutdown_defconfig arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_emergency_defconfig arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_quick_defconfig I used # make bcmrpi_defconfig Then # make xconfig Under <File systems>, I deselected all file systems support, except ext2/3/4.. Under <File … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to Kernel 3.9-rc4, by the usual cross-compile, etc.. (as described in earlier posts, last year) Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.9.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.9.0-rc4 #1 Sun Mar 24 11:36:48 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 24th, 2013.
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 →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.8.3, by applying the incremental patch, from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.2-3.bz2 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.3-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.3-pi #2 Sun Mar 17 20:27:05 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Attempts to ‘hack’ 3.9-rc2 by applying the standard kernel.org patch to my Pi … Continue reading →
Just updated the raspberry Pi to kernel 3.8.2, by applying the incremental patch at: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.1-2.bz2 – which worked fine.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.2-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ………………… # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.2-pi #1 Mon Mar 4 12:23:25 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux I tried applying the kernel.org 3.9-rc1 patch to the … Continue reading →