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Monthly Archives: July 2016

ARM64 – Hikey to Kernel 4.7 – and Polkitd Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 25, 2016 by RGJuly 25, 2016

Managed to update the Hikey ARM64 SoC to the latest kernel – 4.7 Final. Fedora 24 (Twenty Four) Kernel 4.7.0 on an aarch64 (ttyAMA0) ………………………. # uname -a Linux rghikey 4.7.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 24 19:53:54 EDT 2016 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux On boot, and when the network initialised, polkitd segfaulted again, the same as … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, ARM64, boot, compilation, fix, Hacks, Hikey, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged aarch64, arm64, fix, hikey, kernel 4.7 final, mozjs17 patch, polkitd segfault, soc, success | 4 Replies

KERNEL – 4.7 Released – OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 24, 2016 by RGJuly 24, 2016

Kernel 4.7 has been released – slightly later than usual – and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1607.3/00150.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.7.0 #1 SMP Sun Jul 24 14:34:37 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Neither VMware nor NVIDIA have drivers that work with this kernel version, but the 4.7-rc patched versions of VMware 12.1.1 and NVIDIA … Continue reading →

Posted in Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged fix, kernel 4.7, nvidia 367.35 patched, ok, released, vmware 12.1.1 patched | 1 Reply

NVIDIA – Latest Driver – Still Fails with Kernel 4.7..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 16, 2016 by RGJuly 16, 2016

Kernel 4.7-rc7 is out, and 4.7 Final should be next, but the latest NVIDIA driver released – 367.35 – still fails to compile with 4.7-rc7..     The patch for 367.xx still works OK…  Details here:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 In case you need to create an executable (NVxx.xxx.run) incorporating the patch, details on how to do this are in an older … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance | Tagged compile fail, executable plus patch, fix, kernel 4.7-rc7, nvidia 367.35, patch | 1 Reply

ARM – Next CHIP – Waiting for Hynix NAND Support..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 15, 2016 by RGJuly 15, 2016

Tested some of the kernel versions possible (or not..) for the Next CHIP ARMv7, with mixed results..     I added an Ethernet/USB device (ax88179-based) on the USB hub, and the network connection works fine.. Linux-Next does not yet have the drivers for the Hynix NAND in the CHIP, although – with the rootfs separate on a USB stick … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Next CHIP, Opinion, Performance | Tagged armv7, code problems, github confusion, hynix, nand, next chip, support in progress | Leave a reply

ARM – Next CHIP ARMv7 – First Impressions..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 12, 2016 by RGJuly 12, 2016

After pre-ordering one many months ago, I finally got my Next CHIP ARMv7 system in the post.. It certainly is fairly small, but seems well-constructed..     Details are at http://docs.getchip.com/chip.html#chip-hardware After connecting the UART/USB cable, as normal, the system booted into a cut-down version of Debian..   There is no hdmi, or sdcard connector, or Ethernet, but the wi-fi … Continue reading →

Posted in arm, armv7, Fedora, Hacks, Linux, Linux / ARM, Next CHIP, Opinion, Performance | Tagged armv7, boot, fedora 24, first impressions, linux, next chip, success, ubifs | Leave a reply

ARM64 – Dragonboard 410c – Fail with Linux-Next..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 2, 2016 by RGJuly 2, 2016

After the – partial – success with the 96Boards Hikey, I tried the Qualcomm Dragonboard 410c, but the June 29 Linux-Next failed to boot successfully, with only one CPU initialising, and MMC errors, and eventual hang…. ……………………….. psci: failed to boot CPU1 (-95) CPU1: failed to boot: -95 CPU1: failed in unknown state : 0x0 psci: failed … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, alpha release, ARM64, boot, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Dragonboard, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged 96boards, boot fail, cpu and mmc errors, dragonboard 410c, hang, june 29 release, linux-next, qualcomm | Leave a reply
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