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 →
Updated the Odroid U3 to Kernel 4.1-rc8, from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-4.1.y Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.1.0-rc8 on an armv7l (ttySAC1) …………… ]# uname -a Linux rgodroid 4.1.0-rc8 #1 SMP Wed Jun 17 16:20:50 PDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux As it has been some time since I (unsuccessfully) tried a ‘mainline’ kernel on the U3, I may … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug and CuBox-i4 Pro to Kernel 4.1-rc3, from kernel.org.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.1.0-rc3 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.1.0-rc3 #2 Mon May 11 15:04:52 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.1.0-rc3 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox … Continue reading →
Updated the CuBox-i4Pro to kernel 4.1-rc1 from kernel.org.. Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.1.0-rc1 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 4.1.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Apr 26 23:15:50 EDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux I did try to do the same with the DreamPlug, but for some reason it would not boot… More … Continue reading →
As Kernel 4.1-rc1 is not released yet, I tested the April 24 version of linux-next, to see how VMware and NVIDIA compiles would behave.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.0.0-next-20150424 #2 SMP Sun Apr 26 12:04:54 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux With this version, VMware 11.1 (with the 3.19 vmnet patch) compiled and loaded OK, but … Continue reading →
Tried updating the Raspberry Pi-s (Classic model B and Pi2) to Kernel 4.0, from https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-4.0.y, and my first attempt was – it seems – too soon, as the Classic Pi (armv6) failed to boot at all, and the Pi2 (armv7) only booted as far as: …………. bcm2708_dma: DMA manager at f3007000 bcm2708_gpio: bcm2708_gpio_probe 80625490 vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x3dc00000 … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug and CuBox-i4Pro to kernel 4.0 from kernel.org: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.0.0 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ……… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0 #1 Sun Apr 12 22:53:28 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.0.0 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……… ]# uname -a Linux rgcubox 4.0.0 … Continue reading →
Updated to Kernel 4.0 (from kernel.org), and the latest NVIDIA driver (346.59) and ‘patched’ VMware 11.1 both compile and install/run OK.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.0.0 #1 SMP Sun Apr 12 17:26:04 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1504.1/03200.html Robert Gadsdon. April 12, 2015. … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 4.0-rc5, using the standard source from kernel.org, without any problems.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.0.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …… ]$ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0-rc5 #1 Mon Mar 23 10:47:21 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux In case it might be useful, I have put a copy of the … Continue reading →
I had tried to update the Odroid U3 to Kernel 4.0-rc5 – using the patched source from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-4.0.y – a few days ago, but the boot failed: hub 1-3:1.0: 3 ports detected INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 0} (detected by 1, t=4202 jiffies, g=-255, c=-256, q=2) Task dump for CPU 0: swapper/0 R running 0 … Continue reading →