Just installed Kernel 3.16-rc1 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (340.17) compile and load OK… # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.16.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 16 09:57:01 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.2/00001.html Robert Gadsdon. June 16, 2014.. … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.15 ‘Final’, and – as with the -rc series, the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.25) drivers compile and load OK, without the need for any patches.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 8 22:54:45 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes … 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 updated the CuBox-I4-PRO to Kernel 3.15-rc7, from source available here: https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro/tree/3.15-rc7 # git clone -b 3.15-rc7 –single-branch https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro Compiled and installed OK.. Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.15.0-rc7 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.15.0-rc7 #1 SMP Sat May 31 04:42:51 BST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Nice to see that work … Continue reading →
Just took delivery of one of a CuBox-i4-PRO, with quad-core i-MX6 1Mhz CPUs and 2GB memory built in.. CuBox-i4-PRO (with Odroid in the background..) The device comes with Android on a 4GB SD card, and I discarded this and – for testing purposes – used an old 16GB SD card and installed Fedora 20 on it. Some … Continue reading →
Updated the Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.14.1, from the source at GitHub: # git clone -b rpi-3.14.y –single-branch https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux Pidora release 2014 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.14.1+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ………… # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.14.1+ #1 PREEMPT Wed Apr 16 09:57:40 BST 2014 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux And… updated the DreamPlug to 3.15-rc1, … Continue reading →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.14, from github: # git clone -b rpi-3.14.y –single-branch https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux Pidora release 2014 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.14.0+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) …………. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.14.0+ #1 PREEMPT Wed Apr 2 10:49:25 BST 2014 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux No problems encountered, so far.. Robert Gadsdon. April … 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.. https://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 →
Updated to Kernel 3.13.4, and the latest NVIDIA driver 331.49 and (patched) VMware 10.0.1 compile and load/run OK.. Details of changes are here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4 I had still been having problems with the uvcvideo driver (with a Logitech C525 webcam), since updating from kernel 3.12 to kernel 3.13 – and the problems is also in 3.14-rc3.. I … Continue reading →
Fedora 20 – KDE Desktop on ODROID U3 Found a suitable source tree for (old!) kernel 3.8.13.16: git clone -b odroid-3.8.y –single-branch https://github.com/hardkernel/linux – which compiled on the device itself with no problems – the old-fashioned way (# make zImage, etc..) and installed and ran without problems: Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.8.13.16 on an armv7l (ttySAC1) … Continue reading →