3.8? Best to wait for -rc2..
3.8-rc1 has several ‘issues’ – especially with breakage of Userspace… I’m going to wait for -rc2, which will – hopefully – be a bit less ‘dangerous’! Robert Gadsdon. January 2nd, 2013
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Dreamplug to 3.8-rc1
Just updated the Dreamplug to 3.8-rc1, without any problems.. Used the .config from 3.7.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.0-rc1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.8.0-rc1 #1 Wed Dec 26 22:00:22 GMT 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. December 26th 2012.
Continue reading →End of an Era – Linus Removes .386 CPU Support
Linux was first developed by Linus on an old .386 system, way back in 1991, and now that cord has been cut, and .386 CPUs are no longer supported: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=743aa456c1834f76982af44e8b71d1a0b2a82e21 From the comments: Pull “Nuke 386-DX/SX support” from Ingo Molnar: “This tree removes ancient-386-CPUs support and thus zaps quite a bit of complexity: 24 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 425 deletions(-) … which complexity has plagued us with extra work whenever we wanted to change SMP primitives, for years. Unfortunately there’s a nostalgic cost: your old original 386 DX33 system from early 1991 won’t be able to boot modern Linux kernels anymore. Sniff.” I’m not sentimental. Good riddance. My first ‘home’ Linux system – in 1997 – was an HP Vectra 486 … Continue reading →
Finally – 3.7 is out..
Finally, kernel 3.7 is released… I updated my main x86_64 system, and all seems to be OK, as expected. The latest NVIDIA driver – 310.19 – compiles and runs OK, and VMware 9.0.1 compiles after the usual workaround for version.h: # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.7/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.7/include/linux/version.h Note that this example is for the official source from kernel.org. You … Continue reading →
Dreamplug to -rc5 – No Problems..
Just updated the Dreamplug to 3.7-rc5 (just released..) and there are no surprises.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.7.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………………… $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.7.0-rc5 #1 Sun Nov 11 23:10:12 GMT 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.. November 11th 2012.
Continue reading →Forget 3.6.4, Here is 3.6.5!
Only recently updated to 3.6.4, and already 3.6.5 is released: $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.5 #1 SMP Thu Nov 1 15:37:56 GMT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Runs fine, with VMware Workstation 9.0 (with the 3.5 patch) and the latest NVIDIA driver – 310.14.. See all the things that have been fixed: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.6.5
Continue reading →Dreamplug – 3.7-rc3 – Finally a Clean Compile..
Just updated the Dreamplug to 3.7-rc3, and the kernel compile is now without errors.. So, finally, the ERROR: “read_current_timer” problem has been fixed.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.7.0-rc3 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………… $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.7.0-rc3 #1 Mon Oct 29 08:30:44 GMT 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux
Continue reading →Kernel 3.7-rc2 – Same fixes as for 3.7-rc1..
Just updated my test system to 3.7-rc2, and the same patches and ‘workarounds’ are needed for NVIDIA (driver 310.14) and VMware (9.0 with 3.5 patch) as mentioned in my earlier post, for -rc1.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.7.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Oct 22 01:58:54 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Continue reading →Update to 3.6.3..
Just updated to kernel 3.6.3, and this works OK with the latest NVIDIA driver (310.14) and VMware W/S 9.0 (with the 3.5 patch).. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.3 #1 SMP Sun Oct 21 20:28:25 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Continue reading →Dreamplug – 3.7-rc1, After a Fix..
I have managed to update the Dreamplug to kernel 3.7-rc1, after a simple fix, to get it to compile OK.. The original (cross)compile failed, with: ERROR: “read_current_timer” [drivers/video/udlfb.ko] undefined! ERROR: “read_current_timer” [crypto/tcrypt.ko] undefined! Fix, is to change ../linux-3.7-rc1/arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c, at line 51, as follows: From: /* platform dependent support */ EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm_delay_ops); To: /* platform dependent support */ … Continue reading →