I had been getting a warning on boot with recent kernels on my Intel Atom-based UP system, and found a workaround.. The error flagged is – apparently – harmless, and is due to systemd not being able to recognise some mmc disk partitions at that stage of the boot process.. …… [ 5.124250] systemd-gpt-auto-generator[416]: Failed to dissect: … Continue reading →
After a bit of a hiatus, I updated the UP Board to Kernel 4.11-rc8, and HDMI sound is now supported.. In the kernel config, under ‘ALSA for SoC audio support‘, select ‘X86 sound devices‘, and ‘HDMI audio without HDaudio on Intel Atom platforms‘ After (re)boot to 4.11-rc8: [rgadsdon@rgup ~]$ ll /dev/snd total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root … Continue reading →
Just taken delivery of the Up Board – an Intel Atom powered SoC system, with the same form factor as a Pi.. It was quite a novelty to be able to plug a Fedora 24 Live USB stick in, and install directly to the device.. I booted the Live system first, and then used the ‘install to … Continue reading →