On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:18:22 AM UTC-8, RobertCNelson wrote: > > > But if I do, should I stick with the 3.8 kernel? Or 3.12 or 3.13? > > If you want 'full' cape support stick with 3.8.. If you are just using > usb/ethernet with simple capes* (usart/i2c/spi) use 3.13 (i'm working > on adding most capes to 3.13 at the moment..) ignore 3.12.. ;) >
Sounds good, I only have one of the breadboard capes which I have enabled two USARTS on. so 3.13 sounds like where I should start playing. > > My assumption is the build scripts assume I am running linux. Can dual > boot > > to this on my main dev machine to Linux Mint, or could use my NUC which > I > > think right now I have running Ubuntu 13.04. > > The scripts assume linux, mostly tested on debian jessie, but works in > ubuntu.. > > Note the "image-builder" works best native on arm hardware.. (qemu is > too bit rotten for 100% reliably between distro versions) > So to build for my one BBBk, I would be better off doing the build on another ARM based machine running Debian. Probably my best option would be to use my Odroid U2? It has a 16gb emmc on it and i can plug in a microsd... I am currently running Ubuntu on it, but can install Debian. > > > > A few more things to investigate: > > 1) If I build an image and write it to an SD card, can I try it out > (boot > > off of it) without it overwriting the EMMC? > > There will be a traditional "flasher" which will overwrite the eMMC > and a secondary "4gb img" which you can dump to your microSD and it'll > run on that. > So if I am reading this correct, Each time will overwrite the eMMC... I was hoping to be able to maybe have the ability to choose either boot emmc or boot SD. I am probably missing something. Thanks again -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
