Thanks, Robert.  Sorry for not searching in the "right" place.  Now I know.


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM,  <michael.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> RobertCNelson:
> >>
> >> I am running 2014-05-14 debian (flasher), and I can reliably generate a
> >> kernel null pointer dereference using no more than
> >> /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots and
> /lib/firmware/BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo.
> >
> > Yes and No... You got a null pointer dereference when you "unloaded a
> > cape", which is a long time old known issue. The "only" way to
> > properly unload a cape is to reboot with the v3.8.x based kernel.
> >
> >> Any interest?  If so, please see:
> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beaglebone/RpozbQ0gGH0
> >
> > Ah, i see. So you guys are on the "other" forum, if you would have
> > searched the main one (this one) you would have seen this old issue
> > discussed a few times over the last year.
>
> to follow up:
>
> root@am335x-boneblack-512mb-0:/home/voodoo# uname -r
> 3.8.13-bone54
>
> root@am335x-boneblack-512mb-0:/home/voodoo# export
> SLOTS=/sys/devices/bone_capemgr.9/slots
> root@am335x-boneblack-512mb-0:/home/voodoo# cat $SLOTS
>  0: 54:PF---
>  1: 55:PF---
>  2: 56:PF---
>  3: 57:PF---
>  4: ff:P-O-- Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G
>  5: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMI,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMI
>  6: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMIN,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMIN
>
> root@am335x-boneblack-512mb-0:/home/voodoo# echo BB-SPIDEV1 > $SLOTS
>
> [   96.506849] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: part_number 'BB-SPIDEV1',
> version 'N/A'
> [   96.516565] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #7: generic override
> [   96.523225] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: bone: Using override
> eeprom data at slot 7
> [   96.531389] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #7: 'Override Board
> Name,00A0,Override Manuf,BB-SPIDEV1'
> [   96.541719] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #7: Requesting part
> number/version based 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo
> [   96.552162] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #7: Requesting
> firmware 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name',
> version '00A0'
> [   96.570136] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #7: dtbo
> 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' loaded; converting to live tree
> [   96.581977] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #7: #2 overlays
> [   96.629134] edma-dma-engine edma-dma-engine.0: allocated channel for
> 0:45
> [   96.643245] edma-dma-engine edma-dma-engine.0: allocated channel for
> 0:44
> [   96.692195] edma-dma-engine edma-dma-engine.0: allocated channel for
> 0:43
> [   96.706484] edma-dma-engine edma-dma-engine.0: allocated channel for
> 0:42
> [   96.725354] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #7: Applied #2 overlays.
>
> root@am335x-boneblack-512mb-0:/home/voodoo# ls /dev/spidev1.*
> /dev/spidev1.0  /dev/spidev1.1
>
>
> works for me..
>
> Regards,
>
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