Thanks for the tips--I'll take a look at what you mention. Do you think the overlay manager will eventually make it to the later kernels or is it best to get used to compiling and loading dtb's?
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Tony DiCola <t...@tonydicola.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks, I'll check out 3.14 to see how it works. I'm not using any > cape in > >> particular, but I write a lot of guides for Adafruit's site and want to > do a > >> definitive one on getting wifi to work with the BBB. Unfortunately > there's > >> a ton of outdated or incorrect info floating around from the Angstrom > days > >> so there's a lot of confusion and support issues. Does 3.14 support > >> enabling simple overlays like those that turn on UARTs, SPI, etc? I'd > hate > >> to tell folks to switch to the 3.14 kernel to get their wifi to work, > only > >> to have them see issues with accessing other parts of the hardware. > > > > 3.14 doesn't support overlays, but the major capes will be supported > > by custom *.dtb's.. > > > > For the lcd7-01-00a3 you'd override the default dtb with: > > > > dtb=<device>-lcd7-01-00a3.dtb > > > > in uEnv.txt > > > > Next, if you want to customize the *.dtb "without rebuilding" the kernel: > > > > https://github.com/RobertCNelson/dtb-rebuilder/tree/3.14-ti > > > > You can see, how i've been trying to "help" users: > > > > > https://github.com/RobertCNelson/dtb-rebuilder/blob/3.14-ti/src/arm/am335x-boneblack.dts#L30 > > Btw if it helps Tony, i have no problem adding a "adafruit" cape, that > has some default usart/spi/etc settings. But i'm betting you want full > gpio control for your library so that won't work. > > Otherwise, your library might also have to generate the *.dts yourself > based on how the end user setup their project. You can grap the > template from the dtb-rebuilder and just issue "make" to generate the > *.dtb (of course they will have to reboot..) > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/IyeMT8j94mQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
