On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Karina <karina.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I needed to re-build the Linux kernel (Debian) with the USB power > management auto suspend feature turned off. So i followed the instruction > to build the Linux kernel and make a boot-able SD card image for my beagle > bone black. I followed the instructions at > > https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black > > The procedure is well written and works! Per the instructions I checked > out origin/am33x-v4.5 . > > > My question is , which version of the Linux kernel is stable i.e. should I > be using 4.5.0 - bone3 or an older version? > am33x-v4.5 is okay for stable, it has all the patches from our am33x-v4.4 branch, it's not going to be around very long once v4.6.0 is released in another 2 months. > > The image on the beaglebone website (https://beagleboard.org/latest-images) > i.e. bone-debian-8.3-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-01-24-4gb.img.xz here are the > versions of the kernel and the RFS. > > debian@beaglebone:~$ uname -r > 3.8.13-bone70 > > debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /etc/dogtag > BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2015-03-01 > > > With the image i built using the instructions at > https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black, i get the > following versions of the kernel and RFS ( well i can't seem to get a RFS > version) . > > > debian@arm:~$ uname -r > 4.5.0-bone3 > debian@arm:~$ cat /etc/dogtag > cat: /etc/dogtag: No such file or directory > > Everything seemingly works with 4.5.0-bone3. But I'm wondering what people > would recommend to use in terms of stability. > > BTW, does beaglebone.org endorse a particular procedure for building the > kernel/bootable SD card image? > The base rootfs's listed on eewiki.net are generated from the same exact script that generates the images listed on: https://beagleboard.org/latest-images they just don't have any of the "BeagleBone Extra's" installed by default. The point of the eewiki.net is to show a step by step guide to create your own image, vs just downloading the beagleboard.org example image.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- 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.
