Was there any luck on getting this to work?

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 12:44:19 PM UTC-4, William Wendin wrote:
>
> I have tried these steps:
> * altering cape-universaln-00A0.dts by uncommenting every spi2 lines in 
> there (I called it universalbbb-00A0.dts).  Created new dtbo.  Copied it to 
> /lib/firmware
> * Changed uEnv.txt to "cmdline=coherent_pool=1M quiet 
> cape_universal=disable"    Trying to load universalbbb in uEnv.txt DOES NOT 
> work.
> * root@beaglebone:/# echo 'universalbbb' 
> > /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots
> * I see in dmesg that above fails to config debian pins 100, 101, 103
>
> I tried some other things after above steps to see if I can fix it at 
> runtime:
> * config-pin manually to spi:
> root@beaglebone:/# config-pin P9.29 spi
> bash: /sys/devices/platform/ocp/ocp*P9_29_pinmux/state: No such file or 
> directory
> Cannot write pinmux file: /sys/devices/platform/ocp/ocp*P9_29_pinmux/state
> * add cape overlay BB-SPIDEV1
> root@beaglebone:/# echo 'BB-SPIDEV1' > 
> /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots
> bash: echo: write error: File exists
>
> I'm going to have to give up for now as I spent whole day yesterday on 
> this.   Need to move on to other stuff but will return.
>
>
> On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 4:09:55 PM UTC-7, William Hermans wrote:
>>
>> You'll need to put all your pin mux into one file. I'd probably test with 
>> universal io, to see if you can get it working that way first, and then 
>> perhaps you'll have to put that, or all pin mux into the board file.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:29 PM, William Wendin <wwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Made a mistake in original post.   Should read:
>>>
>>> What I've tried:
>>> * I've tried adding BB-SPIDEV1 via uEnv.txt.   SPI1 now works.   
>>>  However, that wipes out the availability of I2C, PWMs, etc which I don't 
>>> know how to repair????
>>> * I've seen that folks say that the only way to add SPIDEV1 overlay is 
>>> via /etc/rc.local (echo 'BB-SPIDEV1' > 
>>> /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots).     But that didn't work at all 
>>> for me (SPI1 not enabled AND it wipes out availability of I2C, PWMs etc).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 2:42:12 PM UTC-7, William Wendin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Background Info:
>>>> 1) We are using BeagleBone Black to power our robot, using it since 
>>>> November.  
>>>> 2) We use ADC, I2C1, I2C2, SPI0, 5 PWMs, and almost every available 
>>>> GPIO.  We have all these working using overlays, or config-pin, whichever 
>>>> is needed.   All is good.
>>>> 3) Up until now I have not had to alter the default kernel or uEnv.txt.*
>>>> 4) Upgraded to 4.4.9 a month or two ago.    I am up-to-date with all 
>>>> "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade".
>>>> 5) /boot/uEnv.txt is attached.
>>>> 6) root@beaglebone:/home/debian# uname -a
>>>>            Linux beaglebone 4.4.9-ti-r25 #1 SMP Thu May 5 23:08:13 UTC 
>>>> 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> The problem: Now we need SPI1 (yes, we need two SPI busses).     I want 
>>>> to use all the IOs listed above  (see #2).
>>>>
>>>> I think the best way is to use the default universal cape that comes 
>>>> with 4.4.9 (see above where I use it for all my IOs with little effort), 
>>>> but enable SPI1 instead of MCASP.
>>>>
>>>> What I've tried:
>>>> * I've seen that folks say that the only way to add SPIDEV1 overlay is 
>>>> via /etc/rc.local (echo 'BB-SPIDEV1' > 
>>>> /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots).    However, that then wipes out 
>>>> the availability of I2C, PWMs, etc.
>>>> * I've also tried adding BB-SPIDEV1 via uEnv.txt but that didn't work 
>>>> at all.
>>>>
>>>> I've spent a few days trying various combination and can't find it.   
>>>> Looked at source code too to try and see what is up, but didn't figure it 
>>>> out yet.
>>>>
>>>> I guess my idea of the "best way" is heading down the wrong path.   
>>>>
>>>> Questions:
>>>> * Do I have to make a whole new universal custom cape?
>>>> * Follow on question: Anybody have a way to turn on everything I use 
>>>> (see #2 above) and SPIDEV1 too?
>>>>
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