On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:54:11 -0700 Darren Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8/8/14, 10:39, "jezra" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Does anyone have documentation or know where I can find documentation > >for accessing the GPIO in the filesystem on a MinnowboardMax? > > > >I don't see GPIO in /sys/class on my system which is a fairly vanilla > >Debian 8 install. Do I need a custom kernel? > > You need a recent kernel to get support for the baytrail SoC. Most of > what you need is available in the 3.10-LTSI kernel, but 3.16 is a > better choice. PCI support is much improved in later kernels. > > The Yocto Project 3.14 kernel has good support bia the > intel-corei7-64 BSP. > > For more information on distros, there is this page: > > http://elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMaxDistros > > > However, if we don't have it up on the wiki someplace already, we > should add something about a minimal kernel version. Unfortunately, > without listing 10s of qualifiers, that kernel will be 3.16. > Thank you Darren. I had failed to perform the "final steps" for a debian install, which mostly entrails running `apt-get dist-upgrade` (although it is just referred to as 'dist-upgrade' in the doc). Hopefully, I'll have a 3.14 system soon. _______________________________________________ elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard
