> On 26 Jul 2017, at 21:03, Daren Schwenke <darenschwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would be happy to help with this. > Point me to an image I should use to get started and I'll have the physical > up this evening.
Thanks for helping out Daren! > My version of cross compiling is probably not what is used anymore, so I may > need some help there as well. > > > >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Charles Steinkuehler >> <char...@steinkuehler.net> wrote: >> On 7/26/2017 11:06 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: >> > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Charles Steinkuehler >> > <char...@steinkuehler.net> wrote: >> >> On 7/26/2017 10:12 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Daren Schwenke >> >>> <darenschwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> I can confirm the both the BBG and BBGW will boot with this image from >> >>>> an SD >> >>>> card: >> >>>> https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-02-12/machinekit/bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz >> >>>> >> >>>> Getting wireless to actually work is a whole other ball game which I >> >>>> have >> >>>> yet to achieve, but at least the image boots now. >> >>> >> >>> Correct, that "3.8.x" based image will support the BBGW/BBBW but with >> >>> wireless disabled. To enable wireless, sadly you will need a v4.4.x+ >> >>> kernel. While we have a xenomai based v4.4.x build, it's based on >> >>> Xenomai 3.0.x, and not the 2.6.x based Xenomai machinekit expects.. >> >> >> >> Machinekit can also run with the 4.x preempt_rt kernel on the 'bone, >> >> but the PRU driver hasn't been updated for the re-arranged files in >> >> /sysfs so it won't work "out of the box". >> > >> > What is it looking for in /sysfs? With the v4.4.x-rt we can enable the >> > 3.8.13 compatible uio driver, then as long as config-pin is used, it >> > should sync up with what it use to do with 3.8.13.. >> >> IIRC, several of the setup scripts are looking for the slots file to >> verify/load an overlay, some code is looking for the ADC entries in >> sysfs (which have moved IIRC), and the actual HAL driver for the PRU >> may have a sysfs path or two hard-coded (I'd have to check). >> >> So nothing really that complex (particularly vs. updating to Xenomai >> 3), but a 4.x kernel won't work without a few tweaks and maybe a bit >> of coding. >> >> Anyone with a BBG/BBGW want to try getting things running with a 4.x >> kernel? I can provide guidance and maybe do the bit of coding if >> someone's willing to help with the shell scripts and do testing. >> >> Deemarc / Daren? >> >> -- >> Charles Steinkuehler >> char...@steinkuehler.net >> >> -- >> website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: >> https://github.com/machinekit >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Machinekit" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/machinekit/RrNLUo4ASP4/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: > https://github.com/machinekit > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Machinekit" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
