Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-30 Thread Cowboy
On Friday 30 November 2012 02:52:19 pm Wayne Merricks wrote: > It mentions that as well as switching ioctl in file ops to > unlocked_ioctl you need to have an explicit lock_kernel() and > unlock_kernel() between the access to the gpio card. > > Its out of my rudimentary C comfort zone unfortunat

Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-30 Thread Wayne Merricks
The only thing I can find that might be useful is the following link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/8/213 It mentions that as well as switching ioctl in file ops to unlocked_ioctl you need to have an explicit lock_kernel() and unlock_kernel() between the access to the gpio card. Its out of my r

Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-30 Thread Wayne Merricks
Yep tried with root/sudo. I also have a startup script giving a+rw permissions to /dev/gpio0 which means my normal riv users can use it without issues. Its all fun and games, Wayne Merricks The Voice Asia On 30/11/12 19:41, Cowboy wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2012 02:37:15 pm Wayne Merricks

Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-30 Thread Cowboy
On Friday 30 November 2012 02:37:15 pm Wayne Merricks wrote: > "Unable to open GPIO device." > > Any pointers would be really appreciated before the PCs end up through > the nearest windows ;) > Is root running that test ? Could be a simple permissioning problem. If not, then just getting i

Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-30 Thread Wayne Merricks
e box saying: "Unable to open GPIO device." Any pointers would be really appreciated before the PCs end up through the nearest windows ;) Regards, Wayne Merricks The Voice Asia On 21/11/12 00:01, Wayne Merricks wrote: > RE: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+ > > Hi, > &g

Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-20 Thread Wayne Merricks
morrow. -Original Message- From: rivendell-dev-boun...@lists.rivendellaudio.org on behalf of Fred Gleason Sent: Tue 20/11/2012 15:21 To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System Subject: Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+ On Nov 19, 2012, at 20:34 32, Wayne Merricks

Re: [RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-20 Thread Fred Gleason
On Nov 19, 2012, at 20:34 32, Wayne Merricks wrote: > So heres the current error: > > In file included from /root/gpio-1.1.0/drv/gpio.c:30:0: > /root/gpio-1.1.0/drv/gpio.h:77:28: fatal error: linux/autoconf.h: No such > file or directory > compilation terminated. Lovely. Sounds like it's time

[RDD] Rivendell GPIO with Kernel 3.2+

2012-11-19 Thread Wayne Merricks
Hi all, With Wheezy fast approaching and a bit of an update going at work I'm currently in need of getting the GPIO driver to work with 3.2+ kernels under Debian/Ubuntu (unfortunately newer hardware and Kernel 2.6 just isn't working for me). First stumbling block, overriding the "Unsupported K