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Looks like the BeagleBone’s are now shipping, as I just received this via mail…

I upgraded both of my (Natty/Oneiric) Demo Images listed here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image for support of the new board.

Note: it isn’t as cool as the default Angstrom Image, but i’m planning to pull in more features down the road.

Active Services:

• Apache: http://omap/
• SSH: ssh ubuntu@omap
• Getty: serial port

Beagle/Panda:

• v3.1.4-x5 based kernel from: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel
• Beagle: ulcd support: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?vendor=0&keywords=ULCD7-ND
• Panda: Wireless works out the box (firmware is included in the image)

Bone:

• v3.1 based kernel from: http://arago-project.org/git/projects/?p=linux-am33x.git;a=summary (was v3.1-staging)

Been a little busy this week with the new A1 Pandaboard on my desk.

Shiny Box:

Pandaboard:

So far, both cores, ehci and onboard eth are working great, with the same kernel build used on the omap3′s. Just need to get the display ports working..

https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6.37-devel

Just need new x-load and u-boot binaries for the panda, i uploaded a couple here: http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/latest/bootloader ABI:2 is for the panda..

I’ve uploaded a new Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) Xfce4 based Demo Image for the BeagleBoard. This is the xfce4 gui variant I’ve been promising. This image requires at least a 2GB SD card, USB keyboard/mouse and HDMI/DVI Monitor. Ubuntu’s RootStock utility is still affected by lp Bug 532733, so this was accomplished by running RootStock native on a beagle. (just a temporary solution as it’s not 100%.) RootStock on ARM

http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image

Highlights:

• 2.6.33.4-l3 from 2.6-stable
• Zippy1 and Zippy2 Expansion Support
• rootfs setup script (./setup_sdcard.sh –mmc /dev/sdX)
• u-boot-2010.03
• x-load-1.4.4ss

Known Bug & Notes:

• oem-config needs swap, “–swap_file 100″
• gdm theme doesn’t scale correctly to login: select “auto login” during user configuration
• Network Manger loads in background but a doesn’t seem to load a xfce4 gui: “sudo nm-applet”

I uploaded a new Karmic and Lucid Beta2 demo images last night.

If you test out the lucid image, post any remanding bugs or weird issues here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntuLucid I’m still working on a oem-config based minimal image (no more default user name and password) and a xfce4 gui variant…

http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image

I just uploaded a new minimal image to rcn-ee.net based off Ubuntu’s Lucid Beta2 Release.  I was hoping to upload a gui based user config and an xfce based image but ran into a couple last minute issues, so i’ll try again around release time.

http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image

Highlights:

• 2.6.32.11-l12 from 2.6-stable
• rootfs setup script (??. setup_sdcard.sh –mmc /dev/sdX)
• u-boot-2010.03-rc1+r44 from Angstrom
• ?x-load-1.44+r9 from Angstrom

FAQ: On First boot, hold down the ‘user’ button so X-load-1.44 loads, then flash it over the older 1.41 or 1.42 (http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_X-loader_and_U-boot)  x-load.bin.ift is already on the sd card.

Found this last night while git pull-ing:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-lucid.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-omap

A 2.6.33 kernel for the beagleboard and other omap boards in ubuntu’s repo. (lucid is armv7-a)

Talk about a weird wordpress bug, for the longest time, I could not edit/create any posts with 2.8.x. With an upgrade of 2.9.2 this morning everything is working again…

Quick updates from the last year…

Server move: due to space/bandwidth issues on rcn-ee.com. rcn-ee.net is currently hosting all beagleboard kernels for ubuntu & debian.

What is the beagle based kernel farm currently doing? Well Nothing at the moment according to: http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/farm/log/

The Farm currently consists of:
Beagle Bx (musb testing)
Beagle C2 (gcc/kernel builds)
Beagle C4 (ehci testing)
Sheevaplug (kernel builds)

Kernel source has since moved to launchpad: https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel
Personal Goal is to get Ubuntu to build these next to the freescale and marvel *.deb’s…

Finally 2.6.33 has entered my 2.6-dev tree, in some ways it seems better then the 2.6.32 in the 2.6-stable tree, but it’s hard-locking when running the gcc test suite… I’m also working on adding igepv2 support to my builds, as i find the 512Mb of ram very usefull.

Some users will find this interesting: http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=profile&u=robertcnelson-3173-25135-22766

Ubuntu Side: Alpha-3 was just recently released for lucid, I’ve posted an image here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Lucid_10.04_.28alpha-3.29

Note, to run lucid on any beagle based device, your defconfig MUST have these enabled:

CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973=y
CONFIG_ARM_THUMBEE=y

and this non jaunty/karmic & lenny/squeeze compatible change:
CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y

Well, I’m off for San Jose again, this time, some fun, sun, and good wine…  So i’ll be away from irc, and email.

Flying again!  Heading to San Jose for a week of cortex training and a tan.  So I won’t be as active on the boards or irc.  Hopefully they took my advice, but I won’t know till i see the new demo boards.  Wish i had more time to see the sites, but I’m pretty booked as is.  Sorry Cousin, I didn’t know LA was 5-6 hours away…   BTW, the free wifi at GFK is nice, probably won’t check my email/messages in MSP due to the wifi prices.

With the release of Debian 5.0 (Lenny) I’ve added an additional chroot on the beagle builder; Squeeze, which will begin building shortly. To help new beagleboard users, here is the list of all currently supported kernel *.deb’s and their location.

Debian Lenny: http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/
Debian Squeeze: http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/squeeze/
Debian Sid: http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/sid/

Ubuntu 9.04: http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/jaunty/

MojoHandhelds 8.04: http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/hasty/
(armv5 & armv6)

As a reminder all changes are logged here:
http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/changes.txt

and a straightforward install script:
http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/update_kernel.sh