[Server-devel] [XSCE] cubox wifi

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Wed Mar 12 16:24:10 EDT 2014


How many RTCs does it have, and how many have obvious batteries?

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:18:16PM -0400, Tim Moody wrote:
> I checked out the rtc today.  I set date and rebooted.  The date
> does not persist.
> 
> Tim
> -----Original Message----- From: Jon Nettleton
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:17 PM
> To: xsce-devel
> Cc: server-devel at lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [XSCE] cubox wifi
> 
> I am not 100% sure what is enabled and what isn't but I believe
> wifi/esata/bluetooth are all working.
> 
> https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro
> https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro-binary
> 
> Should be a good start.  That is a mainline kernel not my patched 3.10
> kernel so there are some things that aren't supported but those are
> mostly multimedia/graphics related.
> 
> -Jon
> 
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Jon Nettleton
> <jon.nettleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >George,
> >
> >I agree, but the device-tree cookbook description is not as simple as
> >the legacy way of setting up a new kernel.  There are lots of
> >variables that need to be taken into account depending on the kernel
> >version, board version, u-boot version OS etc.  Writing a proper
> >cookbook is time I just don't have.  Hopefully one of the other
> >contributors will step up and get it done.
> >
> >-Jon
> >
> >On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 3:43 PM, George Hunt
> ><georgejhunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>Jon,
> >>
> >>In the long run, (my opinion), a cookbook description (similar to the
> >>solidrun link) of the process would be more needed than a tarball.  Your
> >>time, and our education, has real value.
> >>
> >>
> >>On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton at gmail.com>
> >>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>George,
> >>>
> >>>Things have actually changed a bit as the new kernel is using the new
> >>>device-tree based configuration.  I will build you guys a testing
> >>>kernel tarball and u-boot in a little bit.
> >>>
> >>>-Jon
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:18 AM, George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com>
> >>>wrote:
> >>>> Hi Jon,
> >>>>
> >>>> Is it correct that I can follow the directions at:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=Building_the_kernel_and_u-boot_for_the_CuBox-i_and_the_HummingBoard
> >>>>
> >>>> with a clone from the github link you provided at
> >>>> https://github.com/linux4kix/linux-linaro-stable-mx6? Are there any
> >>>> gotchas?
> >>>> Recommendations?
> >>>>
> >>>> I forget the details from one month/day to the next.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Jon Nettleton >
> >>><jon.nettleton at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Finally out and ready for use.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://github.com/linux4kix/linux-linaro-stable-mx6
> >>>>>
> >>>>> All the hardware is functional at this point.  The wifi driver is a
> >>>>> bit chatty and needs a bit more love for AP mode.  Everything else
> >>>>> from crypto to esata should be good to go.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Jon
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Jon Nettleton
> >>>>> <jon.nettleton at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>> > It was probably a UHS capable card.  We found some hardware design
> >>>>> > problems that will need to be rectified to support UHS
> >>>speeds for >> > the
> >>>>> > sdcard.  For now we will be limiting the card-slot to standard SD
> >>>>> > high
> >>>>> > speed modes of 50Mhz which equates to around 20MB/s
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Tim Moody
> >>><tim at timmoody.com> >> > wrote:
> >>>>> >> sounds great.  one thing I noticed in Haiti was that I
> >>>could not >> >> get
> >>>>> >> a
> >>>>> >> 16G
> >>>>> >> sd card to be recognized.  is this expected or was it my card?
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> Tim
> >>>>> >> -----Original Message----- From: Jon Nettleton
> >>>>> >> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 11:03 AM
> >>>>> >> To: xsce-devel
> >>>>> >> Cc: server-devel at lists.laptop.org
> >>>>> >> Subject: Re: [XSCE] cubox wifi
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> Tim,
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> Actually the 3.10 kernel is done.  The wifi driver is a little
> >>>>> >> chatty
> >>>>> >> and I will work on sorting that out but it is
> >>>functional.  I am >> >> just
> >>>>> >> cleaning up the last few patches and will be pushing the
> >>>kernel >> >> for
> >>>>> >> initial testing in a few hours.
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> -Jon
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Tim Moody
> >>><tim at timmoody.com> >> >> wrote:
> >>>>> >>>
> >>>>> >>> Jon,
> >>>>> >>>
> >>>>> >>> Can you (or anyone else) tell me where to find the
> >>>drivers for >> >>> the
> >>>>> >>> cubox
> >>>>> >>> wifi adapter you mentioned on the call on Tue.
> >>>>> >>>
> >>>>> >>> Thanks,
> >>>>> >>>
> >>>>> >>> Tim
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> 
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