http://derekmolloy.ie/beaglebone/beaglebone-gpio-programming-on-arm-embedded-linux/ On May 18, 2014 7:30 PM, "Razvan Margineanu Andrei" < [email protected]> wrote:
> You are not only using the chip you are also using peripherals integrated > in that chip. Such are the gpio's video, hdmi, etc. Those are controled by > the kernel. Kernels > 3.10 use device trees to configure peripherals, > kernels < 3.10 use sysfs to configure them. It's more complicated. If you > decide to use the standard youcto build from ti you will be fine but you > will loose compatibility with tools built for newer kernels. > On May 18, 2014 6:50 PM, "Amalinda Gamage" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Im really interested in knowing a detailed answer. Its really hard to >> find an answer to this question on the web. could you please elaborate? I >> would so much appreciate it. >> >> Up to my understanding, I thought since a OS is compiled to work on a >> specific chip, it should work on any board that uses that specific chip. Im >> wondering, in what cases should it fail? >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/9XRG1kRP5Bk/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
