Dear Robert, could you explain how are the tags and branches generated in your repo? Maybe it's a silly question but could you elaborate a bit on the naming convention? How is e.g. the tag 3.15-rc8-armv7-x1 related to the branch 3.15.1-armv7-x2?
Thanks On Friday, June 6, 2014 5:08:11 PM UTC+2, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Leonardo Gabrielli <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hello group, > > a rather newbie-ish question. I created my own customized Debian Wheezy > > system for a Beagleboard xM from armhf builds at rcn-ee.net > (specifically: > > debian-7.4-console-armhf). > > > > Now I am happy with all the tweaks I've done so far in the last months > but > > I'd like to upgrade the kernel to a 3.14 release, in order to make use > of > > the new SCHED_DEADLINE. > > > > There are no backports of linux 3.14 for Wheezy but there are Jessie > > packages for linux-headers-3.14-1-all linux-headers-3.14-1-common > > linux-headers-3.14-1-all-armhf etc. > > What's the best option to upgrade the kernel? Tweeak > /etc/apt/sources.list > > to add Jessie repos or trying compile it natively (I'm too lazy for > setting > > up a cross-compile chain). > > I don't think Jessie's 3.14-1 will boot the xm.. > > or just use this branch: > https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform/tree/v3.14.x > > with your config tweak and really easy to copy the kernel files: > > > http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard#BeagleBoard-CopyKernelFiles > > > > > Also, once I've got them compiled, I guess I should modify the BOOT > > partition of my uSD card to point to the proper image? An outline of the > > steps would be immensely appreciated! > > Pretty straight forward: > > zImage/vmlinux -> /boot/uboot/zImage > dtbs -> /boot/uboot/dtbs > modules -> /lib/modules/ > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > -- 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.
