On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Seth <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just getting around to playing with my new Rev C BBB. This is my first > time with Debian on a BBB. I'm having trouble finding the change log or > update notes on the releases of the Debian images. For instance, the ID.txt > from the stock image shows "Debian Image 2014-04-23", but I've just > downloaded a version from 5-14. Usually I like to keep things up-to-date as > I have occasionally bumped into a bug that was fixed in later image builds. > However, I also don't want to break my current setup when updating. A Change > Log would be very helpful. I found the log for the Angstrom images but I > haven't had much luck finding one for the newer Debian images. > > Is there a maintained Change Log for the new Debian images? In particular, > what are the changes from the shipped 04-23 version to the newest 5-14 > image? Is there a better place to find images than > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images?
Big changes are listed here: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Debian_Image_Testing_Snapshots > === > > With more searching I've found > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#BeagleBone.2FBeagleBone_Black. Why > doesn't the beagleboard.org page have this "latest" image from 8-13? Which > should I use? > > That leads me to https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel/releases, which > leaves me even more confused. I see kernel versions 3.8, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16 > and 3.17-rc1, with boneXX codes following. These don't seem to be > necessarily updated in a chronological order. They are updated when needed and when a stable release comes from kernel.org > Which main kernel version is > recommended v3.8.x >and what are the main differences, as far as Debian on BBB is > concerned, between 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17? http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.14 http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.15 http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.16 http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.17 > From what I can remember, 8 is the "most stable" version, with the others > being sort-of "beta" with more possible bugs? I haven't kept up-to-date with > this for several months so I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere. > For now I will plan to use a prebuilt image from > https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/wheezy/bone-debian-7.6-console-armhf-2014-08-13-2gb.img.xz. v3.8.x supports all the capes via overlay's. 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.
