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/

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