This is probably a very naive question, but I'm leery of mucking about with 
installing a new kernel until I know for sure. Can the 3.15.10 kernel (or 
any other, for that matter) be installed without wiping out the rest of the 
OS?

Cheers, Tim


On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 11:29:50 AM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Randy Graham <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > Hello, 
> > 
> > I have a custom cape that worked with Cape Manager and the 3.8 kernel 
> and 
> > would like to move to Robert Nelson's latest kernel, 3.15.10. 
> > 
> > Since there is no Cape Manager for the later kernels, what is the proper 
> > method for adding my cape .dts file to the build? 
> > 
> > Can I simply include my .dts file at the end of am335x-bone.dts ? 
> > 
> > Do I need to modify my cape .dts file at all ? 
>
> So I've been spending some time cleaning up things for cape users: 
>
> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Capes_3.8_to_3.14 
>
> Once you install that kernel, you can then clone the "dtb-rebuilder" 
>
> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Capes_3.8_to_3.14#Custom_dtb 
>
> make your changes to either (depending on what board you have): 
>
> src/arm/am335x-bone.dts 
> src/arm/am335x-boneblack.dts 
>
> Then just: 
>
> make 
> sudo make install 
>
> (reboot) 
>
> Note it's tied to newer file system: 
>
>
> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Debian_Image_Testing_Snapshots
>  
>
> for, these two features: 
> (kernel): sudo apt-get install linux-image-xyz 
> (dtb-rebuilder): sudo make install 
>
> Regards, 
>
> -- 
> Robert Nelson 
> http://www.rcn-ee.com/ 
>

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