>
> *But fact of the matter, unless Robert or Jason come in with an answer,
> there usually isn't one.*
>


So you're saying only Robert and Jason know how to setup and use the PRU ?
I know that's wrong. I can tell you what the deal is with me however. When
I come on, and say I could perhaps write up a how to and share it with the
group, for situations where multiple people have issues with one thing or
another. To which I get an answer by someone saying " that would be
awesome, because I can't be f'd to bother taking the time to fix it myself".

How do I respond to a comment like that ? I can tell you exactly what I
think about such comments. If *you* can't bother to help yourself, then I
can't bother to help you. Plain and simple . . .


On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote:

> I understand this.  I'm only stating my observations.  Kind of hard to
> "step up" and document something if the instructions won't work after
> another release or two.
>
> If I find an answer I follow up so that a Google search that finds the
> problem might also find my solution (if any).  But fact of the matter,
> unless Robert or Jason come in with an answer, there usually isn't one.
>
> When I broke the 2016-03-27 node-red by doing an npm install of
> node-red-node-beaglebone, I followed up in my thread that I'd got it
> working again with npm uninstall and apt-get purge & apt-get install
> bb-node-red-installer.   But it'd have been far more productive if the
> "notes" about the 2016-03-27 image had said node-red-node-beaglebone was
> broken despite node-red running "out of the box".
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 12:27:09 PM UTC-5, john3909 wrote:
>>
>> Here is what you need to understand about people on this list. There are
>> no “developers" on this list. No one on this mailing list is paid by
>> BeagleBoard. We are all volunteers, including Robert Nelson. If you have a
>> problem with Documentation, then why don’t you create it so others can
>> learn. If you need help with getting the info you need, we are all prepared
>> to help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I think the output of uname -a  for your kernel version is more helpful
>> than the Debian version which is running when it comes to overlays,
>> modules, and Beaglebone hardware specific issues.
>>
>> I'm subscribing to this thread, as you are doing what I've planned to do
>> in the not too distant future, so I'm really interested in what the
>> solutions are to your problems here.
>>
>> The Beaglebone development is fast and furious, which is good, but the
>> developers don't seem to give a hoot if changes break what little
>> documentation is out there, which IMHO makes the BB a rather poor choice
>> for newbies.
>>
>> I've posted a fair amount about Bonescript issues because I'm trying to
>> help a friend get started with an automation project for a solar powered,
>> off-grid, hydroponic green-house.  He needs some A/D or I'd have
>> recommended a Rasperry Pi2 from the start, but if things don't fall into
>> place soon I'll just buy him a Pi Hat that has A/D and give it to him along
>> with one of my RiP2 boards as the frustration factor is really turning me
>> off.   Without me helping him, he'd already have tossed the BB in the trash
>> and did the best he could with timers and relays, which he totally
>> understands -- but he was looking to get creative with some of his control
>> ideas that he clearly sees as difficult to do without a computer.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 10:22:36 AM UTC-5, Le Costaouec Vincent
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I forgot to indicate the release on which I'm working on :
>>> #  lsb_release -da
>>>
>>> Distributor ID:    Debian
>>> Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.3 (jessie)
>>> Release:    8.3
>>> Codename:    jessie
>>>
>>> Is anyone have already work on the PRU on this kernel version ?
>>> Thanks by advance.
>>> Regards.
>>> Vincent
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mardi 5 avril 2016 11:33:06 UTC+2, Le Costaouec Vincent a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently trying to configure and use the PRU of the BBB.
>>>>
>>>> So I've tried two different method to do so however, with none of them
>>>> I get succeed and I don't really
>>>> understand why.
>>>>
>>>> 1) First method (from Derek Molloy book) :
>>>>
>>>> http://exploringbeaglebone.com/chapter13/
>>>> So I have tried to do the PRU-based Clock Signal Generators, because
>>>> this one
>>>> do not required any additional material except an oscilloscope.
>>>>
>>>> So I had load the EBB-PRU-Example DTS overlay (provided in attachment),
>>>> and I have receive the following message :
>>>> # echo EBB-PRU-Example > $SLOTS
>>>> [   51.417438] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: part_number 'EBB-PRU-Example'
>>>> , version 'N/A'
>>>> [   51.425297] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #4: override
>>>> [   51.430665] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: Using override eeprom data
>>>> at slot 4
>>>> [   51.437772] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #4: 'Override Board
>>>> Name,00A0,Override Manuf,EBB-PRU-Example'
>>>> [   52.526058] gpio-of-helper ocp:gpio_helper: ready
>>>> [   52.531052] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #4: dtbo
>>>> 'EBB-PRU-Example-00A0.dtbo' loaded; overlay id #0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # cat $SLOTS
>>>>  0: PF----  -1
>>>>  1: PF----  -1
>>>>  2: PF----  -1
>>>>  3: PF----  -1
>>>>  4: P-O-L-   0 Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,EBB-PRU-Example
>>>>
>>>> I have also check :
>>>> # lsmod |grep uio
>>>> uio_pruss               4590  0
>>>> uio_pdrv_genirq         3317  0
>>>> uio                     8319  2 uio_pruss,uio_pdrv_genirq
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> root@beagle01:~/labs/exploringBB/chp13/fixedPRUClock# ./build
>>>> PRU Assembler Version 0.86
>>>> Copyright (C) 2005-2013 by Texas Instruments Inc.
>>>> Pass 2 : 0 Error(s), 0 Warning(s)
>>>> Writing Code Image of 12 word(s)
>>>>
>>>> # sudo ./fixedclock
>>>> However, when I tried to monitor what append on pin P9_27 but I didn't
>>>> observed anything on this pins.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2) Second method (from the Beagle bone black cookbook written by
>>>> Charles A Hamilton) :
>>>>
>>>> This time, I have use this DTS : BB-BONE-PRU-01 (
>>>> https://github.com/jadonk/cape-firmware/blob/master/arch/arm/boot/dts/BB-BONE-PRU-01-00A0.dts
>>>> )
>>>> In addition, I have tried to used this code :
>>>> https://github.com/HudsonWerks/bbb-pru
>>>>
>>>> So first I tried to add the DTS, I received this message :
>>>> # echo EBB-PRU-Exampecho BB-BONE-PRU-01 > $SLOTS
>>>> [59800.649273] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: part_number 'BB-BONE-PRU-01',
>>>> version 'N/A'
>>>> [59800.656947] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #12: override
>>>> [59800.662528] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: Using override eeprom data
>>>> at slot 12
>>>> [59800.669680] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #12: 'Override Board
>>>> Name,00A0,Override Manuf,BB-BONE-PRU-01'
>>>> [59800.699368] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>>> [59800.704089] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 619 at arch/arm/mach-omap2/
>>>> omap_hwmod.c:2087 _enable+0x201/0x210()
>>>> [59800.713188] omap_hwmod: pruss: enabled state can only be entered
>>>> from initialized, idle, or disabled state
>>>> [59800.722894] Modules linked in: uio_pruss usb_f_ecm g_ether
>>>> usb_f_rndis u_ether libcomposite pvrsrvkm(O) omap_sham omap_aes
>>>> snd_soc_davinci_mcasp snd_soc_edma snd_soc_omap omap_rng rng_core
>>>> snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore
>>>> evdev spi_omap2_mcspi uio_pdrv_genirq uio leds_gpio
>>>> [59800.751252] CPU: 0 PID: 619 Comm: bash Tainted: G        W  O    4.1
>>>> .19-bone20 #1
>>>> [59800.758778] Hardware name: Generic AM33XX (Flattened Device Tree)
>>>> [59800.764974] [<c0012f39>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c00110a9>] (
>>>> show_stack+0x11/0x14)
>>>> [59800.772791] [<c00110a9>] (show_stack) from [<c002e5b7>] (
>>>> warn_slowpath_common+0x6b/0x8c)
>>>> [59800.780948] [<c002e5b7>] (warn_slowpath_common) from [<c002e5fb>] (
>>>> warn_slowpath_fmt+0x23/0x2c)
>>>> [59800.789714] [<c002e5fb>] (warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<c0022dfd>] (
>>>> _enable+0x201/0x210)
>>>> [59800.797524] [<c0022dfd>] (_enable) from [<c00231fd>] (
>>>> omap_hwmod_enable+0x15/0x20)
>>>> [59800.805158] [<c00231fd>] (omap_hwmod_enable) from [<c0023e05>] (
>>>> omap_device_enable+0x29/0x50)
>>>> [59800.813751] [<c0023e05>] (omap_device_enable) from [<c0023e3d>] (
>>>> _od_runtime_resume+0x11/0x1c)
>>>> [59800.822450]
>>>> ...
>>>
>>>
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